Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work®

Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work®
Author: Richard DuFour
Publisher: Solution Tree Press
Total Pages: 592
Release: 2009-11-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 193400989X

This 10th-anniversary sequel to the authors’ best-selling book Professional Learning Communities at WorkTM: Best Practices for Enhancing Student Achievement merges research, practice, and passion. The most extensive, practical, and authoritative PLC resource to date, it goes further than ever before into best practices for deep implementation, explores the commitment/consensus issue, and celebrates successes of educators who are making the journey.

Professional Learning Communities at Work

Professional Learning Communities at Work
Author: Richard DuFour
Publisher: Solution Tree
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781879639607

Provides specific information on how to transform schools into results-oriented professional learning communities, describing the best practices that have been used by schools nationwide.

Raising the Bar and Closing the Gap

Raising the Bar and Closing the Gap
Author: Richard DuFour
Publisher: Solution Tree Press
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2010-04-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1935542397

This expansion of Whatever It Takes sharpens the focus on the pyramid of interventions strategy. The authors examine case studies of schools and districts across North America to illustrate how PLC at WorkTM is a sustainable and transferable process that ensures struggling students get the support they need to achieve. They address how to enrich and extend the learning of proficient students and explain how PLC intervention processes align with RTI legislation.

Creating a Coaching Culture for Professional Learning Communities

Creating a Coaching Culture for Professional Learning Communities
Author: Jane A.J. Kise
Publisher: Solution Tree Press
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2010-11-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1935543490

Build a collaborative coaching culture that ensures all adults learn through activities that keep the team focused on student learning. This practical resource provides activities designed to meet a wide variety of needs so you can choose the ones that fit your leadership style, the learning styles of team members, and the particular needs of the school.

Reframing the Path to School Leadership

Reframing the Path to School Leadership
Author: Lee G. Bolman
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2002-03-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0761946071

This book uses a series of dialogues between a novice and a master teacher, and between a new and seasoned principal to view common challenges and to solve their most difficult problems. The authors demonstrate how framing, and then reframing challenges brings clarity, helps to anticipate problems, and leads to more comprehensive and powerful leadership strategies.

Pyramid Response to Intervention

Pyramid Response to Intervention
Author: Austin Buffum
Publisher: Solution Tree Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2009-12-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1934009903

Accessible language and compelling stories illustrate how RTI is most effective when built on the Professional Learning Communities at WorkTM process. Written by award-winning educators from successful PLC schools, this book demonstrates how to create three tiers of interventions—from basic to intensive—to address student learning gaps. You will understand what a successful program looks like, and the many reproducible forms and activities will help your team understand how to make RTI work in your school.

Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work

Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work
Author: Richard DuFour
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2021
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781952812576

"This is the second edition of Richard DuFour, Robert Eaker, and Rebecca DuFour's sequel to their best-selling book Professional Learning Communities at Work: Best Practices for Enhancing Student Achievement (DuFour & Eaker, 1998). A merging of research and practice, it offers leaders and educators specific, practical recommendations for transforming their schools into PLCs so their students learn at higher levels and their profession becomes more rewarding, satisfying, and fulfilling"--

Professional Learning Communities at Work TM

Professional Learning Communities at Work TM
Author: Richard DuFour
Publisher: Solution Tree Press
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2009-02-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1934009857

The book that launched a school improvement movement offers research-based recommendations drawn from the best practices found in schools nationwide for continuously improving school performance. Coming from the perspectives of both a distinguished dean of education and one of America’s most widely acclaimed practitioners, this resource provides specific, practical how-to information about transforming schools into results-oriented PLCs.