Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at WorkTM (An Actionable Guide to Implementing the PLC Process and Effective Teaching Methods) (Paperback)

Richard DuFour,Rebecca DuFour,Robert Eaker,Thomas W. Many,Mike Mattos

ISBN 10: 1943874379 / ISBN 13: 9781943874378

Verlag: Solution Tree, 2016

Beschreibung

Discover how to close the knowing-doing gap and transform your school or district into a high-performing professional learning community (PLC). The powerful third edition of this comprehensive action guide from experts Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, Thomas W. Many, and Mike Mattos updates and expands on new and significant PLC topics. Explore fresh strategies, tools, and tips for hiring and retaining new staff, creating team-developed common formative assessment, implementing systematic interventions, and more.Learn how to establish professional learning communities in schools:Build a shared knowledge of critical vocabulary and the concepts underlying the PLC process.Equip yourself with the knowledge and tools necessary to model effective reciprocal accountability and collective teacher efficacy.Make honest assessments of your school and teaching methods by examining conventional practices from a fresh, critical perspective.Take immediate and specific steps to close the knowing-doing gap.Move beyond creating an action plan for school improvement, and start doing.Changes for the third edition:Two new chapters: One on team-developed common formative assessment strategies and the second on hiring, orienting, and retaining staff members for your PLCA stronger focus on districtwide PLC implementation and avoiding common mistakes related to the PLC processNew insight into clarifying the essential standards necessary in a guaranteed and viable curriculum by establishing a collective understanding of best practices in teachingSuggestions for incorporating a focus on learning and deeper knowledge, as opposed to simple recall of information, into curriculum development and teacher-made assessmentsA deeper and more thorough examination of RTI (MTSS) interventions by coauthor Mike Mattos, a leading expert on interventionExplicit PLC tools and templates that high-performing districts have usedAn updated research base, including more than one hundred new references and professional learning community examplesA shift in focus from why educators should implement the PLC process to steps to take immediately in the implementation processContents:Introduction to the Third EditionChapter 1: A Guide to Action for Professional Learning Communities at Work?Chapter 2: Defining a Clear and Compelling PurposeChapter 3: Building the Collaborative Culture of a PLC at Work?Chapter 4: Creating a Results Orientation in a PLC at Work?Chapter 5: Creating a Focus on LearningChapter 6: Creating Team-Developed Common Formative AssessmentsChapter 7: Responding When Some Students Don't LearnChapter 8: Hiring, Orienting, and Retaining New StaffChapter 9: Resolving Conflict and Celebrating in a PLC at Work?Chapter 10: Implementing the PLC Process DistrictwideReferences and ResourcesIndexSee also, the companion book, Concise Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Professional Learning Communities at Work?, that provides readers with quick answers to help them move beyond specific problems in PLC implementation. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers b-textbook-edu-62

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Learning by Doing: A Handbook for ...

Verlag: Solution Tree

Erscheinungsdatum: 2016

Einband: Paperback

Zustand: New

Auflage: 3. Auflage

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Discover how to close the knowing-doing gap and transform your school or district into a high-performing PLC. The powerful third edition of this comprehensive action guide updates and expands on new and significant PLC topics. Explore fresh strategies, models, and tips for hiring and retaining new staff, creating team-developed common formative assessments, implementing systematic interventions, and more.

Benefits

• Build a shared knowledge of critical vocabulary and the concepts underlying key PLC terms.
• Equip yourself with the knowledge and tools necessary to model effective reciprocal accountability.
• Make honest assessments of your school by examining conventional practices from a fresh, critical perspective.
• Take immediate and specific steps to close the knowing-doing gap.
• Move beyond planning, and start doing.

 

Contents

Introduction to the Third Edition

1                 A Guide to Action for Professional Learning Communities at Work™

2                 A Clear and Compelling Purpose

3                 Building the Collaborative Culture of a Professional Learning Community

4                 Creating a Results Orientation in a Professional Learning Community

5                 Creating a Focus on Learning

6                 Creating Team-Developed Common Formative Assessments

7                 Responding When Some Students Don’t Learn

8                 Hiring, Orienting, and Retaining New Staff

9                 Resolving Conflict and Celebrating in a Professional Learning Community

10               Implementing the PLC Process Districtwide

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teoría y crítica del diseño y han escrito más de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en éxitos de ventas. También han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Diseño del siglo XX, El diseño industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Diseño del siglo XXI.