Karen T. Flories & Douglas Fisher 
PLC+ 
Better Decisions and Greater Impact by Design

What makes a powerful and results-driven Professional Learning Community (PLC)? The answer is collaborative work that expands the emphasis on student learning and leverages individual teacher efficacy into collective teacher efficacy. 




PLC+: Better Decisions and Greater Impact by Design calls for strong and effective PLCs
plus—and that plus is
YOU. Until now, the PLC movement has been focused almost exclusively on students and what they were or were not learning.  But keeping student learning at the forefront requires that we also recognize the vital role that you play in the equation of teaching and learning. This means that PLCs must take on two additional challenges: maximizing your individual expertise, while harnessing the power of the collaborative expertise you can develop with your peers. 



PLC+ is grounded in four cross-cutting themes—a focus on equity of access and opportunity, high expectations for all students, a commitment to building individual self-efficacy and the collective efficacy of the professional learning community and effective team activation and facilitation to move from discussion to action. The PLC+ framework supports educators in considering five essential questions as they work together to improve student learning:  

Where are we going?

Where are we now?

How do we move learning forward?

What did we learn today?

Who benefited and who did not benefit?

The PLC+ framework leads educators to question practices as well as outcomes. It broadens the focus on student learning to encompass educational equity and teaching efficacy, and, in doing so, it leads educators to plan and implement learning communities that maximize individual expertise while harnessing the power of collaborative efficacy.

Daftar Isi

List of Videos

About the Authors

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION

So What Is a PLC?

The Story Behind PLCs

Adding the Examination of Teaching Practice to the PLC Story

The Five Key Questions

What You Will Find in This Book

1. PLC+: The Plus Is YOU

Teacher Credibility and Efficacy: The Foundation of the Strong PLC+

Facilitating Collaboration: Making the Plus Count

Building Collective Efficacy

The Hope for the PLC+

Conclusion

2. Question 1: Where Are We Going?

The Story Behind the Question

A PLC+ Team in Action

Analyzing the Standard(s)/Curriculum Expectations

The Role of Teacher Clarity in “Where Are We Going?”

Developing Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

It’s Not Just High School English

Moving Beyond a Single Day

Autonomy in Teaching

The Professional Learning of a PLC+

Conclusion

3. Question 2: Where Are We Now?

The Story Behind the Question

A PLC+ Team in Action

Deficit Thinking

Initial Assessments

Analyzing for Equity Gaps

Data Collection

Data Analysis Protocols

Addressing Bias in Data Collection and Analysis

Identifying the Common Challenge

Conclusion

4. Question 3: How Do We Move Learning Forward?

The Story Behind the Question

A PLC+ Team in Action

Evidence-Based Instructional Practices

Assignment Analysis

Compensatory and Adaptive Approaches

Moving Teacher Learning Forward

Learning Walks

Using Microteaching to Improve Teaching and Learning

Conclusion

5. Question 4: What Did We Learn Today?

The Story Behind the Question

A PLC+ Team in Action

Reflection

Expert Noticing

Common Assessments as Triggers for Reflection

Determining Impact of Instruction

Progress Versus Achievement

Conclusion

6. Question 5: Who Benefited and Who Did Not Benefit?

The Story Behind the Question

A PLC+ Team in Action

Equity Audit

Response to Intervention

Universal Screening and Ongoing Assessment

High-Quality Tier 1 Instruction

Supplemental and Intensive Interventions

Meeting the Needs of All Learners

The Professional Learning of PLC+

Conclusion

7. The Next Question in the PLC+ Framework

After the Fifth Question

Beyond a Single PLC+

References

Index

Tentang Penulis

Dave Nagel, Ms ED, is an international educational consultant and researcher. Dave began his educational career as a middle school science and high school biology teacher. His administrative experiences involved middle school assistant principal, high school associate principal, and director of extended day and credit-recovery programs. He was honored numerous times as a ‘Senior Choice’ winner, where graduating seniors selected him as someone who dramatically affected their life in a positive way. Dave has credentials in school leadership and secondary science teaching as well as a master of science degree from Butler University. Dave is the author of Effective Grading Practices for Secondary Teachers and the co-author of The PLC+ Activator’s Guide and PLC+: A Playbook for Instructional Leaders.