The Practice of Authentic PLCs - by Daniel R Venables (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p><strong><em>Discover the keys to building effective PLCs</em></strong></p> <p>Creating an authentic professional learning community requires breaking down the walls of isolation and collaborating to improve student learning, because collectively we are more than the sum of our parts. Grounded in the award-winning author's foundational work with the Coalition of Essential Schools, this book enables educators to hit the ground running with a research-based process that includes: </p> <ul> <li>Setting the foundation for collaboration and team building</li> <li>Facilitating protocols</li> <li>Examining student and teacher work</li> <li>Implementing teacher-designed common formative assessments</li> <li>Analyzing and responding to data</li> </ul><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong><em>Discover the keys to building effective PLCs</em></strong></p> <p>Creating an authentic professional learning community requires breaking down the walls of isolation and collaborating to improve student learning, because collectively we are more than the sum of our parts. Grounded in the award-winning author's foundational work with the Coalition of Essential Schools, this book enables educators to hit the ground running with a research-based process that includes: </p> <ul> <li>Setting the foundation for collaboration and team building</li> <li>Facilitating protocols</li> <li>Examining student and teacher work</li> <li>Implementing teacher-designed common formative assessments</li> <li>Analyzing and responding to data</li> </ul><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><em>"Daniel Venables has made a terrific contribution to the growing effort of teachers to educate ourselves in professional learning communities through protocols that focus our attention on the right stuff. Happily his writing is as accessible as his material is useful and his insights fresh." </em>--Joseph P. McDonald, Professor of Teaching and Learning and author of The Power of Protocols (8/23/2010 12:00:00 AM)<br><br><em>The book provides a clear roadmap for a member or facilitator of a PLC.</em>--Diane Barone, Professor (7/12/2010 12:00:00 AM)<br><br><em>This book offers a practical approach to school cultural change through the implementation of the underlying principles of Professional Learning Communities. Readers are walked through the key developmental stages and processes to change the relationships within the school, and consequently the way the school operates to improve students' learning.</em>--Neil MacNeill, Principal (7/12/2010 12:00:00 AM)<br><br><em>This book offers its readers practical tools and hard-won insights gleaned from Venables' extensive experience in the day-to-day work of PLCs. This guide is a valuable resource for seriously creating PLCs that continuously improve teaching and learning for the benefit of all students.</em>--Dennis Sparks, Emeritus Executive Director (7/13/2010 12:00:00 AM)<br><br><em>This fine pick considers team building, protocols for success, and teacher-designed formative assessments to teach how to respond to data and develop exercises and activities for PLC leaders.</em>--James A. Cox, Editor in Chief (11/21/2011 12:00:00 AM)<br><br><em>This is one of the most helpful books I have read on developing an effective Professional Learning Community in a school. It will make a distinct contribution to the field.</em>--Rosemarie Young, Principal (7/12/2010 12:00:00 AM)<br><br><em>This text illustrates the essence of what it really means to be a teacher; to care deeply and to think and act collectively about student and teacher learning.</em>--Barrie Bennet, Professor (7/12/2010 12:00:00 AM)<br>
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