Building a Professional Learning Community at Work TM

Building a Professional Learning Community at Work TM
Author: Parry Graham
Publisher: Solution Tree Press
Total Pages: 447
Release: 2009-09-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1936765004

Get a play-by-play guide to implementing PLC concepts. Each chapter begins with a story focused on a particular challenge. A follow-up analysis of the story identifies the good decisions or common mistakes made in relation to that particular scenario. The authors examine the research behind best practice and wrap up each chapter with recommendations and tools you can use in your school.

Professional Learning Communities at Work

Professional Learning Communities at Work
Author: Richard DuFour
Publisher: Solution Tree
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781879639607

Provides specific information on how to transform schools into results-oriented professional learning communities, describing the best practices that have been used by schools nationwide.

Learning by Doing

Learning by Doing
Author: Richard DuFour
Publisher: Solution Tree Press
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2013-06-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1935249894

Like the first edition, the second edition of Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work helps educators close the knowing-doing gap as they transform their schools into professional learning communities (PLCs).

Professional Learning Communities at Work Plan Book

Professional Learning Communities at Work Plan Book
Author: Rebecca DuFour
Publisher:
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2006
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781932127959

More than just a plan book, this fresh new resource brim with tips, activities, and 40 weeks of planning pages to guide you through a positive, productive year. This new addition to the PLC family is more than a plan book with space for EIGHT class periods. It also helps educators implement critical PLC issues as they collaborate with other school staff members to improve student learning.

Every School, Every Team, Every Classroom

Every School, Every Team, Every Classroom
Author: Robert Eaker
Publisher: Solution Tree Press
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 193676511X

In this sequel to Total Instructional Alignment, the author peels back complex layers of the change process to reveal the five big ideas at the core of successful schools. Focus on these foundational ideas to simplify decision making and eliminate distractions from your efforts to promote effective teaching and learning. Teachers and administrators alike will appreciate this straightforward approach to solid leadership for school improvement.

Learning by Doing

Learning by Doing
Author: Richard DuFour
Publisher: Solution Tree
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2020
Genre: Educational leadership
ISBN: 9781949539479

In the third edition of Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work®, authors Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, Thomas W. Many, and Mike Mattos provide educators with a comprehensive, bestselling guide to transforming their schools into professional learning communities (PLCs). In this revised version, contributor and Canadian educator Karen Power has adapted the third edition for Canadian educators, emphasizing how Canadian educators can effectively improve learning for each student across their unique and widely diverse provinces and territories. Rewritten so that the scenarios, research, and language appropriately meet the needs of Canadian educators, this version is packed with real-world strategies and advice that will assist readers in transforming their school or district into a successful PLC.

Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work®

Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work®
Author: Richard DuFour
Publisher: Solution Tree Press
Total Pages: 592
Release: 2009-11-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 193400989X

This 10th-anniversary sequel to the authors’ best-selling book Professional Learning Communities at WorkTM: Best Practices for Enhancing Student Achievement merges research, practice, and passion. The most extensive, practical, and authoritative PLC resource to date, it goes further than ever before into best practices for deep implementation, explores the commitment/consensus issue, and celebrates successes of educators who are making the journey.

Cultures Built to Last

Cultures Built to Last
Author: Richard DuFour
Publisher: Solution Tree Press
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2013-05-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 193676475X

Take your professional learning community to the next level! Discover a systemwide approach for re-envisioning your PLC while sustaining growth and continuing momentum on your journey. You’ll move beyond isolated pockets of excellence while allowing every person in your school system—from teachers and administrators to students—the opportunity to be an instrument of lasting cultural change.

Professional Learning Communities at Work TM

Professional Learning Communities at Work TM
Author: Richard DuFour
Publisher: Solution Tree Press
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2009-02-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1934009857

The book that launched a school improvement movement offers research-based recommendations drawn from the best practices found in schools nationwide for continuously improving school performance. Coming from the perspectives of both a distinguished dean of education and one of America’s most widely acclaimed practitioners, this resource provides specific, practical how-to information about transforming schools into results-oriented PLCs.