Professional Learning Communities at Work®

This book explores PLCs from a teacher's perspective, focusing on best instructional practices, collaborative team actions, and lasting commitment to success.

Explore the state of education today, and discover the steps that policymakers, administrators, and teachers must take to transform schools.

Explore strategies for adopting a new mindset that frees educators and students from negative academic performance expectations.

Prepare students to move forward in mathematics learning, and ensure their continued growth in critical thinking and problem solving.

Discover how technological resources can improve the effectiveness and breadth of reading instruction to build student knowledge.

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

Impact science education using a six-step process that will help ensure you successfully incorporate vocabulary from the new science standards into student learning.

Discover how to work with your school team to create innovative, effective, engaging assessments using a five-phase design protocol.

Take your professional learning community to the next level! Discover a systemwide approach for re-envisioning your PLC while sustaining growth and continuing momentum.

Focus on developing people not just improving test scores. The authors examine how staffing decisions can strengthen professional learning communities.