Author : Richard DuFour
Publisher : Solution Tree
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,36 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781879639607
Provides specific information on how to transform schools into results-oriented professional learning communities, describing the best practices that have been used by schools nationwide.
Author : Robert Eaker
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 31,42 MB
Release : 2020-12-14
Category :
ISBN : 9781949539714
Ensure your school district is doing the right work, the right way, for the right reasons. With this resource as your guide, you will learn how to align the work of every PLC team districtwide--from the boardroom to the classroom. Each chapter focuses on one of four types of teams and provides practices and tools for working together to foster a districtwide culture of continuous improvement. Use this resource to align your district's work in a top-down, bottom-up cyclical process: Learn the leadership role the district office plays in supporting successful PLC at Work implementation and school-improvement efforts. Observe how collaborative teams at every level align their work districtwide to ensure high levels of learning in professional learning communities. Study real-life examples and artifacts of best practices in action. Receive protocols and templates, such as the Team Analysis of Common Assessment (TACA) form, to move student learning forward. Review a process for establishing a guaranteed and viable curriculum, and discover strategies for analyzing student learning and making data-informed decisions. Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Starting at the Top--The School Board and the Superintendent Team Chapter 2: Setting the Stage--The District-Level and Principal Teams Chapter 3: Effective Leadership Matters--The School-Level Principal and Grade-Level or Content Team Leaders Chapter 4: The Key to Improving Learning--Grade Level and Content Teams Chapter 5: Imagine This School District
Author : Cassandra Erkens
Publisher : Solution Tree Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 17,36 MB
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 1935542311
By focusing on what students learn rather than what they are taught, schools can redefine their mission and begin the transition to a professional learning community. After interviewing and observing principals, administrators, and teachers, the authors identify seven leadership practices that effective PLC leaders share, along with the techniques that have led them to sustainable success.
Author : Paula Maeker
Publisher : Solution Tree Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 32,33 MB
Release : 2023-04-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 1951075536
Explore how to provide equitable literacy instruction and assessment so every student masters essential standards. The authors help K–6 educators navigate reading and writing instruction through the lens of Professional Learning Communities at Work®. Learn strategies for utilizing data as collaborative teams to answer the four critical questions of learning, and access templates and protocols to improve literacy for all. This book will help K–6 teachers and reading specialists: Analyze and improve their current literacy practices, curriculum, and instructional focus within the context of a PLC at Work Create or curate common formative team literacy assessments for learning targets Structure a supportive master schedule that allows for daily team collaboration and systemwide response Understand the components of a comprehensive literacy instructional block Create progress-monitoring tools and focused reading interventions and extensions Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Take Collective Responsibility and Work Interdependently Chapter 2: Ensure a Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum Chapter 3: Assess and Monitor Student Reading Growth With Ongoing Assessment Chapter 4: Measure Evidence of Individual and Collective Teacher Practice Effectiveness Chapter 5: Support Systematically With Targeted Acceleration, Interventions, and Extensions Afterword: TEAMS Can Transform Literacy Outcomes for Students Appendix A: TEAMS Process Protocols Appendix B: TEAMS Templates References and Resources Index
Author : Robert Eaker
Publisher : Solution Tree Press
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 45,1 MB
Release : 2020-02-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 1949539644
Dramatically improve schooling by harnessing the collective power of the High Reliability SchoolsTM (HRS) model and the PLC at Work® process. Featuring some of America's best educators, this anthology includes information, insights, and practical suggestions for both PLCs and HRS. The overarching purpose is to demonstrate how these two approaches, taken together, complement each other and support educators in their efforts to create a culture of continuous improvement. Use this resource to ensure a guaranteed and viable curriculum: Study the HRS and PLC practices with guidance from numerous practitioners and experts, developing good teachers into great teachers through a culture of accountability. Learn how to keep your school focused on the right work in order to achieve learning for all through a continuous improvement process. Understand how the HRS model can improve success with the PLC process and how the PLC at Work process is the cornerstone of a high reliability school. Explore the ways in which strong leaders can model and improve the why and how of PLC at Work through a collaborative culture. Explore the five levels of the HRS model, and then learn how to relate each level to PLC at Work process to improve education in your school