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Mindset for Success
The Powerful Partnership of Problem-Based Learning and PLC at Work®
When educators believe they are capable of overcoming challenges and that their work matters, they make a lasting impact on students’ academic success. Using a problem-based learning (PBL) approach, the authors equip teachers with guided PBL scenarios to facilitate a shift in thinking so they feel mentally prepared to adopt a growth mindset and commit to the professional learning community (PLC) process.
Benefits
- Apply the PBL method to the PLC process through the use of guided PBL scenarios.
- Adopt a growth mindset with tips on making each thinking shift.
- Utilize the “Think This, Do This” approach to ease the transition to a collaborative PLC.
- Build collaboration, will, and skill with numerous tools and strategies.
- Honor and trust team members and the PLC process.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I: The Will and Skill
Chapter 1: Building a Powerful Partnership: PLC at Work and PBL
Chapter 2: Building Collaborative Willpower: Learning to Trust the PLC Process Using PBL
Chapter 3: Building Collaborative Skill Power: Problem–Based Learning
Part II: PBL Training Modules
Chapter 4: Shifting From Teaching to Learning
Chapter 5: Shifting From Isolation to Collaboration
Chapter 6: Shifting From Intentions to Results
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Chapter 2: Building Collaborative Willpower: Learning to Trust the PLC Process Using PBL
- Listening to Learn Tool
- Think This, Do This: Listening to Learn
- Think This, Do This: Integrating the Learning of Others Into Your Own Understanding
- Tool for Integrating the Learning of Others Into Your Own Understanding
- Think This, Do This: Growing Professionally as Individuals and as a Team
- Tool for Growing Professionally as Individuals and as a Team
- Think This, Do This: Honoring and Trusting Your Team Members and the PLC Process
- Tool for Honoring and Trusting Your Team Members and the PLC Process
Chapter 3: Building Collaborative Skill Power: Problem–Based Learning
Chapter 4: Shifting From Teaching to Learning
- Table 4.1: PBL Group Roles and Responsibilities
- Think This, Do This: The Purpose of School
- Think This, Do This: Practice, Policy, and Procedures
- Think This, Do This: Collective Commitments
- Think This, Do This: Goal Setting
- PBL Learning Grid: The Fundamentals
- The Fundamentals: Scene 1
- The Fundamentals: Scene 2
- The Fundamentals: Scene 3
- Guiding Questions for the Fundamentals
Chapter 5: Shifting From Isolation to Collaboration
- Table 5.1: PBL Group Roles and Responsibilities
- Think This, Do This: A Systematic Process
- Think This, Do This: Working Interdependently
- Think This, Do This: Working Collectively on Specific Items
- PBL Learning Grid: The Writing on the Wall
- The Writing on the Wall: Scene 1
- The Writing on the Wall: Scene 2
- The Writing on the Wall: Scene 3
- Guiding Questions for the Writing on the Wall
Chapter 6: Shifting From Intentions to Results
- Table 6.1: PBL Group Roles and Responsibilities
- Think This, Do This: Turning Intentions Into Actions
- Think This, Do This: Collectively Interpret Standards
- Think This, Do This: Examining Student Proficiency
- Think This, Do This: Focusing on Student Mastery
- PBL Learning Grid: Learning for All
- Learning for All: Scene 1
- Learning for All: Scene 2
- Learning for All: Scene 3
- Guiding Questions for Learning for All
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
Books
- Bayewitz, M. D., Cunningham, S. A., Ianora, J. A., Jones, B., Nielsen, M., Remmert, W., et al. (2020). Help your team: Overcoming common collaborative challenges in a PLC at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Boogren, T. H. (2018). The beginning teacher’s field guide: Embarking on your first years. 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., 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., 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., Mattos, M., & Muhammad, A. (2024). Learning by doing: A handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work (4th ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- DuFour, R., DuFour, R., Eaker, R., Mattos, M., & Muhammed, A. (2021). Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work: Proven insights for sustained, substantive school improvement (2nd 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., & Marzano, R. (2011). Leaders of learning: How district, school, and classroom leaders improve student achievement. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Eaker, R., Hagadone, M., Keating, J., & Rhoades, M. (2021). Leading PLCs at Work districtwide: From boardroom to classroom. 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.
- Kanold, T. D. (2011). The five disciplines of PLC leaders. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Kanold, T. D. (2017). HEART! Fully forming your professional life as a teacher and leader. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Many, T., Maffoni, M., Sparks, S., & Thomas, T. (2018). Amplify your impact: Coaching collaborative teams in PLCs at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Marzano, R. J., Warrick, P., & Simms, J. A. (2014). A handbook for high reliability schools: The next step in school reform. Bloomington, IN: Marzano Resources.
- Mattos, M., & Buffum, A. (Eds.). (2015). It’s about time: Planning interventions and extensions in secondary school. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Mattos, M., DuFour, R., DuFour, R., Eaker, R., & Many, T. (2016). Concise answers to frequently asked questions about Professional Learning Communities at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Reeves, D., & Eaker, R. (2019). 100-day leaders: Turning short-term wins into long-term success in schools. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
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