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Charting the Course for Collaborative Teams
Lessons From Priority Schools in a PLC at Work®
Develop the know-how to work as a collaborative team to overcome barriers and challenges in priority schools. This comprehensive anthology offers clear steps you can take to significantly improve underperforming schools.
Benefits
- Understand how to effectively implement the PLC process to support school-improvement efforts.
- Receive replicable research-based strategies and processes for turning around underperforming schools and districts.
- Study the experiences of educators who have worked with priority schools and solved common challenges and pitfalls within them.
- Explore equitable practices for working with various student populations within priority schools, such as English learners, students in need of intervention, and students who will benefit from learning extensions.
- Understand how to collaboratively gather, analyze, and take action on data to inform school improvement efforts.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Teaching the Behaviors You Expect
Chapter 2: Rethinking SMART Goals to Accelerate Learning
Chapter 3: Adopting the Ten-Day Collaborative Cycle
Chapter 4: Answering the First Critical Question From an English Learner’s Point of View
Chapter 5: Getting Students to Grade-Level Reading Fast
Chapter 6: Working Together to Ensure All Students Learn Mathematics
Chapter 7: Understanding the Story Data Tell
Chapter 8: Moving From a Flooded to a Balanced Intervention Pyramid
Chapter 9: Making Proficient Students a Priority
STUDY GUIDE
REPRODUCIBLES
Chapter 1
- Figure 1.4: Quick-Reference Card for Behavior
- Rubric for Defining Schoolwide Behavioral Expectations
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
- Figure 3.3: Year-at-a-Glance Planning Tool
- Figure 3.4: Determine Components of Essential Standards
- Figure 3.6: Unpack Essential Standards for Core Content Items and Skills
- Figure 3.7: Proficiency Scale to Determine Next Steps
- Figure 3.8: Lesson-Planning Template
- Individual and Team Identification of Essential Skills
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
- Figure 5.1: Foundational Reading Skill Continuum
- Student Data Tracker for Reading Acceleration
- Skill Set Learning Targets and Mastery Check
Chapter 7
Chapter 9
- Figure 9.1: Tool to Determine Essential Knowledge and Skills
- Student Data Tracker, By Standard and Learning Targets
- Extension Planning Template
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
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- Kanold, T. D., Schuhl, S., Larson, M. R., Barnes, B., Kanold-McIntyre, J., & Toncheff, M. (2018). Mathematics assessment and intervention in a PLC at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Kanold, T. D., Toncheff, M., Larson, M. R., Barnes, B., Kanold-McIntyre, J., & Schuhl, S. (2018). Mathematics coaching and collaboration in a PLC at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
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- Roberts, M. (2019). Enriching the learning: Meaningful extensions for proficient students in a PLC at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Schuhl, S., Kanold, T. D., Barnes, B., Jain, D. M., Larson, M. R., & Monzingo, B. (2021). Mathematics unit planning in a PLC at Work, High School. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Schuhl, S., Kanold, T. D., Deinhart, J., Lang-Raad, N. D., Larson, M. R., & Smith, N. N. (2021). Mathematics unit planning in a PLC at Work, Grades PreK–2. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Schuhl, S., Kanold, T. D., Deinhart, J., Larson, M. R., & Toncheff, M. (2020). Mathematics unit planning in a PLC at Work, Grades 3–5. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Schuhl, S., Kanold, T. D., Kaynold-McIntyre, J., Chuang, S., Larson, M. R., & Smith, M. (2021). Mathematics unit planning in a PLC at Work, Grades 6–8. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
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- Weichel, M., McCann, B., & Williams, T. (2018). When they already know it: How to extend and personalize student learning in a PLC at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
Websites
Chapter 1
Chapter 4
- Colorín Colorado
- Facebook, “Certified ELL Teachers in the U.S.”
- Facebook, “Colorín Colorado’s ELL Educator Group”:
- National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition
- Sweetwater Union High School District, Academic Language Function Toolkit
- U.S. Department of Education, English Learner Toolkit for State and Local Education Agencies (SEAs and LEAs)
- WIDA, “Can Do Descriptors”
Chapter 6
