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Propel Your PLC at Work®
Leadership and Coaching Activities for Enriching the Process
Whether you are new to professional learning communities (PLCs) or experienced in collaborative work, author Rob J. Meyer’s guide aims to deepen your understanding and commitment. Based on the fourth edition of DuFour’s Learning by Doing, Meyer provides step-by-step guidance, handouts, and keys for facilitators. Through practice scenarios and applications, this resource equips K–12 district and school leaders to effectively propel their teams through the PLC at Work® process.
Benefits
- Effectively facilitate a group during in-service work
- Ensure an accurate understanding of which teams have what responsibilities
- Help participants take a close look at whether their work aligns with each of the four critical questions and other essential PLC at Work concepts
- Find resources that provide more information in areas where teams need additional education and support
- Improve engagement and comprehension for professional learning participants
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Foundational PLC at Work Concepts
Chapter 2: Teams
Chapter 3: Collaborative Teams
Chapter 4: Critical Question One
Chapter 5: Critical Question Two
Chapter 6: Critical Question Three
Chapter 7: Critical Question Four
Chapter 8: Teaching-Assessing-Learning Cycle
PRINTABLE REPRODUCIBLES
Chapter 1: Foundational PLC at Work Concepts
- Topic Processing: Foundational PLC at Work Concepts
- Analyzing the Current Reality: Foundational PLC at Work Concepts
- Scenarios: Foundational PLC at Work Concepts
- Scenarios: Foundational PLC at Work Concepts Key
- Plus/Delta: Example Four Pillars
- Plus/Delta: Example Four Pillars Key
- Doing the Work: Practicing the Four Pillars
Chapter 2: Teams
- Topic Processing: Teams
- Analyzing the Current Reality: Teams
- Scenarios: Teams
- Scenarios: Teams Key
- Matching: Responsibilities and Teams
- Matching: Responsibilities and Teams Key
- Doing the Work: Writing Team Roles
- Doing the Work: Writing Team Roles Key
Chapter 3: Collaborative Teams
- Topic Processing: Collaborative Teams
- Analyzing the Current Reality: Collaborative Teams
- Scenarios: Collaborative Teams
- Scenarios: Collaborative Teams Key
- Ranking: Effective Teams
- Ranking: Effective Teams Key
- Doing the Work: Critical Considerations of a Collaborative Team
- Doing the Work: Critical Considerations of a Collaborative Team Key
Chapter 4: Critical Question One
- Topic Processing: Critical Question One
- Analyzing the Current Reality: Critical Question One
- Scenarios: Critical Question One in a PLC at Work
- Scenarios: Critical Question One in a PLC at Work Key
- Hit or Miss: Essential Standards
- Doing the Work: Critical Question One Example Process
Chapter 5: Critical Question Two
- Topic Processing: Critical Question Two
- Analyzing the Current Reality: Critical Question Two
- Scenarios: Critical Question Two in a PLC at Work
- Scenarios: Critical Question Two in a PLC at Work Key
- Thumbs-Up or Thumbs-Down: Critical Question Two in a PLC at Work
- Thumbs-Up or Thumbs-Down: Critical Question Two in a PLC at Work Key
- Doing the Work: Data Analysis
Chapter 6: Critical Question Three
- Topic Processing: Critical Question Three
- Analyzing the Current Reality: Critical Question Three
- Scenarios: Critical Question Three in a PLC at Work
- Scenarios: Critical Question Three in a PLC at Work Key
- Determining Actions: Planning How to Respond
- Determining Actions: Planning How to Respond Key
- Doing the Work: A Reteaching Plan
- Doing the Work: A Reteaching Plan Key
Chapter 7: Critical Question Four
- Topic Processing: Critical Question Four
- Analyzing the Current Reality: Critical Question Four
- Scenarios: Critical Question Four in a PLC at Work
- Scenarios: Critical Question Four in a PLC at Work Key
- Categorizing: Strategies to Support Intervention and Extension
- Categorizing: Strategies to Support Intervention and Extension Key
- Doing the Work: An Extension Plan
- Doing the Work: An Extension Plan Key
Chapter 8: Teaching-Assessing-Learning Cycle
- Topic Processing: Teaching‑Assessing‑Learning Cycle
- Analyzing the Current Reality: Teaching‑Assessing‑Learning Cycle
- Scenarios: Teaching-Assessing-Learning Cycle
- Scenarios: Teaching-Assessing-Learning Cycle Key
- Matching: Teaching-Assessing-Learning Cycle Components
- Matching: Teaching-Assessing-Learning Cycle Components Key
- Doing the Work: Planning a Teaching‑Assessing-Learning Cycle
- Doing the Work: Planning a Teaching‑Assessing-Learning Cycle Key
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
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