The time of exclusive top-down leadership is over! Only teachers can transform education from inside the classroom, and this book defines best practices of collaborative teacher leadership. Specific techniques, supporting research, expert insight, and real classroom stories illustrate how to work together for student learning, create a guaranteed and viable curriculum, and use data to inform instruction. Benefits: 
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<li>Define and implement best practices for collaborative teacher leadership in a PLC. </li> <li>Discover how to work together for student learning and how to create a guaranteed and viable curriculum. </li> <li>Explore the many ways data can be utilized to inform instruction. </li> <li>Use common assessments to bridge the gap between teaching and learning. </li>
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Contents: Foreword by Rebecca DuFour Introduction by Richard DuFour Part One: Working Together for Student Learning Chapter 1: The New Teacher Leader: Transforming Education From Inside the Classroom Chapter 2: Creating Intentional Collaboration Chapter 3: Teacher Talk: How Collaboration Gets to the Heart of Great Schools Part Two: Creating a Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum Chapter 4: Too Much to Teach: How to Identify What Matters Most Chapter 5: Instructional Improvement From the Inside Out: Lesson Study at Work Chapter 6: Connecting Curriculum Mapping to Assessment for Learning Part Three: Using Data to Reach All Students Chapter 7: Teaching in the Dark Chapter 8: Common Assessments: Bridging the Gap Between Teaching and Learning Chapter 9: An Integrated Response to Learning: Eight Strategies That Work Epilogue: A New Era of Spectacular Teachers

The Collaborative Teacher: Working Together as a Professional Learning Community

Education & Teaching

Thomas W. Many

Susan K. Sparks

Sharon V. Kramer

Erkens, Cassandra

Jakicic, Chris

Jessie, Lillie

Dennis King

Mary Ann Ranells

Ainsley B. Rose

Eric Twadell

Schools & Teaching

Solution Tree

Part of the Solutions for Professional Learning Communities Collaborate for schoolwide success. Establishing a collaborative culture can significantly impact student achievement and professional practice. With this how-to guide, you'll gain clarity on the work of teams in a PLC and uncover the elements of effective team development. Discover skills and behaviors that individuals and teams can improve regarding communication, facilitating data conversations, and managing consensus while working together. Benefits: 
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<li>Consult case studies that illustrate the problems that teacher teams may face as they collaborate and how to address them. </li> <li>Evaluate the stages that teams will move through as they collaborate to reach agreement. </li> <li>Consider step-by-step processes for cultivating effective collaboration. </li> <li>Determine the responsibilities for each member of a collaborative school team. </li> <li>Explore the behaviors teachers should commit to in order to foster productive listening and participation among teams. </li>
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Contents: About the Authors Introduction Chapter 1: Dispositions Chapter 2: Process Chapter 3: Roles and Responsibilities Chapter 4: Skills and Behaviors Chapter 5: Conclusion References

How to Cultivate Collaboration in a PLC (Solutions) (Solutions for Professional Learning Communities)

Get all of your PLC questions answered. Designed as a companion resource to Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work (3rd ed.), this powerful quick-reference guidebook is a must-have for teachers and administrators working to build and sustain a PLC. Packed with strategies for building a positive learning environment, you and your team will turn to this invaluable reference tool again and again as questions and complications arise along your PLC journey. Benefits: 
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<li>Receive concise answers to frequently asked questions about becoming a PLC.</li> <li>Address the four critical questions that guide teacher collaboration through the PLC process. </li> <li>Review essential PLC vocabulary. </li> <li>Understand the qualities educators need to cultivate in order to harness a collaborative culture. </li> <li>Outline what students need to learn, and ascertain how to react when students either do or do not learn it. </li> <li>Gain tips on additional PLC books to read to dig deeper into the topics covered in this book. </li>
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Contents: Introduction 1. Laying the Foundation: Mission, Vision, Values, and Goals 2. Building a Collaborative Culture 3. What Do We Want Our Students to Learn? 4. How Will We Know When Our Students Have Learned It? 5. How Will We Respond When Some Students Don't Learn and When Some Do? 6. The District's Role in the PLC Process 7. Consensus and Conflict in a PLC Afterword: It s a Journey, Not a Destination

Concise Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Professional Learning Communities at Work(TM) (Stronger Relationships for Better Education Leadership)

