On Common Ground: The Power of Professional Learning Communities

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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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