"In Energize your teams: Powerful tools for coaching collaborative teams in PLCs at Work®, authors Thomas W Many, Michael J Maffoni, Susan K Sparks and Tesha Ferriby Thomas and contributor Brian Greeney share comprehensive guidance for coaching collaborative teams in a Professional Learning Community (PLC) at Work. They provide complete, easy-to-implement professional learning modules and supporting materials to deepen collaborative teams' knowledge of five prerequisites of a PLC: (1) highly effective collaborative teams, (2) a guaranteed and viable curriculum, (3) a balanced and coherent system of assessment, (4) productive data conversations, and (5) the pyramid of interventions. This follow-up to the authors' books Amplify your impact: Coaching collaborative teams in PLCs at Work and How schools thrive: Building a coaching culture for collaborative teams in PLCs at Work is a 'grab and grow' resource - a powerful tool busy F-12 school leaders, instructional coaches and teacher leaders can grab to grow their collaborative teams' skills. Readers will: explore effective coaching strategies and the coaching cycle; discover a continuum for teams to assess their current effectiveness; utilise step-by-step coaching instructions and supporting materials; study useful tools for coaching collaborative teams; find free online reproducibles." -- Publisher's web-site.
Rely on this straightforward guide to help you build the foundation of a true professional learning community (PLC).
Making Teamwork Meaningful: Leading Progress-driven Collaboration in a PLC at Work
Study the research and real-world examples that support the strategies and concepts introduced in the book to help students meet their academic goals. Contents:
What would it take to move your school closer toward a culture that supports and sustains professional learning communities (PLCs)? This thought-provoking collection of stories will inspire you to find answers to this question and others.
Professional Learning Communities in Action
This book will most certainly help answer the perennial question: How do we achieve a genuine Professional Learning Community?
This book identifies research-based characteristics of effective teacher professional learning, detailing eight strategies for planning and executing professional development programs and evaluating their results.
In these pages, John Murray identifies research-based characteristics of effective teacher professional learning, detailing eight strategies for planning and executing professional development programs and evaluating their results
Creating a Coaching Culture for Professional Learning Communities will help you build a collaborative coaching culture that ensures all adults learn in a way that keeps the focus on student learning.