On Common Ground: The Power of Professional Learning Communities

ISBN: 1932127429

Author: Richard DuFour

Condition: New

This anthology presents the recommendations of education leaders, and each chapter contributes to a sound conceptual framework and offers specific strategies for developing PLCs. These leaders have found common ground in expressing their belief in the power of PLCs although clear differences emerge regarding their perspectives on the most effective strategy for making PLCs the norm in North America.Benefits: Confront issues that impede student success. Leverage best strategies for raising student achievement. Support the premise that educators who embrace learning enable students to succeed. Learn how to use formative assessments with a focus on results. Assume individual responsibility and shared goals for learning.Contents:Foreword: Here and Now: Improving Teaching and LearningIntroduction: On Common Ground: The Power of Professional Learning CommunitiesSection 1: Overview of PLCsChapter 1: Recurring Themes of Professional Learning Communities and the Assumptions They ChallengeChapter 2: What Is a Professional Learning Community?Section 2: Critical Questions of PLCsChapter 3: Putting It All Together: Standards, Assessment, and Accountability in Successful Professional Learning CommunitiesChapter 4: Assessment FOR Learning: Building a Culture of Confident LearnersChapter 5: Mater of MotivationChapter 6: Turning Book Burners Into Lifelong LearnersSection 3: Creating PLCsChapter 7: No Turning Back: The Ironclad Case for Professional Learning CommunitiesChapter 8: Leading for Transformation in Teaching, Learning, and RelationshipsSection 4: Placing PLCs in a Broader ContextChapter 9: More Effective Schools: Professional Learning Communities in ActionChapter 10: Implementing PLCs in the Chicago Public SchoolsChapter 11: Professional Learning Communities Writ LargeSection 5: A Call to ActionChapter 12: Closing the Knowing-Doing Gap