Champion continuous school improvement with the support of our Leading PLCs at Work(R) Districtwide Plan Book. Divided into weekly and monthly planning pages, the plan book helps guide leaders in identifying and acting upon major responsibilities, tasks, and goals throughout the year. Also included are PLC checklists as well as multiple tools for self-reflection, project preparation, and meeting planning.
Leaders can use this resource to embed core values into the planning process so that educators at every level accomplish the right work:
Discover how to work backward when designing effective plans for your school district.
Understand why it is essential to have a visual districtwide calendar that holds everyone accountable and provides everyone with the same information.
Receive templates for planning and monitoring activities and due dates.
Utilize daily checklists as well as weekly and end-of-year self-reflection tools.
Learn how to evaluate timelines to optimize time and productivity in your professional learning community (PLC).
Contents: Section 1 Preface--Districtwide Planning How to Use this Plan Book Section 2 Monthly PLC Work (July Through June) Monthly Calendar Daily Planner Monthly Reflections Tool Section 3 Midyear Self-Reflection Tool End-of-Year Self-Reflection Tool Project-Planning Tool Meeting-Planning Tool
Early childhood learning is a critical launchpad for every student's social, emotional, and intellectual growth. With What About Us?, you will discover how to achieve the full potential of PreK-2 classrooms through proven best practices aligned to the PLC at Work(R) process. Learn how to work in collaborative teams to determine essential standards, design assessments, monitor student progress, and more.
Use this resource to ensure every early childhood student gains the strong foundation necessary for an excellent education:
Understand how the PLC at Work process and early childhood learning go hand-in-hand.
Learn the various aspects of what goes into creating an effective PLC for early childhood learning.
Explore the environmental, cultural, and academic needs of an early childhood learner in the formative years.
Map out effective curricula that encompass the practices embodied by PLC at Work and promote social-emotional learning.
Grasp the importance of operating effectively as a whole-school team.
Contents: Chapters Introduction Chapter 1: How the PLC Process Supports Collaborative Teams: Creating a Foundation of Learning Chapter 2: What We Want Out Students to Know and Be Able to Do: Building a Curriculum Chapter 3: What We Want Out Students to Know and Be Able to Do: Determining Essential Standards and Mapping Curriculum Chapter 4: How We Know Students Have Learned: Unwrapping Standards and Setting Goals Chapter 5: How We Know Students Have Learned: Designing Assessments Chapter 6: How We Respond When Some Students Do or Do Not Learn: Conducting Data Discussions and Progress Monitoring Chapter 7: How We Respond When Some Students Do or Do Not Learn: Planning Instruction Epilogue
Part of the Every Student Can Learn Mathematics series
Build a mathematics teaching community that promotes learning for K-12 educators and students. This user-friendly resource is divided into two parts, each covering a key team action for mathematics in a PLC at Work(TM). First you'll discover how to coach highly effective mathematics teams within your professional learning community. Then you'll learn how to utilize collaboration and lesson-design elements within your math curriculum for teacher team reflection, data analysis, and action.
Learn to lead math teacher teams and foster effective collaborative teaching strategies:
Build a collaborative math learning culture that engages and promotes learning for students and staff members.
Optimize coaching and foster equity and belonging to encourage collaboration.
Engage in mathematics lesson study to help teams learn from one another and reflect on effective strategies in teaching mathematics.
Develop norms, SMART goals for teachers, agendas, and a plan for working effectively as a collaborative team in a PLC at Work(TM).
Contents: Preface Introduction Part 1: Develop PLC Structures for Effective Teacher Team Engagement, Transparency, and Action Chapter 1: Five Inspirational PLC Leadership Practices Chapter 2: Five Leadership Strategies for Effective Collaboration in Mathematics Part 2: Use Common Assessments and Lesson-Design Elements for Teacher Team Reflection, Data Analysis, and Subsequent Action Chapter 3: How to Create and Nurture a Culture of Change, Growth, Reflection, and Improvement in Your Mathematics Program Chapter 4: How to Lead a Culture of Transparency and Learning With Mathematics Assessments Chapter 5: How to Lead in a Culture of Transparency and Learning With Mathematics Instruction Chapter 6: How to Lead a Culture of Collective Responsibility Epilogue Appendix A References and Resources
Books in the Every Student Can Learn Mathematics series:
Mathematics Assessment and Intervention in a PLC at Work(TM)
Mathematics Instruction and Tasks in a PLC at Work(TM)
Mathematics Homework and Grading in a PLC at Work(TM)
Mathematics Coaching and Collaboration in a PLC at Work(TM)
All teachers--including career and technical education (CTE) teachers--play a vital role in building a thriving PLC. In this practical resource, the authors explicitly outline how to improve teaching and learning by integrating PLC best practices into CTE programs. Teams of CTE educators will learn how to clarify their purpose, discover their common denominators, and incorporate powerful collaborative processes into their daily work.
Use this resource to learn the vital strategies necessary for building and improving teams:
Become familiar with the common issues that prevent CTE educators from engaging in the collaborative PLC process.
Learn why and how the PLC process benefits both CTE educators and students.
Learn how CTE educators can create collaborative programs that are tailored toward CTE fields of study.
Receive professional guidance and concrete, achievable teaching strategies for creating an effective PLC process.
Access a checklist of crucial action steps for career tech teams at the end of each chapter.
Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Establishing a Collaborative Culture Chapter 2: Forming Collaborative Teams Chapter 3: Setting Up the Logistics of Teamwork Chapter 4: Identifying Essential Learnings and Developing CTE Curriculum Chapter 5: Designing Instruction and Assessments Chapter 6: Reflecting on Data Chapter 7: Responding to Student Learning Epilogue: Turning Parking Spaces Into Rest Spaces Appendix A: Glossary of Terms Appendix B: Reproducibles
Build a strong, highly impactful team committed to learning for all. Written by eight professional learning community (PLC) experts, this practical guide addresses the most common challenges educators face when building collaborative teams and working collaboratively. Each chapter offers a variety of templates, processes, and strategies to help your team resolve conflict, focus on the right work, and take collective responsibility for student learning.
Rely on this book to troubleshoot collaborative learning and team development in your PLC:
Gain an understanding of the PLC framework and the unique qualities of effective collaborative work.
Learn about collaborative teams, what goes into making them, and how to utilize them effectively to drive change and professional development for teachers and other educators.
Become familiar with the ways in which interpersonal issues affect collaborative teams, and gain collaborative tools for conflict resolution and team building for teachers and staff.
Learn how a toxic work culture can contribute to the failure of collaborative learning and how to combat this toxic school culture.
Explore how educators in nontraditional schools or singletons can use the collaborative process to their advantage.
Contents: About the Authors Foreword by Mike Mattos Introduction Chapter 1: Organizing Schools Into Effective Collaborative Teams Chapter 2: Managing Team Members Who Disengage Chapter 3: Establishing Clarity on What Students Need to Know and Be Able to Do Chapter 4: Planning for Targeted and Effective Team Interventions Chapter 5: Working Together in a PLC Chapter 6: Changing to a Positive School Culture Chapter 7: Involving Nondepartmental Members in a PLC Chapter 8: Supporting Singleton Teachers in Collaborative Teams Chapter 9: Dealing With Cautions, Conflicts, and Commitments References and Resources Index
Описание: A practical guide to team collaboration and learning that improves student results. Why is it critical to educate students as a collaborative, data-driven teaching team? Because student achievement levels are directly linked to the collective efficacy of all their educators. Collaborating as a teaching team is one of the most important keys to improving student results. In PLC-Powered Data Teams, authors Polly Patrick and Angela Peery reveal the vital links between team-based collaboration and student success, meaningful reflection, and ongoing innovation. The authors provide practical tools and insights into the pivotal role that teams play in educators' ability to help students grow, learn, and flourish. Discover useful tools and checklists as well as short vignettes of successful Data Team practices and protocols. Let PLC-Powered Data Teams help you reconnect with your passion for education, collaboration, and seeing your students thrive.
Designed exclusively for teacher teams, this plan book is a one-stop shop for practical PLC information and resources. Inside its pages, you'll find everything your team needs to thrive from the first day of school to the last. Access forty weekly planning pages, in-depth examples, succinct summaries of PLC concepts, and many more tools that will support your daily collaborative work of championing learning for all.
Use this resource to maintain a healthy collaborative team and stay on top of instruction:
Review the foundational components of the professional learning communities (PLC) process, such as establishing norms, setting SMART goals, and developing common assessments.
Improve team planning and organization.
Utilize many reproducible forms and tools to improve collaboration and to collect and organize information.
Recognize the positive cultural shifts that occur for teams that follow the PLC process.
Explore additional resources to help deepen your knowledge of the work of collaborative teams.
Contents: Introduction Part 1: PLC Fundamentals and Processes - Cultural Shifts in a PLC - A Simultaneously Loose and Tight Culture - Stages of Collaboration for High-Performing Teams - Norms - Smart Goals - The Continuous Improvement Cycle - Priorities for Learning - Systems of Intervention and Tiers of Response Part 2: Additional Resources - Year-at-a-Glance Guide for Site Leadership and Collaborative Teams - Index of Protocols and Templates Part 3: Weekly Planners - Forty weekly planning pages (provides space for six class periods and lists weekdays across the top, Monday-Friday) with text and activities to inform, inspire, and challenge educators. Part 4: Epilogue and References - Epilogue - References and Resources
Great learning starts when students believe in their academic abilities. In You Can Learn!, authors Tim Brown and William M. Ferriter introduce intentional and purposeful steps collaborative teams can take to increase the self-efficacy of every learner. By incorporating the book's research-backed practices, professional learning communities will cultivate a culture where students at every grade level see themselves as competent learners fully capable of succeeding in school and beyond.
Discover key instructional strategies to develop and reinforce student learning and achievement: ●
Understand why self-efficacy in the classroom is important for student achievement and well-being.
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Extend the PLC at Work(R) process into your classroom and share it with students in order to motivate, inspire, and guide learning.
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Discover how to implement efficacy-building practices designed around foundational PLC elements.
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Study a research-based approach to student engagement that spans grade levels and subject areas.
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Review recommendations for how to start utilizing the strategies outlined in each chapter.
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Utilize reproducible templates and tools to enhance individual and team understanding of the material.
Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Building a Commitment to Learning in Students Chapter 2: Helping Students Understand the Expectations for a Unit of Study Chapter 3: Helping Students Assess Their Progress Toward Mastery Chapter 4: Helping Students Take Action Epilogue References and Resources
