Inside PLCs at Work®

Your Guided Tour Through One District's Successes, Challenges, and Celebrations (How Effective Professional Learning Communities Work)

Inside PLCs takes readers on a journey to Sheridan County School District 2, a district in Wyoming that has built a professional learning community (PLC) to great success. Using Sheridan as a real-world example, authors Casey Reason and Craig Dougherty help educators develop a deep, nuanced understanding of the PLC at Work® model and how PLCs work, preparing them in successfully implementing the PLC process in their own schools.

Follow one school's journey to implement the professional learning community model:

• Understand the foundational concepts and qualities of professional learning communities, such as the three big ideas and four guiding questions.
• Deepen your comprehension of how PLC works by learning about Sheridan County School District 2's journey.
• Utilize this book's appendices to access other real-world examples of effective PLC schools.
• Learn how the best PLC schools fully implement the PLC process for the greatest benefit possible.
• Supplement your learning of the PLC model with free online reproducibles.

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Big Ideas in PLCs
Chapter 2: Teams in PLCs
Chapter 3: Inquiry in PLCs
Chapter 4: Collaborative Culture in PLCs
Chapter 5: Intervention, Extension, and Innovation in PLCs
Afterword
Appendix
References and Resources