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The Foundation for Change
Focusing on the Four Pillars of a PLC at Work®
In this book, the authors provide the guidance and resources for schools to use the four pillars as the root of their PLC process. Discover strategies and tools to audit your mission statement, understand the role of a guiding coalition, and create collective commitments.
Benefits
- Follow the journey of one school as it moves through the steps of the PLC at Work® process.
- Understand how educators can contribute to developing and integrating the four pillars into classroom practice.
- Clarify the role of the guiding coalition in implementing the four pillars as the foundation for changing school culture.
- Reflect on chapter content with end-of-chapter questions for deeper learning.
- Gain practical templates, charts, and other reproducible tools and resources.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter 1: Mission: Clarifying Why Your School Exists
Chapter 2: Vision: Making the School You Want to Become a Reality
Chapter 3: Collective Commitments: Practicing Transformative Behaviors
Chapter 4: Goals: Embracing SMART Goals in Collaborative Teams
Epilogue: Framing Your Journey
REPRODUCIBLES AND VIDEOS
Chapter 1
- Prompts to Guide the Development of Your Mission
- Mission Statement Audit Checklist
- Who Are We Now, and Who Do We Want to Be?
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
Books
- Bailey, K., & Jakicic, C. (2012). Common formative assessment: A toolkit for Professional Learning Communities at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Bailey, K., & Jakicic, C. (2023). Common formative assessment: A toolkit for Professional Learning Communities at Work (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Buffum, A., Mattos, M., & Malone, J. (2018). Taking action: A handbook for RTI at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Burke, K. (2010). Balanced assessment: From formative to summative. 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., 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., Many, T. W., Mattos, M., & Muhammad, A. (2024). Learning by doing: A handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work (4th ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Eaker, R., DuFour, R., & DuFour, R. (2002). Getting started: Reculturing schools to become professional learning communities. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Hall, B. (2022). Powerful guiding coalitions: How to build and sustain the leadership team in your PLC at Work. 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: 4 essential skills for transformational school and district leaders. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- O’Neill, J., & Conzemius, A. E. (2006). The power of SMART goals: Using goals to improve student learning. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Stack, B. M., & Vander Els, J. G. (2018). Breaking with tradition: The shift to competency-based learning in PLCs at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Vander Els, J. G., & Stack, B. M. (2022). Unpacking the competency-based classroom: Equitable, individualized learning in a PLC at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Williams, K. C., & Hierck, T. (2015). Starting a movement: Building culture from the inside out in professional learning communities. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
