PLC at Work® Resources

Redefining what it means to create a caring school environment, this guide goes beyond theory to provide actionable steps for school improvement. With a focus on student motivation, teacher collaboration, and family engagement, it empowers educational leaders to build caring classrooms.

Streamline your PLC process with the PLC Dashboard. Brig Leane guides teams through a seven-step learning cycle to set targets, establish goals, assess results, support struggling students, reflect on progress, and track growth collaboratively. Implement simple templates and reflective exercises to create lasting change for both teams and singletons.

Lead your priority school to success with practical strategies for building a strong school culture, managing conflict, mastering communication, and implementing effective change. Principals who pick up this book will gain essential skills in time management, delegation, and social media navigation.

Teacher team leaders, this book is for you. It will build your knowledge and skills in approaches and actions that get more done in less time, and with greater joy, to help your team truly become the engine that drives the most promising strategy for improving student achievement.

When leaders foster a culture of frequent, specific recognition in their school system, it allows collaborative teams to function at high levels. In this book, the authors demonstrate how celebrating the “right work” of professional learning communities stimulates the culture shift necessary for successful PLC implementation. Using intentional celebrations, K–12 leaders can improve collaborative team performance, resulting in higher student achievement.

Afterword by: Tina H. Boogren

Built on a foundation of routines and strategies for choosing joy, this book guides educators on a yearlong journey to cultivate lasting joy in their lives. Through insightful narratives and mindful practices, the book explores the power of connection with self and others. Using seasonal reflections, educators learn to experience joy by embracing challenges, finding contentment, and prioritizing rest, resilience, and rejuvenation.

Exploring strategies for addressing implicit bias, tackling chronic absenteeism, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement, author Anthony Muhammad and other expert educators provide strategies to inspire teachers, empower English learners, and navigate resistance to change.

This guidebook of practical research-supported advice and user-friendly tools shows educators how to build collective teacher efficacy in a practical, step-by-step way, whether they are just starting their PLC journeys or are in high-performing PLCs and looking to deepen their practice.

This book is for educators who have a strong desire to lead the type of change in districts and schools that impacts learning for both students and the adults who serve them. With practical action steps and tools, the book helps educators put their district’s or school’s mission into action to achieve their vision.

In this book, the authors provide the guidance and resources for schools to use the four pillars as the root of their PLC process. Discover strategies and tools to audit your mission statement, understand the role of a guiding coalition, and create collective commitments.