"You're new to professional learning communities. Or maybe you've been steeped in doing the right work for years and are well versed in working collaboratively for all students' higher learning. Perhaps you're a new hire at a school that functions as a PLC? Or, perhaps you're a principal or instructional coach who is interested in deepening your teams' understanding and commitment to this work. How can you get them there? Yourself there? Making sure you and your teams have the deepest understanding of the work possible is what Rob J. Meyer's Propel Your PLC at Work: Leadership and Coaching Activities for Enriching the Process does. This study of PLC elements is built on the fourth edition of DuFour and colleagues' foundational text Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work. Educational and professional learning leaders of K-12 districts, buildings, and teams find support through a series of three activities per elements. Facilitators receive step-by-step instructions, handouts, and keys that they can use as is or modify to fit their participants' needs. Professional learning leaders guide participants through scenarios, applications, and skills practice in a purposefully short amount of time, propelling the PLC work teachers do daily on teams"--
Whether you are new to professional learning communities (PLCs) or experienced in collaborative work, author Rob J. Meyer’s guide aims to deepen your understanding and commitment. Based on the fourth edition of DuFour’s Learning by Doing, Meyer provides step-by-step guidance, handouts, and keys for facilitators. Through practice scenarios and applications, this resource equips K–12 district and school leaders to effectively propel their teams through the PLC at Work® process.
K–12 administrators, instructional coaches, and teacher leaders can use this book to: - Effectively facilitate a group during in-service work
- Ensure an accurate understanding of which teams have what responsibilities
- Help participants take a close look at whether their work aligns with each of the four critical questions and other essential PLC at Work concepts
- Find resources that provide more information in areas where teams need additional education and support
- Improve engagement and comprehension for professional learning participants
Contents:Introduction
Chapter 1: Foundational PLC at Work Concepts
Chapter 2: Teams
Chapter 3: Collaborative Teams
Chapter 4: Critical Question One
Chapter 5: Critical Question Two
Chapter 6: Critical Question Three
Chapter 7: Critical Question Four
Chapter 8: Teaching-Assessing Cycle
Epilogue
References and Resources
Index
