The PLC Dashboard: Implementing, Leading, and Sustaining Your Professional Learning Community at Work® (A practical guide to tracking and implementing the PLC process)

Author Brig Leane introduces the PLC Dashboard, a tool designed to help administrators and teachers efficiently implement the PLC at Work® process. This resource utilizes a seven-step learning cycle, complete with illustrative examples, concise templates, and reflective exercises. The dashboard helps clarify and strengthen the PLC process to implement lasting changes that improve the overall quality of students’ education. K–12 school leaders, principals, and teacher team leaders can use this book to:Organize effective team leadership to guide and facilitate the PLC processSet clear priorities for student learning via essential learning targetsEstablish consistent quality benchmarks for assessing student progress toward essential learning targetsDevelop a PLC Dashboard to set goals and schedules for teams and singletonsPromote collaboration and continued professional development for teachers Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Why PLC?—Beginning With the End in Mind Chapter 2: Getting Ready Chapter 3: The Seven-Step Learning Cycle Chapter 4: Determine the Essential Learning Target Chapter 5: Set a SMART Goal and Create the Common Formative Assessment Chapter 6: Give the Common Formative Assessment Chapter 7: Ensure Inter-Rater Reliability Chapter 8: Share Results Chapter 9: Develop and Carry Out an Action Plan for Intervention and Extension Chapter 10: Capture Team Learning and Make Changes to Instruction Chapter 11: Wrapping Up the Seven-Step Learning Cycle Chapter 12: Time and Support Chapter 13: PLC Dashboard Implementation Epilogue: Putting It All Together Appendix: Frequently Asked Questions References Index Read more