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Shifting From Me to We
Build the foundation of a true PLC by fostering a strong, collaborative culture across your school community. This guide helps collaborative teams implement PLC best practices for continuous improvement, helping K–12 students reach their learning targets.
Benefits
- Become familiar with the skills and concepts necessary to build a strong collaborative foundation for your PLC.
- Study the strategies and methods used by schools that have successfully implemented a rigorous and thorough PLC process.
- Utilize the book’s concepts and skills to experiment and develop customized procedures and strategies as a collaborative team.
- Receive concrete learning targets that will help you develop your own process of PLC implementation.
- Understand how to effectively spread the message of your PLC to your school board, parents, and community stakeholders.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: We’ve Met for Years, so Why Hasn’t It Changed My Practice?Chapter 2: If We’re Collaborating, Why Aren’t You?
Chapter 3: We’re Supposed to Focus on a Few Things, but How Do We Decide What They Are?
Chapter 4: How Do You Find Time to Support Learning When There Are So Many Other Issues to Deal With?
Chapter 5: Won’t We Just Move on to Something Else Next Year?
Chapter 6: How Do We Know If We’re on the Right Track?
Chapter 7: What Can We Do to Help?
REPRODUCIBLES
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
- Discussion Questions
- Reflection Worksheet
- Worksheet for Calendaring Time to Be in Classrooms
- I Like , I Noticed , I Wonder Feedback Form
- Peer Observation Form
Chapter 5
- Discussion Questions
- Reflection Worksheet
- Professional Learning Plan Review
- Form for Tracking Data Over Time
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
- Discussion Questions
- Reflection Worksheet
- Planning Sheet for Presentation to a School Board or Community Organization
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
Books
- Baeder, J. (2018). Now We’re Talking: 21 Days to High Performance Instructional Leadership. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Buffum, A., Erkens, C., Hinman, C., Huff, S., Jessie, L. G., Martin, T. L., et al. (2008). The Collaborative Administrator: Working Together as a Professional Learning Community. 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.
- Calderón, M. E., Trejo, M. N., Montenegro, H., Carreón, A., D’Emilio, T., Marino, J., et al. (2016). Literacy Strategies for English Learners in Core Content Secondary Classrooms. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Carter, L. (2007). Total Instructional Alignment: From Standards to Student Success. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Conzemius, A. E., & Morganti-Fisher, T. (2012). More Than a SMART Goal. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- DuFour, R. (2015). In Praise of American Educators: And How They Can Become Even Better. 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., & Eaker, R. (1998). Professional Learning Communities at Work: Best Practices for Enhancing Student Achievement. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- DuFour, R., & Fullan, M. (2013). Cultures Built to Last: Systemic PLCs at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- DuFour, R., & Marzano, R. J. (2011). Leaders of Learning: How District, School, and Classroom Leaders Improve Student Achievement. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Eaker, R., & Keating, J. (2012). Every School, Every Team, Every Classroom: District Leadership for Growing Professional Learning Communities at Work. 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.
- Kramer, S. V., & Schuhl, S. (2017). School Improvement for All: A How-To Guide for Doing the Right 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: Four Essential Skills for Transformational School and District Leaders. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- O’Neill, J., & Conzemius, A. (2006). The Power of SMART Goals: Using Goals to Improve Student Learning. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Roberts, M. (2019). Enriching the Learning: Meaningful Extensions for Proficient Students in a PLC at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Spiller, J., & Power, K. (2019). Leading With Intention: Eight Areas for Reflection and Planning in Your 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.
