A complete rewrite of best-selling and award-winning text The Reflective Educator's Guide to Professional Development: Coaching Inquiry-Oriented Learning Communities, this revamped text will show teachers the ways being a productive and active member of a PLC can help them reclaim their own profession and create a successful PLC to improve student learning.

ForewordAcknowledgementsAbout the Authors1. PLC Defined What Is A PLC? Do PLCs Really Work? How Do PLCs Work? Why Is This Book Called The PLC Book?2. Getting Started What Getting Started Is and Why It's Important How to Get Started What Does Getting Started Look Like? Questions For Discussion3. Establishing A PLC's Direction What Establishing A PLC Direction Is and Why It's Important How To Establish A Direction For Your PLC What Does Establishing A Direction For Your PLC Look Like? Questions For Discussion4. Developing A PLC Action Learning Plan What A PLC Action Learning Plan Is and Why It's Important How To Develop A PLC Action Learning Plan What Might Developing An Action Learning Plan Look Like? Questions For Discussion5. Analyzing Data In Your PLC What Data Analysis Is and Why It's Important How To Analyze Data What Might Analyzing Data Look Like? Questions for Discussion6. Making PLC Learning Public What Making PLC Learning Public Is and Why It's Important How to Make PLC Learning Public What Might Sharing the Work of Your PLC Look Like? Questions for Discussion7. Essential Elements of Healthy PLCs Establish a Vision Build Trust Understand and Embrace Collaboration Encourage, Recognize and Appreciate Diversity Within the Group Promote the Development of Critical Friends Pay Attention to the Work "In-Between" Hold the Group Accountable for and Document Their Learning Have a Comprehensive View of What Constitutes Data Understand Change and Acknowledge The Discomfort It May Bring Work With Building AdministratorsReferences