Revisiting Professional Learning Communitis at Work: New Insights for Improving Schools

The most extensive, practical, and authoritative professional learning community resource to date, it goes further than ever before into best practices for deep implementation, explores the commitment/consensus issue, and celebrates successes of educators who are making the PLC journey.

Benefits

• Discover specific, practical recommendations for transforming schools into PLCs so that students learn at higher levels.


• Connect descriptions of the PLC framework with real-life examples from educators who have implemented the concept.


• Reinforce core beliefs of the PLC concept while tackling the misconceptions and common problems educators face during the transition to a PLC.


• Examine organizational development, change processes, leadership, and successful practices outside education for different perspectives.


• Understand the roles of the principal, central office, parents, and community in a PLC.

Contents
1 New Insights Into Professional Learning Communities at Work
2 The Rise and Fall of School Reform
3 Making the Case for Professional Learning Communities
4 The Challenge of Cultural Change
5 Clear Mission and Shared Vision
6 Shared Values (Collective Commitments) and Common Goals
7 Teaching in a Professional Learning Community
8 Assessment in a Professional Learning Community
9 A Tale of Excellence in Assessment
10 Intervention and Enrichment in a Professional Learning Community
11 The Classroom as a Learning Community
12 The Role of the Principal in a Professional Learning Community
13 The Role of the Central Office in a Professional Learning Community
14 The Role of Parents and the Community in a Professional Learning Community