Learning by Doing 

Learning by Doing

Discover how to close the knowing-doing gap and transform your school or district into a high-performing PLC. The powerful third edition of this comprehensive action guide updates and expands on new and significant PLC topics. Explore fresh strategies, tools, and tips for hiring and retaining new staff, creating team-developed common formative assessments, implementing systematic interventions, and more.

See the companion resource, Concise Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Professional Learning Communities at Work™.

• Build a shared knowledge of critical vocabulary and the concepts underlying key PLC terms.
• Equip yourself with the knowledge and tools necessary to model effective reciprocal accountability.
• Make honest assessments of your school by examining conventional practices from a fresh, critical perspective.
• Take immediate and specific steps to close the knowing-doing gap.
• Move beyond planning, and start doing.

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“Our districtwide success in improving student academic achievement has been a remarkable journey. Learning by Doing has been our road atlas and the PLC concept our GPS as our staff members have built their collective capacity to meet the needs of all students.”

“Learning by Doing is not only the title of an incredibly powerful book, it is also the description of our districts journey over the last five years. Without a doubt, the establishment of PLCs as a district and the deepening of our collaborative culture have had the single greatest impact on student achievement of any of the initiatives we have implemented. It has changed who we are, how we work and, most importantly, our outcomes. Learning by Doing has been our guidebook on the journey and helped us to understand and move from knowing to doing and finally being a professional learning community. I encourage you, read this book and answer the call to action. Once you begin the journey, you will never go back!”

Free Resources

Explore these powerful tools to help reach your goals.

1. 

   Concise Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Professional Learning Communities at Work™

2. 

   The Roots Collection

3. 

   The PLC at Work™ Process Today – Graduate Credit

4. 

   Collaborative Teams in Professional Learning Communities at Work™

5. 

   The PLC at Work™ Process Today – CEU

6. 

   Leadership in Professional Learning Communities at Work™