The following rules of engagement emerged from research data collected by observing teachers' behaviors as they participated in the content courses. Focusing on these rules became a common thread in the content courses and PLCs.

• Speaking with meaning
  Express complete ideas, focus on quantities and relationships, provide rationale for actions and make connections.


• Intellectual integrity
  Base your conjectures on a logical foundation; don't pretend to understand when you don't.


• Sense making
  Persist in making sense of problems, your thinking and your colleagues' thinking.


• Respecting the learning process of colleagues
  Allow your colleagues the opportunity to think, reflect, and construct meaning.

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