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Professional Learning Communities by Design
Putting the Learning Back Into PLCs
- Lois Brown Easton - Educational Consultant, Texas
Foreword by Shirley Hord
Other Titles in:
Continuing Professional Development | School Change, Reform, & Restructuring | School Management
Continuing Professional Development | School Change, Reform, & Restructuring | School Management
September 2011 | 304 pages | Corwin
This practical guide to the successful implementation of Professional Learning Communities is focused on the intentional learning and actions of teachers who wish to help struggling students succeed and narrow achievement gaps. The author includes a range of professional learning designs, protocols, and tools that can be applied to various PLC contexts. Each chapter includes an installment of a realistic and meaningful case narrative that describes what happens as faculty members work toward improving learning for all students.
Foreword by Shirley Hord
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
1. Setting the Stage for PLCs (June and July)
2. Finding Initial Structures (August)
3. Pursuing the Need to Know; Making Sense of Data (August - October)
4. Finding Processes for Working Together (November - December)
5. Appreciating New Data; Discovering Divergence (January - March)
6. Grappling with Change; Pursuing Protocols (March and April)
7. Expanding Context; Focusing on the Future (May and June)
8. Exploring Leadership and Taking Action (June and August)
9. Looking Ahead; Facing Challenges (June and August)
References
Great book, however it did not suit the purposes of my class.
Learning and Leadership, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
July 15, 2013
