professional learning communities

"In Formative Tools for Leaders in a PLC: Assessing, Analyzing, and Acting to Support Collaborative Teams, authors Kim Bailey and Chris Jakicic provide school leaders with tools and strategies to gauge the work of teams in implementing the professional learning community (PLC) process. Using the three stages of assessing, analyzing, and acting as a feedback loop, leaders examine the current reality of their schools along with major indicators of PLCs. The authors offer guidance for gathering evidence from school teams, processes, and artifacts and using data to inform and support areas that need improvement and celebrate those that are doing well. By reading this book, K-12 leaders will learn how to use a formative process to improve their schoolwide PLC practices"--Provided by publisher.

"... a guide for action that helps educators close the knowing-doing gap as they transform their schools into professional learning communities (PLCs)"--Back cover.

"The concept of personalized professional learning has gained a good deal of traction over the past decade. Much in the way that classroom instruction has shifted from a twentieth century factory model (at least in theory), the notion of one-size-fits-all professional development has been widely discredited. A recent blog post (http://blog.edmentum.com/5-best-practices-personalized-professional-development) makes the following case: Gathering all of a school's teachers in a room for one day and offering strategies with the intention of universal classroom application doesn't work anymore-'one size fits all' is no longer an effective option. Instead, attention must be paid to the broader context of each teacher's classroom world. The subject(s) they teach, the technology they utilize, as well as the ages and specific challenges of their students, all must be taken into account. Moreover, technological advances have dramatically improved access to individualized PL options. But while the idea that teachers can tailor their professional learning to unique needs is inherently appealing, there remains a central paradox: most experts are in agreement that the most impactful professional leaning experiences take place in collaboration with other teachers. The authors of the proposed title believe that powerful professional learning can be grouped into three distinctive categories: (1) Learning from students; (2) Learning from peers; (3) Learning from the world"--.

Presents a model for creating online professional development for teachers.

"Provides strategies and tips for school leaders to integrate the CCSS for English language arts in their school's instruction, curriculum, assessment, and intervention practices"--Back cover.

A guide for grade 9-12 teachers on integrating the CCSS for English language arts into their instruction, curriculum assessment, and intervention practices, and includes a model on how to use CCSS with Professional Learning Communities at Work.

A guide to teaching the Common Core State Standards for English language arts grades 6-8.

A guide for grade 3-5 teachers on integrating the CCSS for English language arts into their instruction, curriculum assessment, and intervention practices, and includes a model on how to use CCSS with Professional Learning Communities at Work.