or district. Contents: Introduction: Professional Learning Communities at Work and High Reliability Schools—Merging Best Practices for School Improvement by Robert J. Marzano and Robert Eaker Part I: The Five Levels A Safe, Supportive, and Collaborative Culture 1. Culture Building in a High Reliability School by Mario Acosta 2. Frames of Mind and Tools for Success: Organizational Culture in a PLC by Anthony Muhammad Effective Teaching in Every Classroom 3. Six Steps for Effective Teaching in Every Classroom by Toby Boss 4. Effective Teaching in a Professional Learning Community by William M. Ferriter A Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum 5. Six Action Steps for a Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum by Jan K. Hoegh 6. PLC, HRS, and a Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum by Heather Friziellie and Julie A. Schmidt Standards-Referenced Reporting 7. A Multiyear Plan for Standards-Referenced Reporting by Tammy Heflebower 8. Grading and Reporting for Learning in a PLC by Eric Twadell Competency-Based Education 9. Personalized, Competency-Based Education by Mike Ruyle 10. Preparation for Tomorrow: A Competency-Based Focus and PLCs by Mike Mattos Part II: Professional Learning Communities, High Reliability Organizations, and School Leadership 11. High Reliability Leadership by Philip B. Warrick 12. Leadership in a PLC: Coherence and Culture by Timothy D. Kanold Part III: Professional Learning Communities, High Reliability Organizations, and District Leadership 13. Leadership in High Reliability School Districts by Cameron L. Rains 14. Leadership in a High Performing PLC by Marc Johnson
Author : Dr Matt Lobley
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 14,72 MB
Release : 2012-11-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1409490548
As the largest group of natural resource managers on the planet, farmers are at the interface of the changing relationship between humans and the environment. Typically organised around what might be considered the most basic of social units, for generations the family farm has survived wide-ranging exogenous challenges, frequently preserving the line of succession to the next of kin. Now as we face major questions about how we use land and the impact of our land use on the global environment, farming once again faces a challenging and uncertain future. This book draws on the experiences of farmers in Australia, New Zealand, North America, Japan and the EU to examine the special features of family farms and, in particular, the tradition of succession which has enabled them to continue to have such a strong presence in the world today.
Author : Richard DuFour
Publisher : Solution Tree Press
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 31,27 MB
Release : 2013-05-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 193676475X
Take your professional learning community to the next level! Discover a systemwide approach for re-envisioning your PLC while sustaining growth and continuing momentum on your journey. You’ll move beyond isolated pockets of excellence while allowing every person in your school system—from teachers and administrators to students—the opportunity to be an instrument of lasting cultural change.
Author : Robert B. Archibald
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 25,52 MB
Release : 2002-12-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780801871238
Archibald argues that one of the problems with the current model - in which universities are responsible for the majority of grants, while the federal government provides student loans - is that a student cannot know the final price of attending a given institution until after he or she has applied, been accepted, and received a financial aid offer. As a result, students remain largely uninformed about the cost of their college educations until very late in the decision-making process, and thus have difficulty making a timely choice. In addition, financial aid information is kept private, creating confusion over the price of a college education and the role of financial aid.
Author : Richard DuFour
Publisher : Solution Tree
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 30,93 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Educational leadership
ISBN : 9781949539479
In the third edition of Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work®, authors Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, Thomas W. Many, and Mike Mattos provide educators with a comprehensive, bestselling guide to transforming their schools into professional learning communities (PLCs). In this revised version, contributor and Canadian educator Karen Power has adapted the third edition for Canadian educators, emphasizing how Canadian educators can effectively improve learning for each student across their unique and widely diverse provinces and territories. Rewritten so that the scenarios, research, and language appropriately meet the needs of Canadian educators, this version is packed with real-world strategies and advice that will assist readers in transforming their school or district into a successful PLC.
Author : Robert J, Marzano
Publisher : Solution Tree Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 13,51 MB
Release : 2015-08-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 0991374851
Transform an in-depth understanding of the new science standards into successful classroom practice. You’ll learn how to align instruction and assessment with the science standards and create proficiency scales that can be used to plan all types of lessons. Discover hundreds of ready-to-use proficiency scales derived from the Next Generation Science Standards that are applicable to specific areas of science instruction.
