Professional Learning Communities

With a focus on creating simultaneous top-down and bottom-up leadership, the authors show how to grow PLCs by encouraging innovation at every level.

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

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

This book breaks down the complex process of aligning all levels districtwide in order for a professional learning community to reach its full potential.

Build a collaborative coaching culture that ensures all adults learn through activities that keep the team focused on student learning.

This short program for PLC leaders uses unscripted interviews and action footage to illustrate the role of effective leadership, particularly from the principal.

In a culture of shared leadership, the administrator’s role is more important than ever. This book addresses your toughest challenges with practical strategies and inspiring insight.

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

Bruce R. Fraser, EdD, is an assistant superintendent at a large metropolitan district in Georgia. He specializes in leadership, difficult conversations, coaching, creating a positive culture, and the power of influence.

Keri Rathbun, EdD, is the director of Coordinated School Health and Career Counseling for Fort Smith Public Schools, Arkansas. She has worked in education for more than 20 years and served as an administrator at the middle and high school levels.