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Randolph PLCs
Why PLCs?
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Theres an assumption that schools are for students learning. Well, why aren t they just as much for teachers learni ng?
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working A professional learning community is a group of educators committed to arch in order to collaboratively in ongoing processes of collective inquiry and action rese assumption that achieve better results for the students they serve. PLCs operate under the ing for the key to improved learning for students is continuous, job-embedded learn educators.
Rick and Becky DuFour
LEARNING
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When groups [teams], ra ther than individuals, are seen as the main units for implementing cu rriculum, instruction, and assessment, they facilitate developmen t of shared purposes for student learning and collective responsibi lity to achieve it. Newm
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greatness. You cannot do ne is too small a number to achieve O problems we cannot ing of real value alone. There are no anyth can solve by ourselves. solve together, and very few that we mwork
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RESULTS
urses students take or ucation judges success not by the co Results-driven ed n do as a result of t by what they actually know and ca grades they receive, bu t by how many teachers and school. Success will be judged no their time in perceive its value, but ate in staff development or how they principals particip that benets onal behavior and practices in a way whether it alters instructi students.
Dennis Sparks (1995)
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Bibliography
Bass, 2001. Learning By Heart. San Francisco: JosseyBarth, Roland. d Lee Teitel. Richard F. Elmore, Sarah E. Fiarman, an d Education City, Elizabeth A., idge, MA: Harvar Instructional Rounds in Education. Cambr Press, 2009. School Teams. d Jan ONeill. The Handbook for SMART Conzemius, Anne, an Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree, 2000. al Learning cca DuFour, and Robert Eaker. Profession DuFour, Richard, Rebe n Tree, 2002. unities atWork. Bloomington, IN: Solutio Comm and Thomas Many. chard, Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, ning Communities atWork. DuFour, Ri onal Lear Learning By Doing: A Handbook for Professi Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree, 2006. llantine e New Psychology of Success. New York: Ba Dweck, Carol. Mindset:Th Books Trade Paperback Edition, 2008. ational Reform. l. Change Forces: Probing the Depths of Educ Fullan, Michae London: FalmerPress, 1993.
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mmunities and theWork Milbrey, and Joan Talber t. Professional Co go Press, 2001. McLaughlin, ity of Chica of High School Teaching. Chicago: Univers brace Them and The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork: Emc., 2001. Maxwell, John. as Nelson In EmpowerYour Team. Nashville, TN: Thom lage. A Guide to ., Walter G. Secada, and Gary G. Wehd Scoring. Madison, Newman, Fred M Standards, an Authentic Instruction and Assessment:Vision,rsity of Wisconsin and Wisconsin WI: The Board of Regents of the Unive Center for Education Research, 1995. Learning, and eading for Transformation in Teaching, (Eds.), On Sparks, Dennis. L and R. DuFour Relationships. In R. DuFour, R. Eaker,Learning Communities. Common Ground:The Power of Professional. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree, 2005 Dysfunction. he Administrative Team: Dynamism vs. Tyson, Nathan. T 2008. Principal Leadership. NASSP, December Learners: Creating a and Michael Castleberry. Educators asia, VA: Association Ward, Penelope J., ol. Alexandr ofessional Learning Community inYour Scho ent, 2000. Pr pm for Supervision and Curriculum Develo
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of Susan Sparks and Solution Tree for use Special Thanks to Teams materials from Creating Collaborative Workshop, Denver, CO: 2009. e s to Rick and Rebecca DuFour and Mik Special Thank ng r the Solution Tree Professional Learni Mattos fo unities Institute, Atlanta, GA: 2009. Comm