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• 13 Jun 12
  

  Lou Bentley

  plc article

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  Karen Larson
  • • Sites need a space where professional learning and development can take place.
     
    • Sites need an administrator or team that is open and guiding.
     
    • All teachers and individuals are valued and are open to learning every day.
     
    • Grade-level collaboration and planning is valued, and teachers feel ownership of their collaboration and have a say in what they are focusing on.
     
    • Self-reflection and group reflection happens consistently in order to bring about positive change.
     
    • Inquiry and analysis of results happens often and assists in guiding grade-level articulation and informs instruction.
     
    • The goal is to meet the needs of all students and have confidence that they can succeed.
     
    • We value each other and give recognition of successes we are having as individuals, as grade-level teams, and as a whole staff.
• 20 Feb 11
  

  Todd Morgan

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• 24 Sep 10
  

  Heidi Floyd

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• 21 May 10
  

  Bonnie Lee

  Professional learning communities enhance knowledge and teamwork.

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• 29 Jan 10
  

  Jennifer Groff

  PLN teacher profession

  • Effective PLCs are characterized by shared leadership; principals may participate in teacher PLCs, but teachers run the show. Also, PLCs focus on student learning in concrete terms; They are more likely to be analyzing student work than reading academic articles. PLCs also concentrate on specific issues of daily teaching practice.
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  • characterized by "visitation and review of each teacher's classroom behaviors, and results by peers, with feedback directed at individual and community improvement.
  • The bottom line: In effective PLCs, every professional shares his or her results and opens his or her classroom to peers.

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• 27 Jan 10
  

  Cary H

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  Michele Rivera

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  Marge Runkle

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  Justin Miller

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  Tim Sparacino

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  Lauren Panton

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  Steve J. Moore

  "Effective PLCs are characterized by shared leadership; principals may participate in teacher PLCs, but teachers run the show. Also, PLCs focus on student learning in concrete terms; They are more likely to be analyzing student work than reading academic articles. PLCs also concentrate on specific issues of daily teaching practice."

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• 18 Aug 08
  

  Kim Cofino

  PLC edutopia article professional learning community education

• 17 Aug 08
  

  paul reid

  It seems as if everybody in education is talking about professional learning communities. How do you define PLCs, and how important do you think PLCs are to the future of education?

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• 24 Jun 08
  

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