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Personalized Learning in a PLC at Work™
Student Agency Through the Four Critical Questions
Highly effective learning-progressive schools share two common elements: they operate as high-functioning professional learning communities (PLCs) with well-implemented RTI structures, and they promote student agency in the learning process. Rely on this resource to help you build a highly effective school where students are engaged in personalized learning experiences and empowered to take ownership of the four critical questions of the PLC at Work™ process.
Benefits:
- Discover how to use the four critical questions of a PLC to form pathways and progressions for personalized learning in the classroom.
- Begin the inquiry process through the use of personal reflections provided at the conclusion of each chapter.
- Understand how the school system has changed over the years and why it is important to address these changes.
- Explore innovative teaching methods and curriculum-development strategies for achieving different learning outcomes.
- Learn how schools all over the world have successfully implemented personalized and self-directed learning.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part 1: Making the Case for Change
- Chapter 1: A Changing Educational Paradigm
- Chapter 2: Student Agency for Personalized Learning
- Chapter 3: Systems of Collaboration and Support for Personalized Learning
Part 2: Adapting the Four Critical Questions
- Chapter 4: Teacher-Led Instruction and Release of Responsibility for Essential Disciplinary Learning Outcomes
- Chapter 5: Co-Constructed Learning for Transdisciplinary Learning Outcomes
- Chapter 6: Personalized Learning
Part 3: Putting Theory Into Practice
- Chapter 7: From Theory to Practice in Elementary Schools
- Chapter 8: From Theory to Practice in Middle Schools
- Chapter 9: From Theory to Practice in High Schools
Part 4: Committing to Change
- Chapter 10: The Change Process and Strategic Planning
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SUGGESTED RESOURCES
Books
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- Conzemius, A., & O’Neill, J. (2014). Handbook for SMART School Teams: Revitalizing Best Practices for Collaboration (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- DuFour, R. (2015). In Praise of American Educators: And How They Can Become Even Better. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- DuFour, R., DuFour, R., Eaker, R., Many, T. W., & Mattos, M. (2016). Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work (3rd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- DuFour, R., & Fullan, M. (2013). Cultures Built to Last: Systemic PLCs at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- DuFour, R., & Marzano, R. J. (2011). Leaders of Learning: How District, School, and Classroom Leaders Improve Student Learning. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- DuFour, R., Reeves, D., & DuFour, R. (2018). Responding to the Every Student Succeeds Act with the PLC at Work Process. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
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- Mattos, M., DuFour, R., DuFour, R., Eaker, R., & Many, T. W. (2016). Concise Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Professional Learning Communities at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Reeves, D. (2005). “Putting It All Together: Standards, Assessment, and Accountability in Successful Professional Learning Communities.” In R. DuFour, R. Eaker, & R. DuFour (Eds.), On Common Ground: The Power of Professional Learning Communities (pp. 45–63). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Schmoker, M. (2005). “No Turning Back: The Ironclad Case for Professional Learning Communities.” In R. DuFour, R. Eaker, & R. DuFour (Eds.), On Common Ground: The Power of Professional Learning Communities (pp. 135–154). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
