Professional Learning Communities at Work™

Create a uniform game plan to foster a collaborative community of learners, develop a shared focus, and meet growth goals.

This guidebook of practical research-supported advice and user-friendly tools shows educators how to build collective teacher efficacy in a practical, step-by-step way, whether they are just starting their PLC journeys or are in high-performing PLCs and looking to deepen their practice.

Afterword by: Tina H. Boogren

Built on a foundation of routines and strategies for choosing joy, this book guides educators on a yearlong journey to cultivate lasting joy in their lives. Through insightful narratives and mindful practices, the book explores the power of connection with self and others. Using seasonal reflections, educators learn to experience joy by embracing challenges, finding contentment, and prioritizing rest, resilience, and rejuvenation.

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

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.

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

School improvement starts with leaders. Take a deep dive into personal leadership skills and gain practical strategies for building capacity among your staff, growing your efficacy, and leading with intentionality each and every day.

Identify seven leadership practices that effective PLC leaders share along with the techniques that have led them to sustainable success.

Learn how your small school can build a successful and effective professional learning community (PLC) while staying true to its rural, small-town roots. Help your rural area students achieve their academic goals.

Streamline your PLC process with the PLC Dashboard. Brig Leane guides teams through a seven-step learning cycle to set targets, establish goals, assess results, support struggling students, reflect on progress, and track growth collaboratively. Implement simple templates and reflective exercises to create lasting change for both teams and singletons.