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About This Book
Get all of your PLC questions answered. Designed as a companion resource to Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work™ (3rd ed.), this powerful, quick-reference guidebook is a must-have for teachers and administrators working to create and sustain the PLC process. You and your team will turn to this invaluable reference tool again and again as questions and complications arise along your PLC journey.
Receive concise answers to frequently asked questions about becoming a PLC.
Address the four critical questions that guide teacher collaboration through the PLC process.
Review essential PLC vocabulary.
Understand the qualities educators need to cultivate in order to harness a collaborative culture.
Outline what students need to learn, and ascertain how to react when students either do or do not learn it.
Gain tips on additional PLC books to read to dig deeper into the topics covered in this book.
Topics : Professional Learning Community
Table Of Content
Introduction: Remodeling Your School: The Unexpected Obstacles
Chapter 1: Laying the Foundation: Mission, Vision, Values, and Goals
Chapter 2: Fostering a Collaborative Culture
Chapter 3: What Do We Want Our Students to Learn?
Chapter 4: How Will We Know When Our Students Have Learned It?
Chapter 5: How Will We Respond When Some Students Don't Learn and When Some Do?
Chapter 6: Defining the District's Role in the PLC Process
Chapter 7: Addressing Consensus and Conflict in a PLC
Afterword: It's a Journey, Not a Destination
About the Authors
Thomas W. Many:
Thomas W. Many, EdD, works with teachers, adminis¬trators, school boards, parents, and other education stake-holders on organizational leadership, implementation and change, and PLC at Work strategies and concepts.
Dr. Many’s long and distinguished career includes twenty years of experience as a superintendent. He has also served as a classroom teacher, learning center director, curriculum supervisor, principal, and assistant superintendent.
As former superintendent of Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96 in Illinois, Dr. Many used the tenets of the PLC at Work process to ensure high levels of learning for all students. He played a key role in preparing elementary and middle-grade students to enter Adlai E. Stevenson High School, a nationally recognized PLC. Under Dr. Many’s leadership, student achievement in District 96 improved every year for twelve consecutive years. More than 95 percent of all stu¬dents now meet or exceed state standards. The district has been especially effective in helping students with special needs improve their academic performance. It has become recognized as one of the premier elementary school districts in the United States. A dedicated PLC practitioner, he is a compelling and sought-after speaker.
Dr. Many has written numerous articles and has coauthored books.
To learn more about Dr. Many’s work, visit AllThingsPLC (www.allthingsPLC.info).
To book Mike Mattos, Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, or Thomas W. Many for professional development, contact [email protected].
Mike Mattos:
Mike Mattos is an internationally recognized author, pre¬senter, and practitioner who specializes in uniting teachers, administrators, and support staff to transform schools by implementing the response to intervention (RTI) and PLC processes. Mike co-created the RTI at Work™ model, which builds on the foundation of the PLC at Work process to successfully create systematic, multitiered systems of support to ensure high levels of learning for all students. He is former principal of Marjorie Veeh Elementary School and Pioneer Middle School in California. At both schools, Mike helped create powerful PLCs, improving learning for all students. In 2004, Marjorie Veeh, an elementary school with a large population of youth at risk, won the California Distinguished School and National Title I Achieving School awards.
A National Blue Ribbon School, Pioneer is among only thirteen schools in the United States selected by the GE Foundation as a Best-Practice Partner and is one of eight schools chosen by Richard DuFour to be featured in the video series The Power of Professional Learning Communities at Work™: Bringing the Big Ideas to Life. Based on standardized test scores, Pioneer ranks among the top 1 percent of California secondary schools and, in 2009 and 2011, was named Orange County’s top middle school. For his leadership, Mike was named the Orange County Middle School Administrator of the Year by the Association of California School Administrators.
To learn more about Mike’s work, visit AllThingsPLC (www.allthingsPLC.info), and follow him on Twitter @mikemattos65.
Richard DuFour:
Richard DuFour, EdD, was a public school educator for thirty-four years, serving as a teacher, principal, and super-intendent. During his nineteen-year tenure as a leader at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois, Stevenson was one of only three schools in the United States to win the U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Award on four occasions and the first comprehensive high school to be designated a New America High School as a model of successful school reform. He received his state’s highest award as both a principal and superintendent.
A prolific author and sought-after consultant, Dr. DuFour is recognized as one of the leading authorities on helping school practitioners implement the PLC at Work process in their schools and districts.
Dr. DuFour was presented the Distinguished Scholar Practitioner Award from the University of Illinois and was the 2004 recipient of the National Staff Development Council’s Distinguished Service Award.
To learn more about Dr. DuFour’s work, visit AllThingsPLC (www.allthingsPLC .info).
Rebecca DuFour:
Rebecca DuFour has served as a teacher, school adminis¬trator, and central office coordinator. As a former elemen¬tary principal, she helped her school earn state and national recognition as a model PLC. She is coauthor of numerous books, articles, and a video series on the topic of PLCs.
Serving as a consultant for more than fifteen years, Becky brings more than thirty-five years of professional experience to her work with educators around the world who are imple¬menting the PLC process in their own organizations.
Becky is the recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award of Lynchburg College.
To learn more about Becky’s work, visit AllThingsPLC (www.allthingsPLC.info).
Robert Eaker:
Robert Eaker, EdD, is professor emeritus at Middle Tennessee State University, where he also served as dean of the College of Education and interim vice president and provost. Dr. Eaker is a former fellow with the National Center for Effective Schools Research and Development. He has written widely on the issues of effective teaching, effective schools, helping teachers use research findings, and high expectations for student achievement. Dr. Eaker was instrumental in the founding of the Tennessee Teachers Hall of Fame and was a reg¬ular contributor to the Effective Schools Research Abstracts series.
To learn more about Dr. Eaker’s work, visit AllThingsPLC (www.allthingsPLC.info).
FormatsList PriceQtyPrinted BookSAR 01.00Add to Cart
SBN: 9786038147672
Author: Mike Mattos & Rebecca Dufour & Richard DuFour & Robert Eaker & Thomas W. Many
Publisher: Educational Book House
Publish Year: 2022
Size: 17x24cm
Pages number: 248
