Learning by Doing A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work
Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work by Richard DuFour, published by Solution Tree in 2016, is a comprehensive guide designed to assist educators in transforming their schools or districts into high-performing professional learning communities (PLCs). This third edition updates and expands on significant PLC topics, providing readers with fresh strategies and models to address challenges such as hiring and retaining staff, creating common formative assessments, and implementing systematic interventions.
Readers will find practical tools and knowledge to bridge the knowing-doing gap in educational settings. The book emphasizes building a shared understanding of key PLC concepts and encourages honest assessments of conventional practices. With a focus on collaborative culture and results orientation, this handbook offers actionable steps for educators to move beyond planning and into effective implementation, making it a valuable resource for those involved in educational leadership and reform.
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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(TM)
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
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