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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.

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.

Every member of a PLC is always teaching and always learning. Read the inspiring Spring 2020 issue to further your pursuit of continuous improvement. You’ll discover a 15-day challenge designed to jumpstart or re-energize your PLC, explore the three gifts of mission, and learn why the only true obstacle facing school communities is the inability to dream.

This issue is dedicated to helping you lead the way and create new paths for your PLC. Within its pages, you’ll explore the six steps of 100-day leaders and discover how Lander Valley High School in Wyoming lit a flame of continuous improvement. Plus, you’ll peek inside one expert’s PLC fairy tale, dive into the nature of human motivation, and much more.

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.

Collaborative Teams That Work is the ultimate guide to excellent collaboration. Rely on this resource as you set up collaborative teams within your PLC, and then refer back to it before, during, and after meetings to maintain focus on the right work.

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.

Explore an abundance of tools, tips, and best practices for remote teacher collaboration in virtual professional learning communities. Learn how to implement online professional learning communities in a way that maintains the power of the PLC process to ensure learning for all.

From cover to cover, you’ll find tips, tools, and inspiring stories that will embolden and inspire your professional life. Explore the elements of a winning PLC game plan, discover why celebration is the secret sauce to school success, and much more.