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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1: PLC at Work in High-Performing Schools
Chapter 2: PYP and PLC at Work: A Perfect Pair
Chapter 3: Mathematics and Literacy in the PYP
Chapter 4: Response to Intervention in the PYP
Chapter 5: Early Years Education and a Pedagogy of With
Chapter 6: The Educational Assistant in the PYP and PLC
Chapter 7: Leading Change in the PYP Through PLCs
Afterword

STUDY GUIDE

Develop a path toward your goals by using the free study guide.

• PLCs at Work® and the IB Primary Years Programme Study Guide

REPRODUCIBLES

• Figure 2.2: Template for PLC Critical Question One—What Do We Want Students to Know, Understand, and Be Able to Do?
• Figure 3.4: Student Weekly Planner
• Figure 3.8: Goal Setting Through the ICS Learning Process
• Figure 4.2: How Do Our School’s Current Practices Align With the Essential Elements of RTI?
• Figure 4.3: How Will Our School Respond to Key RTI Questions?
• Figure 4.6: How We Organize Ourselves (Grade 4)
• Figure 4.9: Plan of Action and Implementation
• Figure A.1: Tiers 1 and 2 Individual Student Problem-Solving Form
• Figure A.2: Brief Summary of Attempted Intervention Strategies
• Figure A.3: Brief Summary of Parent Contact
• Figure A.4: Progress Monitoring Log
• Figure A.5: Interventions Review
• Figure 5.2: ICS Early Years Observation Template
• Figure 7.2: Hub Observation Form

SUGGESTED RESOURCES

Books

• Buffum, A., Mattos, M., & Malone, J. (2018). Taking action: A handbook for RTI at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• Buffum, A., Mattos, M., & Weber, C. (2009). Pyramid response to intervention: RTI, professional learning communities, and how to respond when kids don’t learn. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• Buffum, A., Mattos, M., & Weber, C. (2012). Simplifying response to intervention: Four essential guiding principles. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• Conzemius, A. E., & O’Neill, J. (2014). The handbook for SMART school teams: Revitalizing best practices for collaboration (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• DuFour, R. (2018). Passion & persistence [Video file]. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• DuFour, R., DuFour, R., Eaker, R. Mattos, M., & Muhammad, A. (2021). Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work: Proven insights for sustained, sub¬stantive school improvement (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• DuFour, R., DuFour, R., Eaker, R., & Many, T. (2010). Learning by doing: A handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• DuFour, R., DuFour, R., Eaker, R., Many, T. W., & Mattos, M. (2016). Learning by doing: A handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work (3rd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• DuFour, R., DuFour, R., Eaker, R., Mattos, M., & Muhammad, A. (2021). Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work: Proven insights for sustained, substantive school improvement (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• Eaker, R., & Marzano, R. J. (Eds.). (2020). Professional Learning Communities at Work and High Reliability Schools: Cultures of continuous learning. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• Marzano, R. J., Norford, J. S., Finn, M., & Finn, D, III. (2017). A handbook for per-sonalized competency-based education. Bloomington, IN: Marzano Resources.
• Marzano, R. J., Warrick, P. B., Rains, C. L., & DuFour, R. (2018). Leading a High Reliability School. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• Stuart, T. S. (Ed.). (2016). Global perspectives: Professional Learning Communities at Work in international schools. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• Stuart, T. S., Heckmann, S., Mattos, M., & Buffum, A. (2018). Personalized learning in a PLC at Work: Student agency through the four critical questions. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.

Websites

• PLC at Work Institute
• RTI Action Network
• Toddle
• IXL
• Coggle
• Read Naturally
• Level Literacy Intervention
• Bridges Math Intervention
• School-Wide Positive Behavioral Supports
• easyCBM
• The Learning Square