Concise Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Professional Learning Communities at Work

Dufour, Richard/ DuFour, Rebecca/ Eaker, Robert/ Mattos, Mike/ Many, Robert

ISBN 10: 194249663X / ISBN 13: 9781942496632

Editore: Solution Tree, 2016

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165 pages. 10.00x7.00x0.50 inches. In Stock. Codice articolo 194249663X

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Titolo: Concise Answers to Frequently Asked ...

Casa editrice: Solution Tree

Data di pubblicazione: 2016

Legatura: Paperback

Condizione: Brand New

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Riassunto:

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 teacher teams working to build and sustain a PLC. You and your team will turn to this invaluable reference tool again and again as questions and complications arise along your PLC journey.

Benefits

• Address the four critical questions that guide teacher collaboration through the PLC process.
• Review essential PLC vocabulary.
• Understand the qualities educators need to cultivate school improvement.
• 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.

 

Contents

Introduction

1              Laying the Foundation: Mission, Vision, Values, and Goals

2              Building a Collaborative Culture

3              What Do We Want Our Students to Learn?

4              How Will We Know When Our Students Have Learned It?

5              How Will We Respond When Some Students Don’t Learn and When Some Do?

6              The District’s Role in the PLC Process

7              Consensus and Conflict in a PLC

Afterword: It’s a Journey, Not a Destination