Learning by Doing

A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work®, Third Edition, Canadian Version (An action guide for creating high-performing PLCs in Canadian schools and districts)

Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, Thomas W. Many, Mike Mattos

• Publisher: Solution Tree Press
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781949539479
• eBook ISBN: 9781949539486
• Edition: 3
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education Technology

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Discover how to close the knowing-doing gap and transform your school or district into a high-performing PLC. Written specifically for Canadian educators, this comprehensive action guide expands on new and significant PLC topics. Access Canadian-specific case studies, advice, and tips for hiring and retaining new staff, creating team-developed common formative assessments, implementing systematic interventions, and more.

Use this resource to create an action plan for school improvement:

• Learn how to improve student achievement across Canada's unique and widely diverse provinces and territories, including indigenous and remote regions.
• Build a shared knowledge of critical vocabulary and the concepts underlying key PLC terms.
• Explore scenarios, examples, and research aligned to the needs of Canadian educators and schools in Canada.
• Make honest assessments of your school by examining conventional practices from a fresh, critical perspective.
• Take immediate and specific steps to close the knowing-doing gap.
• Follow the step-by-step format outlined in each chapter to advance your own school's PLC journey.
• Move beyond planning, and start doing.

Contents:
About the Authors
Preface: Learning by Doing for the Canadian Context
Introduction to the Third Edition
Chapter 1: A Guide to Action for Professional Learning Communities at WorkTM
Chapter 2: Defining a Clear and Compelling Purpose
Chapter 3: Building the Collaborative Culture of a Professional Learning Community
Chapter 4: Creating a Results Orientation in a Professional Learning Community
Chapter 5: Creating a Focus on Learning
Chapter 6: Creating Team-Developed Common Formative Assessments
Chapter 7: Responding When Some Students Don't Learn
Chapter 8: Hiring, Orienting, and Retaining New Staff
Chapter 9: Resolving Conflict and Celebrating in a Professional Learning Community
Chapter 10: Implementing the PLC Process Districtwide
References and Resources
Index

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• Table of Contents
• About the Authors
• Preface: Learning by Doing for the Canadian Context
• Introduction to the Third Edition
• Chapter 1: A Guide to Action for Professional Learning Communities at Work
• Chapter 2: Defining a Clear and Compelling Purpose
• Chapter 3: Building the Collaborative Culture of a Professional Learning Community
• Chapter 4: Creating a Results Orientation in a Professional Learning Community
• Chapter 5: Establishing a Focus on Learning
• Chapter 6: Creating Team-Developed Common Formative Assessments
• Chapter 7: Responding When Some Students Don’t Learn
• Chapter 8: Hiring, Orienting, and Retaining New Staff
• Chapter 9: Addressing Conflict and Celebrating in a Professional Learning Community
• Chapter 10: Implementing the PLC Process Districtwide
• Conclusion: The Fierce Urgency of Now
• References and Resources
• Index