Every School, Every Team, Every Classroom: District Leadership for Growing Professional Learning Communities at WorkTM

by Robert E. Eaker, Janel Keating

The PLC journey begins by articulating a moral a dedication to ensuring that every student learns. Using many examples and reproducible tools, the authors explain the need to focus on creating simultaneous top-down and bottom-up leadership to align district- and school-level policies and procedures. Learn how to grow PLCs by providing direction and encouraging innovation at every level of the district.
Chapter 1: A New Way to Lead Schools
Chapter 2: Articulating a Moral Purpose
Chapter 3: Building Shared Knowledge
Chapter 4: Aligning Policies, Practices, and Procedures With the Learning Mission
Chapter 5: Leading Collaborative Teams
Chapter 6: Ensuring a Focus on Student Learning
Chapter 7: Ensuring Adult Learning
Chapter 8: Assessing District Progress

Genres: Education

240 pages, Perfect Paperback

First published October 12, 2011

Reviews

[Sean Kenna · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is an excellent companion to DuFour et al.'s Learning by Doing. There are some added layers of understanding embedded within the pages for building and district leaders as well as for members of the guiding coalition. There are also some templates that may be a useful starting place for those just starting the PLC process and trying to implement its systems. I would suggest that such work begin here, but requisitly transform itself to include those aspects of the local culture and paradigm to ensure its adoption and long-term fidelity. While no book is going to be perfect, this has some valuable pieces to help with the implementation and maintenance of a PLC, especially for educational leaders.