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“Inside PLCs at Work is both practical and authentic. If you hope to create a school where teachers love to work, and where students are treated respectfully each and every day, this is the book for you.”
—Bob Sornson Author; Founder, Early Learning Foundation, Brighton, Michigan
“This book is packed with powerful examples of the possibilities inherent in the work of PLCs. By describing the what and how of PLCs, this text will help educators discover, or in some cases, rediscover, their why.”
—Jeffery L. Williams President, Reading Recovery Council of North America; K–12 Literacy Coach and Reading Recovery Teacher Leader, Solon City Schools, Ohio
—Bob Wright
K–12 teachers and administrators will: • Develop a thorough understanding of the PLC process by exploring its foundational concepts and qualities • Learn about the successful implementation at Sheridan County School District 2
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PLCs AT W O R K ®
Your Guided Tour Through One District’s Successes, Challenges, and Celebrations
• Understand how to implement the PLC process in their own schools in a nuanced and meaningful fashion • Utilize real-world examples to garner further insight into the PLC process • Gain helpful tools to guide their work during the PLC journey Visit go.SolutionTree.com/PLCbooks to download the free reproducibles in this book.
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ISBN 978-1-947604-42-1 90000
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Dougherty • Reason
“An inspiring book that reflects significant depths of knowledge, experience, and capability in the field of PLCs. I thoroughly recommend this book.”
In Inside PLCs at Work®: Your Guided Tour Through One District’s Successes, Challenges, and Celebrations, authors Craig Dougherty and Casey Reason take the reader on a journey to Sheridan County School District 2, a school district that has implemented the Professional Learning Community at Work (PLC at Work) process to great success, to provide an in-depth view of the vast benefits successful implementation can have.
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