Richard DuFour

Robert Eaker

Rebecca DuFour

Mike Mattos

Discover how to close the knowing-doing gap and transform your school or district into a high-performing professional learning community (PLC). The powerful third edition of this comprehensive action guide from experts Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, Thomas W. Many, and Mike Mattos updates and expands on new and significant PLC topics. Explore fresh strategies, tools, and tips for hiring and retaining new staff, creating team-developed common formative assessment, implementing systematic interventions, and more. Learn how to establish professional learning communities in schools: 
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<li>Build a shared knowledge of critical vocabulary and the concepts underlying the PLC process.</li> <li>Equip yourself with the knowledge and tools necessary to model effective reciprocal accountability and collective teacher efficacy.</li> <li>Make honest assessments of your school and teaching methods by examining conventional practices from a fresh, critical perspective.</li> <li>Take immediate and specific steps to close the knowing-doing gap.</li> <li>Move beyond creating an action plan for school improvement, and start doing.</li>
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Changes for the third edition: 
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<li>Two new chapters: One on team-developed common formative assessment strategies and the second on hiring, orienting, and retaining staff members for your PLC</li> <li>A stronger focus on districtwide PLC implementation and avoiding common mistakes related to the PLC process</li> <li>New insight into clarifying the essential standards necessary in a guaranteed and viable curriculum by establishing a collective understanding of best practices in teaching</li> <li>Suggestions for incorporating a focus on learning and deeper knowledge, as opposed to simple recall of information, into curriculum development and teacher-made assessments</li> <li>A deeper and more thorough examination of RTI (MTSS) interventions by coauthor Mike Mattos, a leading expert on intervention</li> <li>Explicit PLC tools and templates that high-performing districts have used</li> <li>An updated research base, including more than one hundred new references and professional learning community examples</li> <li>A shift in focus from why educators should implement the PLC process to steps to take immediately in the implementation process</li>
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Contents: Introduction to the Third Edition Chapter 1: A Guide to Action for Professional Learning Communities at Work™ Chapter 2: Defining a Clear and Compelling Purpose Chapter 3: Building the Collaborative Culture of a PLC at Work™ Chapter 4: Creating a Results Orientation in a PLC at Work™ Chapter 5: Creating a Focus on Learning Chapter 6: Creating Team-Developed Common Formative Assessments Chapter 7: Responding When Some Students Don't Learn Chapter 8: Hiring, Orienting, and Retaining New Staff Chapter 9: Resolving Conflict and Celebrating in a PLC at Work™ Chapter 10: Implementing the PLC Process Districtwide References and Resources Index See also, the companion book, Concise Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Professional Learning Communities at Work™, that provides readers with quick answers to help them move beyond specific problems in PLC implementation.

Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at WorkTM (An Actionable Guide to Implementing the PLC Process and Effective Teaching Methods)

With Foreword by Rebecca DuFour Amplify Your Impact presents K-12 educators and school leadership with a collaborative approach to coaching teachers in their PLCs. The authors share best practices and processes teams can rely on to ensure they are doing the right work in a cycle of continuous improvement. Discover concrete action steps your school can take to adopt proven collaborative coaching methods, fortify teacher teams, support leadership development, and ultimately improve student learning in classrooms. Adopt a collaborative team-teaching approach to coaching and leadership development: 
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<li>Gain insights from teachers and empirical evidence from schools that confirm the benefits of how coaching and refining collaborative teams can strengthen PLCs.</li> <li>Use the Pathways Tool for Coaching Collaborative Teams to guide your team's conversations and team-based learning.</li> <li>Learn how to develop and use the strategy implementation guide (SIG) to map out your collaborative team success.</li> <li>Analyze coaching scenarios that illustrate how to turn ineffective team meetings into positive collaborative learning experiences.</li> <li>Increase instructional leadership development that promotes reflective coaching and a collaborative approach.</li>
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Contents: Introduction 
Part I: The Why, How, and What of Coaching Collaborative Teams Chapter 1: Combining Coaching and Collaboration Chapter 2: Coaching Collaborative Teams in a PLC Part II: The Framework for Coaching Collaborative Teams Chapter 3: Amplifying Your Impact With Clarity Chapter 4: Amplifying Your Impact With Feedback Chapter 5: Amplifying Your Impact With Support Part III: Putting It All Together to Amplify Your Impact Chapter 6: Making it Real: Coaching Scenarios Afterword References and Resources Index

