Revisiting Professional Learning Communitis at Work: New Insights for Improving Schools

This 10th-anniversary sequel to the author's best-selling book, Professional Learning Communities at Work™: Best Practices for Enhancing Student Achievement (DuFour & Eaker, 1998), merges research, practice, and passion. The most extensive, practical, and authoritative PLC resource to date, it goes further than ever before into best practices for deep implementation, explores the commitment/consensus issue, and celebrates successes of educators who are making the journey.

Benefits:

• Discover specific, practical recommendations for transforming schools into PLCs so that students learn at higher levels.
• Connect descriptions of the PLC framework with real-life examples from educators who have implemented the concept.
• Reinforce core beliefs of the PLC concept while tackling the misconceptions and common problems educators face during the transition to a PLC.
• Examine organizational development, change processes, leadership, and successful practices outside education for different perspectives.
• Understand the roles of the principal, central office, parents, and community in a PLC.

Contents:
About the Authors: The 3Rs of Professional Learning Communities
Introduction: Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work
Chapter 1: New Insights Into Professional Learning Communities at Work
Chapter 2: The Rise and Fall of School Reform
Chapter 3: Making the Case for Professional Learning Communities
Chapter 4: The Challenge of Cultural Change
Chapter 5: Clear Mission and Shared Vision
Chapter 6: Shared Values (Collective Commitments) and Common Goals
Chapter 7: Teaching in a Professional Learning Community
Chapter 8: Assessment in a Professional Learning Community
Chapter 9: A Tale of Excellence in Assessment
Chapter 10: Intervention and Enrichment in a Professional Learning Community
Chapter 11: The Classroom as a Learning Community
Chapter 12: The Role of the Principal in a Professional Learning Community
Chapter 13: The Role of the Central Office in a Professional Learning Community
Chapter 14: The Role of Parents and the Community in a Professional Learning Community
Chapter 15: Sustaining the Professional Learning Community Journey