Professional Learning Communities Overview
Professional Learning Communities Overview
Professional Learning Communities Overview
Communities (PLC)
Where do we begin?
(Adapted from Professional Learning Communities at Work
Designed by DuFour, DuFour and Eaker)
PLC
Big Ideas & Core Values
Ensuring that students learn
Learning for all
A Culture of Collaboration
Teamwork
Focus on Results
Data-Driven Decisions
Why Collaborate?
Gains in student achievement
Higher quality solutions to problems
Increased confidence among all staff
Teachers able to support one anothers strengths
and accommodate weaknesses
Ability to test new ideas
More support for new teachers
Expanded pool of ideas, materials, and methods
Judith Warren Little (1990)
Lucky Number 7
Seven Keys to Collaboration in a PLC
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Why Norms?
When all is said and done, the norms of a group help
determine whether it functions as high-performing team or
becomes simply a loose collection of people working
together.
Positive norms will stick only if the group puts them into
practice over and over again. Being explicit about norms
raises the level of effectiveness, maximizes emotional
intelligence, produces a positive experience for group
members and helps to socialize newcomers into the group
quickly.
New Focus
Every student will learn
Focus on teaching
Focus on learning
Isolation
Collaboration
Assessment OF learning
(Summative)
Assessment FOR
learning (Formative)
Failure is an
option
Resources
www.allthingsplc.info
www.allthingsassessment.info
http://go.solutiontree.com/PLCbooks
http://quality.cr.k12.ia.us/PLC/index
PLC.html
AEA staff