The PLC Book

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4833-8265-4
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 128 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 259 mm, Gewicht: 227 g

The secret to your PLC’s success? You.

Commitment to improving student outcomes is a natural part of being a teacher. So when you bring your experience, skills, and questions to a professional learning community, you help shape the future of the team—and that makes all the difference for your students.

Unlike other PLC resources, this book isn’t just for leaders—it’s designed to help every member of the team be a driving force for success. With it, you’ll work together to
- Give voice to important issues and dilemmas
- Decide where to focus your work
- Develop and implement a plan for gaining insight into your area of focus
- Take action based on individual and collective learning
- Share results with others outside the PLC

Successful PLCs buzz with a collaborative energy that comes from the engagement of teachers. With this guide, you’ll make the most of your contributions.
“The PLC Book is an essential resource for all principals and teachers who wish to create a powerful culture of adult and student learning in their schools. A must-read for all who are currently engaging in or wish to begin Professional Learning Communities in their schools.”
- Todd Whitaker, Professor
Indiana State University “The PLC Book is destined to be an essential text in the fields of teacher education, teacher professional development, school administration and a handbook for teachers and others engaged in the pursuit of systemic educational change.”
- Frances Rust, Senior Fellow & Director of Teacher Education Program
University of Pennsylvania

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fichtman Dana, Nancy

Yendol-Hoppey, Diane

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Lehrerausbildung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
1. PLC Defined
What Is A PLC?
Do PLCs Really Work?
How Do PLCs Work?
Why Is This Book Called The PLC Book?
2. Getting Started
What Getting Started Is and Why It’s Important
How to Get Started
What Does Getting Started Look Like?
Questions For Discussion
3. Establishing A PLC’s Direction
What Establishing A PLC Direction Is and Why It’s Important
How To Establish A Direction For Your PLC
What Does Establishing A Direction For Your PLC Look Like?
Questions For Discussion
4. Developing A PLC Action Learning Plan
What A PLC Action Learning Plan Is and Why It’s Important
How To Develop A PLC Action Learning Plan
What Might Developing An Action Learning Plan Look Like?
Questions For Discussion
5. Analyzing Data In Your PLC
What Data Analysis Is and Why It’s Important
How To Analyze Data
What Might Analyzing Data Look Like?
Questions for Discussion
6. Making PLC Learning Public
What Making PLC Learning Public Is and Why It’s Important
How to Make PLC Learning Public
What Might Sharing the Work of Your PLC Look Like?
Questions for Discussion
7. Essential Elements of Healthy PLCs
Establish a Vision
Build Trust
Understand and Embrace Collaboration
Encourage, Recognize and Appreciate Diversity Within the Group
Promote the Development of Critical Friends
Pay Attention to the Work “In-Between”
Hold the Group Accountable for and Document Their Learning
Have a Comprehensive View of What Constitutes Data
Understand Change and Acknowledge The Discomfort It May Bring
Work With Building Administrators
References

Über Autor(innen)

Yendol-Hoppey, Diane
Diane Yendol-Hoppey is professor of teacher education in the College of Education and Human Services at the University of North Florida. She has served as dean, associate dean of educator preparation and partnerships, department chair, and center director. She taught for many years at the University of Florida where she was the evaluator of numerous district, state, and national professional development efforts. Before beginning her work in higher education, Yendol-Hoppey spent 13 years as an elementary school teacher in Pennsylvania and Maryland. She holds a PhD in curriculum and instruction from The Pennsylvania State University. Yendol-Hoppey’s current work explores national and international research focusing on teacher education clinical practice, job-embedded professional learning, and teacher leadership. Yendol-Hoppey has received the AERA Division K Early Career Research Award and the ATE Distinguished Teacher Educator Award for her ongoing commitment to researching innovative approaches to teacher learning. She has published six books, more than 60 articles in professional journals, and secured 20 million in external funding to support teacher learning.

Fichtman Dana, Nancy
Nancy Fichtman Dana is professor of education and distinguished teaching scholar at the University of Florida, Gainesville. She began her career in education as an elementary school teacher in Hannibal Central Schools, New York. Since earning her PhD from Florida State University in 1991, she has been a passionate advocate for teacher inquiry and has worked extensively in supporting schools, districts, and universities in implementing powerful programs of job-embedded professional development through inquiry across the United States and in several countries, including Belgium, the Netherlands, China, South Korea, Estonia, Slovenia, Spain, and Portugal. She has published 12 books and more than 100 articles in professional journals and edited books focused on her research exploring teacher and principal professional development and practitioner inquiry. Dana has received many honors for her teaching, research, and writing. Among them are the Association of Teacher Educators Mentoring and Distinguished Research in Teacher Education awards, the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate’s David G. Imig Distinguished Service Award, the National Staff Development Council (now Learning Forward) Book of the Year Award, and was one of three finalist in Baylor University’s prestigious Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching 2020 competition. Before joining the faculty at University of Florida in 2003, she worked at The Pennsylvania State University for 11 years, creating and launching their award-winning inquiry-based Professional Development School program with the State College Area School District. At the University of Florida, she worked to embed inquiry as a signature pedagogy into the undergraduate teacher education program, as well as developed and taught three popular classes on inquiry at the master’s and doctoral levels. In partnership with the Lastinger Center for Learning, Dana led the development and implementation of inquiry-based professional development for teachers across the state that included several of the nation’s largest school districts. Further, she was instrumental in the development of UF’s Teacher Leadership for School Improvement Program and Professional Practice Doctorate in Teachers, Schools, and Society, both national award winning programs that highlight inquiry as a signature program feature and have been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as the #1 Online Graduate Education Programs in the nation.