The Collaborative Teacher: Working Together as a Professional Learning Community
| Author(s) | Cassandra Erkens, Chris Jakicic, Lillie G. Jessie, Dennis King, Sharon V. Kramer, Thomas W. Many, Mary Ann Ranells, Ainsley B. Rose, Susan K. Sparks, Eric Twadell, Rebecca DuFour (Foreword) |
| ISBN10 | 1934009369 |
| ISBN13 | 9781934009369 |
| Format | Paperback |
| Pages | 218 |
| Year Publish | 2008 May |
Synopsis
The time of exclusive top-down leadership is over! Only teachers can transform education from inside the classroom, and this book defines best practices of collaborative teacher leadership. Specific techniques, supporting research, expert insight, and real classroom stories illustrate how to work together for student learning, create a guaranteed and viable curriculum, and use data to inform instruction.
- Define and implement best practices for collaborative teacher leadership in a PLC.
- Discover how to work together for student learning and how to create a guaranteed and viable curriculum.
- Explore the many ways data can be utilized to inform instruction.
- Use common assessments to bridge the gap between teaching and learning.
About the Authors:
This anthology is written by 10 practitioners, many from award-winning and nationally recognized schools, who are Solution Tree Professional Learning Communities at Work Associates. These practitioners have done the work and believe that implementing PLC at Work concepts is the best platform for sustained, substantive school improvement. PLC Associates are hand-selected by best-selling authors and renowned PLC experts Richard DuFour, Robert Eaker, and Rebecca DuFour. These educational leaders provide documented evidence of increased student achievement in the districts and/or schools they work with using the PLC at Work model. They each partner with Solution Tree to provide a variety of high-quality professional development services from one day, on-site training sessions to large-scale conferences to long-term programs to schools and districts working to transform into PLCs. Hailing from across the U.S. and Canada, these successful superintendents, district-level administrators, principals, and teachers all possess an in-depth knowledge of how to build and sustain PLCs. Using best-practice strategies, PLC Associates align the practices of the district or school through collaborative teams and systematic processes in order to promote higher levels of learning for all students.
