How to Leverage PLCs for School Improvement

Spark a culture of success. Building a professional learning community that fosters collaboration and collective responsibility can create lasting change and improve student learning schoolwide. Investigate the five challenges to school improvement, and uncover research-based strategies to confront them. Read a true account of a school that experienced reform, reversed its culture of failure, and reaped lasting results.

Benefits

• Learn about possible team configurations and what a learning-focused culture requires.
• Prioritize the most essential standards for students, and unpack the learning targets.
• Answer reflection questions following each chapter, and consider next steps.
• Discover what remediation should occur in elementary school, middle school, and high school.
• Consider the qualities that school leaders should possess.