Amplify Your Impact: Coaching Collaborative Teams in PLCs (Instructional Leadership Development and Coaching Methods for Collaborative Learning) (Solutions)

Michael J. Maffoni

Tesha Ferriby Thomas

Solution Tree Press

Strengthen your professional learning community (PLC) by building a highly effective coaching culture for collaborative teams. A companion to Amplify Your Impact, this resource drills deeper into the more complex aspects of PLC at Work®. Instructional coaches and leaders will acquire new insights and strategies for improving their team's professional practice around the essential elements of the PLC process, including continuous improvement, collective inquiry, action orientation, and a focus on results. Gain effective coaching strategies for implementing the PLC at Work framework in your school or district: <ul>
<li>Review essential elements of effective PLCs and how these essential elements influence the instructional coaching of collaborative teams. </li> <li>Study the Strategy Implementation Guide (SIG) and Pathways for Coaching Collaborative Teams tools and how to use them in the coaching of collaborative teams. </li> <li>Acquire new insights, confront new questions, and explore new approaches that promote higher levels of student learning and effective professional learning communities for teachers. </li> <li>Discover numerous strategies to use during the effective group coaching of collaborative teams at every stage of learning to meet adaptive challenges.</li> <li>Learn the benefits of "drilling deeper" into the PLC process, as well as viewing the teacher as a reflective practitioner.</li>
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Contents: Introduction Foreword by Robert Eaker Part I: Making a Commitment to Coaching Teams Chapter 1: Creating Habits of Professional Practice Chapter 2: Identifying How the Essential Elements of a PLC Thrive in a Coaching Culture Part II: Understanding Essential Elements of Highly Effective Teams in a PLC Chapter 3: Learning Together--The Power of Collective Inquiry Chapter 4: Staying Restless--The Impact of Continuous Improvement Chapter 5: Being Urgent--The Value of an Action Orientation Chapter 6: Getting Better--The Significance of a Focus on Results Part III: Coaching Collaborative Teams in PLCs at Work Chapter 7: Coaching for Assessing a Team's Current Reality Chapter 8: Believing in Your Team--Coaching Collective Efficacy Chapter 9: Creating an Action Plan for Coaching Collaborative Teams Appendix A: Stages of Learning and Essential Elements of a Highly Effective PLC Appendix B: Action Planning Template Appendix C: Communicating the Roll-Out Plan References and Resources

How Schools Thrive: Building a Coaching Culture for Collaborative Teams in PLCs at Work® (Effective coaching strategies for PLCs at Work®)

In Energize Your Teams: Powerful Took for Coaching Collaborative Teams in PLCs at Work®, authors Thomas W. Many, Michael J. Maffoni, Susan K. Sparks, and Tesha Ferriby Thomas and contributor Brian Greeney share comprehensive guidance for coaching collaborative teams in a Professional Learning Community (PLC) at Work. They provide complete, easy-to-implement professional learning modules and supporting materials to deepen collaborative teams' knowledge of five prerequisites of a PLC: (1) highly effective collaborative teams, (2) a guaranteed and viable curriculum, (3) a balanced and coherent system of assessment, (4) productive data conversations, and (5) the pyramid of interventions. This follow-up to the authors' books Amplify Your Impact: Coaching Collaborative Teams in PLCs at Work and How Schools Thrive: Building a Coaching Culture for Collaborative Teams in PLCs at Work is a "grab and grow" resource-a powerful tool busy K-12 school leaders, instructional coaches, and teacher leaders can grab to mow their collaborative teams' skills. Readers Will: Explore effective coaching strategies and the coaching cycle, Discover a continuum for teams to assess their current effectiveness, Utilize step-by-step coaching instructions and supporting materials, Study useful tools for coaching collaborative teams, Find free online reproducible Book jacket.

Energize Your Teams: Powerful Tools for Coaching Collaborative Teams in PLCs at Work® (A Comprehensive Guide for Leading Collaborative Teams to Reach Their Full Potential)

Learning by Doing [Fourth Edition]: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work® (A practical guide for implementing the PLC process and transforming schools)

Anthony Muhammad

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