Professional Learning Communities at Work®

Afterword by: Tina 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.

Explore strategies for fostering a healthy school culture compiled by prominent voices and leading author Anthony Muhammad. K–12 teachers can gain practical guidance on addressing resistance to change, implementing project-based learning, navigating bias, building partnerships, and creating a motivating classroom environment.

Exploring strategies for addressing implicit bias, tackling chronic absenteeism, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement, author Anthony Muhammad and other expert educators provide strategies to inspire teachers, empower English learners, and navigate resistance to change.

Empower your mathematics collaborative teams and students with this comprehensive guide. The authors provide preK–12 educators with tools and strategies for accelerating student learning of mathematics to grade level and beyond through intentional Tier 1 and Tier 2 instruction.

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.

This book is for educators who have a strong desire to lead the type of change in districts and schools that impacts learning for both students and the adults who serve them. With practical action steps and tools, the book helps educators put their district’s or school’s mission into action to achieve their vision.

Whether you’re in collaborative teams identifying grade-level standards, school leadership teams assessing Tier 2 interventions, or intervention teams helping at-risk students, this book offers educators the targeted tools necessary to create a highly effective multitiered system of supports (MTSS) that can ensure high levels of learning for every student.

The COVID-19 pandemic brought a long-standing challenge in U.S. schools to the forefront: more than two-thirds of students cannot read at grade level. Alarmingly, if students are not proficient in reading by the end of third grade, they are more likely to drop out. This realization has sparked a growing interest in the science of reading, a decades-long body of interdisciplinary research that examines the multifaceted nature of reading development. By embedding the science of reading into instructional practices, teachers can ensure students recognize words and understand their meaning—thus supporting reading fluency.

Build a defensible body of evidence for every student. The IMPACT framework and the seven design principles of competency-based learning, as presented in this book, make this practical and doable for professional learning communities. This framework helps with clarifying learning expectations, planning assessments, and establishing protocols for proficient performance.

Build a mindset for collaborative learning using the problem-based learning approach. With a guided plan and scenarios designed to facilitate a shift in thinking, leaders and teacher teams will walk away feeling mentally prepared to navigate the PLC process.