Small schools can have a big impact. With the guidance of author Breez Longwell Daniels, an award-winning principal in Wyoming, you will learn how to build a successful professional learning community (PLC) in your small school. The resource addresses every key aspect of a PLC system and outlines how to drive immense academic success while staying true to your school's small-town roots. Use this resource to implement a PLC that ensures high levels of learning for every student in your small school: Learn how to define your school's mission and vision in a way that both centers the school's role within the community and builds a foundation for a strong PLC. Become familiar with how to develop a strong PLC school system in a small school or rural area that contains many singleton and shared teachers. Learn how to effectively collect and use data to increase the effectiveness of your PLC system. 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:
Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Vertical Teams Chapter 2: Interdisciplinary Teams Chapter 3: Singletons Who Support Chapter 4: Virtual Teams Chapter 5: Changing Structures Epilogue Books in the Solutions for Professional Learning ...
Provides recommendations on ways to improve school performance.
Leading Progress-Driven Collaboration in a PLC at WorkTM William M. Ferriter, Parry Graham ... Unless a school operates more than three different lunch periods, those blocks of time can become rotating opportunities for teachers to meet ...
The purpose of this book is to clearly define an approach to school improvement that uses professional learning community (PLC) practices to achieve school improvement and success for every student.
These leaders have found common ground in expressing their belief in the power of PLCs although clear differences emerge regarding their perspectives on the most effective strategy for making PLCs the norm in North America.
Discover how to close the knowing-doing gap and transform your school or district into a high-performing PLC. Written specifically for Canadian educators, this comprehensive action guide expands on new and significant PLC topics.
... written by David Allen and Joseph P. McDonald, both senior staffers at the time at CES. McDonald and Allen recognized the need for a structure within which teachers could honestly and safely look at each other's work.
This book provides the framework for understanding dynamic relationships within a school culture and ensuring a positive environment that supports the changes necessary to improve learning for all students.
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.
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 ...