Keeping professional learning communities focused on goals: High functioning professional learning communities don't happen by chance. They require deliberate efforts and structures to ensure efficiency and focus, and to ignite action. The PLC+ Activator′s Guide offers a practical approach and real-life examples that show activators what to expect and how to navigate the PLC team on a successful and collective journey. Readers will find: Templates to help activators prepare for meetings Approaches for fostering and nurturing collaboration Vignettes from real schools that are implementing PLC+ Reflection questions with spaces for activators to record notes Solutions for addressing barriers that often arise in PLC+ teams
In an earlier paper, Penuel, Frank, Fishman, Sabelli, and Cheng (2009) cite McDonald (2009), who noted that if programs could not adapt to a range of contexts and be usable in those contexts, implementation of those programs might ...
HIGH IMPACT VERSUS HIGH FUNCTIONING In her book, The Skillful Team Leader, Elisa MacDonald (2013, p. 5) notes that the most effective team leaders value the following: 1. Collaboration 2. Shared leadership 3. Goal setting and attainment ...
... Equity and Professional Learning Corwin Ben Allred Director of High Schools and ESL Cabarrus County Schools Morcease Beasley Superintendent Clayton County Public Schools Benjamin P. Edmondson Executive Vice President HighScope ...
This practical guide to planning and implementing PLC+ groups equips professional learning communities with the tools, templates, and step-by-step instructions needed to bring the PLC+ framework to life in a collaborative setting.
This practical guide to planning and implementing PLC+ groups in a collaborative setting is designed to equip professional learning community teams with the tools they need to work effectively toward improving student learning.
iStock.com/Franck Boston Over the past six chapters, we have presented a framework, driven by five guiding questions, for the planning and implementation of student learning, as well as our own professional learning, via numerous ...
Boston: Pearson. Poskitt, J. (2004). Book review: Clarke, S., Timperley, H., & Hattie J. (2003). Unlocking formative assessment: Practical strategies for enhancing students' learning in the primary and intermediate classroom (NZ ed.).
Differentiation in practice: A resource guide for differentiating curriculum grades K–5. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum ... Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Williams ...
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"This book links a wealth of best practices in lesson design to the latest research on how the brain learns new information." —Edward C. Nolan, PreK-12 Content Specialist, Mathematics Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MD "This ...