PLC at Work®

When leaders foster a culture of frequent, specific recognition in their school system, it allows collaborative teams to function at high levels. In this book, the authors demonstrate how celebrating the “right work” of professional learning communities stimulates the culture shift necessary for successful PLC implementation. Using intentional celebrations, K–12 leaders can improve collaborative team performance, resulting in higher student achievement.

District leaders engage with this curated collection of professional development resources to build and sustain professional learning communities. With 21 essential tools written by expert educators, this guide empowers instructional leadership, transforming school culture, driving academic achievement, and supporting school-improvement efforts districtwide.

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Amplify your impact with the PLC Toolkit, which contains all the tools educators need to transform learning and achieve meaningful outcomes. Curated by world-renowned PLC experts, this package includes over 30 self-guided educational leadership books and a subscription to AllThingsPLC Magazine.
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Specially curated for educators who have experienced a PLC at Work® Institute, the Keynote Toolkit contains books written by experts who have inspired you from the stage. Robert Eaker, Anthony Muhammad, Mike Mattos, Jeanne Spiller, and other phenomenal experts dig into today’s hot-button professional development topics.
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Help your teams get better faster. Written for busy school leaders, instructional coaches, and teacher leaders, this ultimate “grab and grow” guide details how to bridge the gap between learning and doing at every stage of the PLC journey.

Learn, do, and lead with the guidance of Formative Tools for Leaders in a PLC at Work.® With this practical resource, you’ll first discover how to gather evidence from staff about PLC practices, processes, and products. Then you’ll explore how to use that evidence to gauge the effectiveness of your PLC.

How did one of the lowest-performing and most dysfunctional school districts in California become a top turnaround district? It all came down to one thing: building collective team efficacy. Through the support and guidance of this resource, you will reflect, find parallels to your own story, and apply the real-world lessons learned at Sanger Unified to the school community you serve.

Aligned to the Every Teacher Is a Literacy Teacher series, this guide outlines how to take urgent action to improve literacy development in a PLC. School leaders will discover how to support elementary teachers in a literacy-focused learning environment that facilitates high-quality instruction and boosts students' reading and writing skills.

Great learning starts when students believe in their academic abilities. In You Can Learn!, authors Tim Brown and William M. Ferriter introduce intentional and purposeful steps collaborative teams can take to increase the self-efficacy of every learner. By incorporating the book's research-backed practices, professional learning communities will cultivate a culture where students at every grade level see themselves as competent learners fully capable of succeeding in school and beyond.

Develop the know-how to work as a collaborative team to overcome barriers and challenges in priority schools. This comprehensive anthology offers clear steps you can take to significantly improve underperforming schools.