Professional Learning Communities at Work™

Through engaging examples and accessible language, this book provides a focused system of self-disciplines for developing PLC leadership.

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.

Create a uniform game plan to foster a collaborative community of learners, develop a shared focus, and meet growth goals.

This book provides a clear, practical roadmap for teams to enhance their impact by building a strong foundation for collaboration, gaining clarity on essential student learning, leveraging assessments as learning tools, and ensuring every student receives the time and support needed to achieve high levels.

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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.

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.

Treat yourself to daily moments of reflection with inspirational quotes collected from a decade of work by renowned PLC experts.

Aligned to the Every Teacher Is a Literacy Teacher series, this guide outlines how to take urgent action to improve literacy development in a PLC. School leaders will discover how to support elementary teachers in a literacy-focused learning environment that facilitates high-quality instruction and boosts students' reading and writing skills.

The authors examine how district leadership, principal leadership, team leadership, and effective teachers can improve student achievement.

School improvement starts with leaders. Take a deep dive into personal leadership skills and gain practical strategies for building capacity among your staff, growing your efficacy, and leading with intentionality each and every day.