On Common Ground: The Power of Professional Learning Communities

This anthology presents the recommendations of education leaders, and each chapter contributes to a sound conceptual framework and offers specific strategies for developing PLCs. These leaders have found common ground in expressing their belief in the power of PLCs although clear differences emerge regarding their perspectives on the most effective strategy for making PLCs the norm in North America. Benefits: Confront issues that impede student success. Leverage best strategies for raising student achievement. Support the premise that educators who embrace learning enable students to succeed. Learn how to use formative assessments with a focus on results. Assume individual responsibility and shared goals for learning. Contents: Foreword: Here and Now: Improving Teaching and Learning Introduction: On Common Ground: The Power of Professional Learning Communities Section 1: Overview of PLCs Chapter 1: Recurring Themes of Professional Learning Communities and the Assumptions They Challenge Chapter 2: What Is a Professional Learning Community? Section 2: Critical Questions of PLCs Chapter 3: Putting It All Together: Standards, Assessment, and Accountability in Successful Professional Learning Communities Chapter 4: Assessment FOR Learning: Building a Culture of Confident Learners Chapter 5: Mater of Motivation Chapter 6: Turning Book Burners Into Lifelong Learners Section 3: Creating PLCs Chapter 7: No Turning Back: The Ironclad Case for Professional Learning Communities Chapter 8: Leading for Transformation in Teaching, Learning, and Relationships Section 4: Placing PLCs in a Broader Context Chapter 9: More Effective Schools: Professional Learning Communities in Action Chapter 10: Implementing PLCs in the Chicago Public Schools Chapter 11: Professional Learning Communities Writ Large Section 5: A Call to Action Chapter 12: Closing the Knowing-Doing Gap
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Author/Artist:Richard DuFour|Robert Eaker|Rebecca DuFour|Mike Schmoker|Roland Barth|Barbara Eason-Watkins|Michael Fullan|Lawrence W. Lezotte|Douglas Reeves|Jon Saphier|Dennis Sparks|Rick Stiggins
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