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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction: Professional Learning Communities at Work and High Reliability Schools—Merging Best Practices for School Improvement
Part I: The Five Levels
Chapter 1: Culture Building in a High Reliability School
Chapter 2: Frames of Mind and Tools for Success—Organizational Culture in a PLC
Chapter 3: Six Steps for Effective Teaching in Every Classroom
Chapter 4: Effective Teaching in a Professional Learning Community
Chapter 5: Six Action Steps for a Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum
Chapter 6: PLC, HRS, and a Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum
Chapter 7: A Multiyear Plan for Standards-Referenced Reporting
Chapter 8: Grading and Reporting for Learning in a PLC
Chapter 9: Personalized, Competency-Based Education
Chapter 10: Preparation for Tomorrow—A Competency-Based Focus and PLCs
Part II: Professional Learning Communities, High Reliability Organizations, and School Leadership
Chapter 11: High Reliability Leadership
Chapter 12: Leadership in a PLC—Coherence and Culture
Part III: Professional Learning Communities, High Reliability Schools, and District Leadership
Chapter 13: Leadership in High Reliability School Districts
Chapter 14: Leadership in a High-Performing PLC

PRINTABLE REPRODUCIBLES

• Figure 2.1: Survey for Assessing Perceptions About Equality
• Figure 2.2: Survey for Assessing Perceptions About Responsibility
• Figure 2.3: Survey for Assessing Perceptions About Advocacy
• Figure 4.1: Performance-Tracking Template—Conversational Behaviors
• Figure 5.1: Process for Identifying Standards With a Higher Degree of Importance Than Others
• Figure 5.4: Template for Recording the Results of Teacher Instruction Time Estimates
• Figure 12.1: Principal Leadership Actions in a PLC Culture Evaluation Tool
• Figure 12.2: PLC Collaborative Teacher Team Actions for Collective Teacher Efficacy
• Figure 12.3: Assessing Principal Commitment to Districtwide PLC Implementation

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. (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.
• DeLorenzo, R. A., Battino, W. J., Schreiber, R. M., & Gaddy-Carrio, B. (2009). Delivering on the Promise: The Education Revolution. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• DuFour, R., DuFour, R., & Eaker, R. (2008). Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work: New Insights for Improving Schools. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• DuFour, R., DuFour, R., Eaker, R., & Karhanek, G. (2010). Raising the Bar and Closing the Gap: Whatever It Takes. 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., & Eaker, R. (1998). Professional Learning Communities at Work: Best Practices for Enhancing Student Achievement. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• DuFour, R., & Fullan, M. (2013). Cultures Built to Last: Systemic PLCs at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• DuFour, R., & Marzano, R. J. (2011). Leaders of Learning: How District, School, and Classroom Leaders Improve Student Achievement. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• Eaker, R., & Keating, J. (2012). Every School, Every Team, Every Classroom: District Leadership for Growing Professional Learning Communities at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• Eaker, R., & Keating, J. (2015). Kid by Kid, Skill by Skill: Teaching in a Professional Learning Community at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• Friziellie, H., Schmidt, J. A., & Spiller, J. (2016). Yes We Can! General and Special Educators Collaborating in a Professional Learning Community. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• Gobble, T., Onuscheck, M., Reibel, A. R., & Twadell, E. (2016). Proficiency-Based Assessment: Process, Not Product. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• Gregory, G., Kaufeldt, M., & Mattos, M. (2016). Best Practices at Tier 1: Daily Differentiation for Effective Instruction, Secondary. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• Heflebower, T., Hoegh, J. K., & Warrick, P. B. (2014). A School Leader’s Guide to Standards-Based Grading. Bloomington, IN: Marzano Resources.
• Heflebower, T., Hoegh, J. K., Warrick, P. B., & Flygare, J. (2019). A teacher’s Guide to Standards-Based Learning. Bloomington, IN: Marzano Resources.
• Hoegh, J. K. (2019). A Handbook for Developing and Using Proficiency Scales in the Classroom. Bloomington, IN: Marzano Resources.
• Johnson, M. (2015). How to Coach Leadership in a PLC. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• Marzano, R. J. (2010). Formative Assessment and Standards-Based Grading. Bloomington, IN: Marzano Resources.
• Marzano, R. J. (2012). Becoming a Reflective Teacher. Bloomington, IN: Marzano Resources.
• Marzano, R. J. (2017). The New Art and Science of Teaching. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• Marzano, R. J., Heflebower, T., Hoegh, J. K., Warrick, P. B., & Grift, G. (2016). Collaborative Teams That Transform Schools: The Next Step in PLCs. Bloomington, IN: Marzano Resources.
• Marzano, R. J., Norford, J. S., Finn, M., & Finn, D., III. (2017). A Handbook for Personalized Competency-Based Education. Bloomington, IN: Marzano Resources.
• Marzano, R. J., Scott, D., Boogren, T. H., & Newcomb, M. L. (2017). Motivating and Inspiring Students: Strategies to Awaken the Learner. 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.
• Marzano, R. J., Warrick, P. B., & Simms, J. A. (2014). A Handbook for High Reliability Schools: The Next Step in School Reform. Bloomington, IN: Marzano Resources.
• Marzano, R. J., & Waters, T. (2009). District Leadership That Works: Striking the Right Balance. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• Muhammad, A. (2015). Overcoming the Achievement Gap Trap: Liberating Mindsets to Effect Change. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• Muhammad, A. (2018). Transforming School Culture: How to Overcome Staff Division (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• Muhammad, A., & Cruz, L. F. (2019). Time for Change: Four Essential Skills for Transformational School and District Leaders. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• Ruyle, M. (2019). Leading the Evolution: How to Make Personalized Competency-Based Education a Reality. Bloomington, IN: Marzano Resources.
• Schimmer, T. (2016). Grading From the Inside Out: Bringing Accuracy to Student Assessment Through a Standards-Based Mindset. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• Smith, W. R. (2015). How to Launch PLCs in Your District. 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.
• Twadell, E., Onuscheck, M., Reibel, A. R., & Gobble, T. (2019). Proficiency-Based Instruction: Rethinking Lesson Design and Delivery. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.

WEBSITES

Chapter 1

• The Quest of Telemachus

Chapter 3

• Instructional Coaching Group

Chapter 7

• Colorado Department of Education, “Colorado Academic Standards”
• California Department of Education, “Common Core State Standards”
• Georgia Department of Education
• Marzano Resources, “The Critical Concepts”

Chapter 9

• Wayne K. Hoy, “Academic Optimism of Schools”

Chapter 10

• AllThingsPLC
• Character Counts

Chapter 11

• Manage Train Learn