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Help Your Team
Overcome common struggles encountered by collaborative teams in PLCs with this book written by Professional Learning Communities at Work® experts. This practical book will guide team building for teachers and staff in order to create highly effective teams committed to learning for all.
Benefits
- Gain an understanding of the PLC framework and the unique qualities of effective collaborative work.
- Learn about collaborative teams, what goes into making them, and how to utilize them effectively to drive change and professional development for teachers and other educators.
- Become familiar with the ways in which interpersonal issues affect collaborative teams, and gain collaborative tools for conflict resolution and team building for teachers and staff.
- Learn how a toxic work culture can contribute to the failure of collaborative learning and how to combat this toxic school culture.
- Explore how educators in nontraditional schools or singletons can use the collaborative process to their advantage.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Foreword: The Inherent Dichotomy of Teamwork by Mike Mattos
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Organizing Schools Into Effective Collaborative Teams
- Chapter 2: Managing Team Members Who Disengage
- Chapter 3: Establishing Clarity on What Students Need to Know and Be Able to Do
- Chapter 4: Planning for Targeted and Effective Team Interventions
- Chapter 5: Working Together in a PLC
- Chapter 6: Changing to a Positive School Culture
- Chapter 7: Involving Nondepartmental Members in a PLC
- Chapter 8: Supporting Singleton Teachers in Collaborative Teams
- Epilogue: Dealing With Cautions, Conflicts, and Commitments
REPRODUCIBLES
Chapter 1
- Figure 1.2: Example Team Agenda—Heritage Elementary School
- Figure 1.3: Example Team Agenda—Brownsboro High School
- Figure 1.4: Effective Teams Rubric
Chapter 3
- Figure 3.1: Template for Deconstructing an Essential Standard
- Figure 3.2: Guiding Questions for the Pre-Unit Get CLEAR Protocol
Chapter 4
- Figure 4.2: Student Data Tracking by Student Name and Need
- Figure 4.3: Programmatic Data Analysis
- Figure 4.4: Intervention Targeting Process
- Figure 4.5: Guiding Questions for Team Intervention
- Figure 4.6: Sample District Pacing Process
- Figure 4.7: Team Preparedness for Meeting Diverse Student Needs
Chapter 5
Chapter 7
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
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- Bailey, K., Jakicic, C,. & Spiller, J. (2014). Collaborating for Success With the Common Core: A Toolkit for Professional Learning Communities at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
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