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Getting District Results
A Case Study in Implementing PLCs at Work™
Discover how the largest elementary school district in Illinois became a flourishing professional learning community. You’ll walk through each step of the PLC journey to learn how the district approached the most vital components of a successful PLC, such as building shared knowledge, forming collaborative teams, and setting priorities. Reduce your own trial and error by using their lessons learned as a road map toward long-lasting change.
Benefits
- Follow along closely as District 54 utilizes common formative assessment, establishes systematic intervention and enrichment, administers systemic change, considers effective practices, and more.
- Read educators' firsthand accounts of the PLC process.
- Find replicas of the decision-making and priority-setting documents District 54 used to find PLC success.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Building Shared Knowledge
Chapter 2: Defining Mission, Vision, Collective Commitments, and Goals
Chapter 3: Forming Collaborative Teams
Chapter 4: Clarifying Essential Learning Questions
Chapter 5: Utilizing Common Formative Assessment
Chapter 6: Establishing Systematic Intervention and Enrichment
Chapter 7: Sustaining the Process
Chapter 8: Administering Systemic Change
Chapter 9: Considering Effective Practices
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
- All Things PLC
- District 54 Professional Development Symposium Brochure
- MacArthur Elementary School Integrated School Improvement Plan 2010–2011
- Sample Collins Elementary School Guiding Questions and Planning Template
- Sample Schedules
- School District 54 Essential Learning Outcomes for Literacy
- School District 54 Essential Learning Outcomes for Mathematics
