Leadership in Professional Learning Communities at Work™: Learning by Doing (DVD)

This short program for PLC leaders uses unscripted interviews and action footage to illustrate the role of effective leadership, particularly from the principal. The educators in this video demonstrate the importance of dispersed leadership, mutual accountability, and aligning a schools structure and culture with its core purpose. PLC principals discuss how to balance loose and tight leadership, implement change, and confront resisters.

1. Discover practical administrator-to-administrator, educator-to-educator advice on how to lead a PLC to reach new heights in learning.
2. Target real-world problems in PLC leadership, and find proven solutions.
3. Leverage built-in activities tailored to extend and deepen learning for teams of administrators and teacher leaders.
4. Hear from practicing educators how to maintain a balance between loose and tight leadership and successfully implement change while gently confronting resisters.

About The Authors:

Richard DuFour, EdD, was a public-school educator for 34 years. A prolific author and sought-after consultant, he was recognized as one of the leading authorities on helping schools implement the PLC at Work™ process.

Rebecca DuFour has served as a teacher, school administrator, and central office coordinator. As a former elementary principal, Becky helped her school earn state and national recognition as a model PLC.

Robert Eaker, EdD, is a professor emeritus at Middle Tennessee State University, where he also served as dean of the College of Education and interim vice president and provost.

Thomas W. Many, EdD, works with teachers, administrators, school boards, parents, and other education stakeholders on organizational leadership, implementation and change, and Professional Learning Communities at Work™ strategies and concepts.