Professional+Learning+Communities


 * Professional Learning Communities **

// **What are PLCs?** via AllThingsPLC //
"A PLC is composed of collaborative teams whose members work // interdependently // to achieve // common goals //  li nked to the purpose of learning for all. The team is the engine that drives the PLC effort and the fundamental building block of the organization". "In a PLC, //collaboration// represents a systematic process in which teachers work together interdependently in order to //impact// their classroom practice in ways that will lead to better results for their students, for their team, and for their school. Therefore their collaboration centers around certain critical questions:
 * 1) What knowledge, skills, and disposition must each student acquire as a result of this course, grade level, and/or unit of instruction?
 * 2) What evidence will we gather to monitor student learning on a timely basis?
 * 3) How will we provide students with additional time and support in a timely, directive, and systematic way when they experience difficulty in their learning?
 * 4) How will we enrich the learning of students who are already proficient?
 * 5) How can we use our SMART goals and evidence of student learning to inform and improve our practice?"

**//Attributes of// ****//Professional Learning Communities//** via SEDL <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13px;">"The literature on professional learning communities repeatedly gives attention to five attributes of such organizational arrangements: > > > > >
 * 1) <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13px;">supportive and shared leadership,
 * 1) <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13px;">collective creativity,
 * 1) <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13px;">shared values and vision,
 * 1) <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13px;">supportive conditions, and
 * 1) <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13px;">shared personal practice".

**//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">Online Resources: //**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">Using Google Docs to Support Your PLC
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">Building a PLC at Work: A Guide to the First Year (Free reproducibles)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">AllThingsPLC Tools & Resources
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">National Staff development Council Standards & Resources

// **Using Technology to Promote PLCs** //