Karen T. Flories & Douglas Fisher 
The PLC+ Playbook, Grades K-12 
A Hands-On Guide to Collectively Improving Student Learning

Help your PLC+ group to work
wiser, not harder. This practical guide to planning and implementing PLC+ groups in a collaborative setting is designed to equip professional learning community teams with the tools they need to work effectively toward improving student learning.   



Designed as an accompanying resource to
PLC+: Better Decisions and Greater Impact by Design, the Playbook helps educators bring the PLC+ framework to life by supporting teams as they answer the five guiding questions that comprise a PLC+: 

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?

Twenty-three modules support PLC+ groups as they work through one entire cycle of learning, addressing the five questions and four cross-cutting themes—equity, high expectations, individual and collective efficacy, and effective team activation and facilitation. Tools to support implementation of the PLC+ framework are embedded throughout the Playbook: 

• Blank templates allow team members to record their work for every module


• Step-by-step instructions guide PLC+ groups to facilitate productive discussion, engage in professional learning, and gather and analyze evidence of student learning


• Crosscutting themes provide cohesion and focus throughout the work 

PLC+ groups can utilize each activity in the Playbook or find an appropriate entry point and continue the work of building PLC+. Engage in deeper learning around the ideas and concepts central to PLC+ and make greater equity and efficacy a reality in your school or district. 

Tabella dei contenuti

List of Videos

About the Authors

Acknowledgments

Welcome to the PLC+ Playbook

Module 1: The Purpose and Status of Your PLC+

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PLC Defined

PLC+ Guiding Questions

Module 2: Crosscutting Values and Opportunities to Grow Your PLC+ Team

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Crosscutting Values

SWOT Analysis

Module 3: On Your Own: The Plus Is You

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Your Individual Identity

Teacher Credibility

Teacher Credibility and Its Intersection With Crosscutting Values

Teacher Self-Efficacy

Teacher Self-Efficacy and Its Intersection With Crosscutting Values

Module 4: Collective Efficacy and Credibility in a PLC+

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Revisiting Teacher Credibility and Teacher Self-Efficacy

From Individual to Collective Teacher Efficacy

Setting Norms for Our Ways of Work

Norms for Our Ways of Work in Our PLC+

Module 5: Guiding Question 1: Where Are We Going? Analyze Standards

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Analyzing Standards

Design the Learning Progression

Develop Daily Learning Intentions

Identify Success Criteria

Complete PLC+ Template for Guiding Question 1: Where Are We Going?

Module 6: Where Are We Going? Crosscutting Values Check

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Equity and Expectations Values Checklist

Activate Learning for Myself and Others Checklist

Collective Efficacy Checklist

Module 7: Guiding Question 2: Where Are We Now? Data Collection

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Initial Assessment Data Collection

Data Gathering

Module 8: Where Are We Now? Data Analysis, Common Challenges, and Misconception Analysis

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Data Analysis Protocol

Common Challenge Protocol

Identify Student Misconceptions

Module 9: Where Are We Now? Crosscutting Values Check

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Equity and Expectations Values Checklist

Activate Learning for Myself and Others Checklist

Collective Efficacy Checklist

Module 10: Guiding Question 3: How Do We Move Learning Forward? Strengthening Our Teaching Practices

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Pair Teaching Strategies With Evidence Gathering

Coaching Corners Protocol

Module 11: How Do We Move Learning Forward? Assignment Analysis

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Assignment Analysis Tool

Module 12: How Do We Move Learning Forward? Learning Walks

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What Is a Learning Walk?

Types of Learning Walks and Their Purposes

Module 13: How Do We Move Learning Forward? Microteaching

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Microteaching in a Professional Learning Community

Preparation for Microteaching: The Volunteer Teacher

Module 14: How Do We Move Learning Forward? Crosscutting Values Check

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Equity and Expectations Values Checklist

Activate Learning for Myself and Others Checklist

Collective Efficacy Checklist

Module 15: Guiding Question 4: What Did We Learn Today?

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Build the Habit of Reflection

Module 16: What Did We Learn Today? Build Expert Noticing

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Expert Noticing: How Is Our PLC+ Using Student Evidence of Learning?

Expert Noticing Video Protocol

Noticing Note-Taking Guide

Module 17: What Did We Learn Today? Common Assessments

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Common Assessments/Quality Assessment Evidence

Design a Common Assessment to Use for Preunit and Postunit Comparisons

Module 18: What Did We Learn Today? Determining Impact and Comparing Progress and Achievement

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Determining Impact

Progress Versus Achievement

Visualizing Data

Module 19: What Did We Learn Today? Crosscutting Values Check

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Equity and Expectations Values

Overcoming Obstacles to Talking About Learning

Equity and Expectations Values Checklist

Activate Learning for Myself and Others Checklist

Collective Efficacy Checklist

Module 20: Guiding Question 5: Who Benefited and Who Did Not Benefit?

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On Your Own

Data Review

On Your Own

Equity Audit Protocol: Revisit the Data as a Team

Module 21: Who Benefited and Who Did Not Benefit? Responding to Improve Student Learning

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The Vital Nature of Progress Monitoring

Tiered Intervention Progress Monitoring Protocol

Module 22: Who Benefited and Who Did Not Benefit? Crosscutting Values Check

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Equity and Expectations Values Checklist

Activate Learning for Myself and Others Checklist

Collective Efficacy Checklist

References

Circa l’autore

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.