Table Of ContentLetter From the AuthorsAbout the AuthorsIntroductionPart 1. Activating Your PLC+: OverviewActivating Your PLC+What Effective Activators DoPart 2. Activation Requires Effective CollaborationFacilitation Versus ActivationFive Qualities of a Good ActivatorPart 3. Activating Your PLC+: Establishing Roles and Developing Team CohesionSupporting Team CohesionEstablishing PLC+ RolesStepping Into Roles Matched to PLC+ Team Member StrengthsPart 4. Activating Your PLC+: Norms and Authentic Instructional Protocols in Your PLC+Establishing Operating NormsSocial and Emotional Check-InsEstablishing Process NormsOperating Norms Versus Process NormsUtilizing Authentic Instructional ProtocolsPart 5. Activating the Five Essential Questions and Four Crosscutting Values of Your PLC+Activating Guiding Question 1: Where Are We Going?Activating Guiding Question 2: Where Are We Now?Activating Guiding Question 3: How Do We Move Learning Forward?Activating Guiding Question 4: What Did We Learn Today?Activating Guiding Question 5: Who Benefited and Who Did Not Benefit?Part 6. The Nuts and Bolts of Your PLC+Scheduling PLC+ MeetingsSetting Aside the Time for the Work of the PLC+Overcoming Challenges: (Not Enough) TimeDeveloping an Assessment CalendarPart 7. Activating a High-Impact and High-Functioning PLC+High Impact Versus High FunctioningPart 8. Activating Conversations Focused on EquityClosing RemarksReferencesIndex
SynopsisKeeping professional learning communities focused on goals: High functioning professional learning communities don't happen by chance. They require deliberate efforts and structures to ensure efficiency and focus, and to ignite action. The PLC+ Activators Guide offers a practical approach and real-life examples that show activators what to expect and how to navigate the PLC team on a successful and collective journey. Readers will find: Templates to help activators prepare for meetings Approaches for fostering and nurturing collaboration Vignettes from real schools that are implementing PLC+ Reflection questions with spaces for activators to record notes Solutions for addressing barriers that often arise in PLC+ teams, Keeping professional learning communities focused on goals: High functioning professional learning communities don't happen by chance. They require deliberate efforts and structures to ensure efficiency and focus, and to ignite action. The PLC+ Activators Guideoffers a practical approach and real-life examples that show activators what to expect and how to navigate the PLC team on a successful and collective journey. Readers will find: Templates to help activators prepare for meetings Approaches for fostering and nurturing collaboration Vignettes from real schools that are implementing PLC+ Reflection questions with spaces for activators to record notes Solutions for addressing barriers that often arise in PLC+ teams, Keeping professional learning communities focused on goals: High functioning professional learning communities don't happen by chance. They require deliberate efforts and structures to ensure efficiency and focus, and to ignite action. The first books in the PLC+ series challenged PLC teams to engage in difficult discussions about equity of access, high expectations for all students, and a commitment to building individual and team efficacy. All of this requires activationand skilled facilitation to move from discussion to action. The PLC+ Activators Guideoffers a practical approach, real-life scenarios, and examples that show activators what to expect and how to navigate their PLC+ on a successful and collective journey. Readers will find: Templates to help activators prepare for PLC+ meetings Approaches for fostering and nurturing collaboration Vignettes from real schools that are implementing PLC+ Reflection questions with spaces for activators to record notes Solutions for addressing barriers that often arise in PLC+ teams Activators will find this an essential guide to keeping PLC+ team discussions goal-focused and the work centered on building the collective efficacy of the team., The PLC+ Activator's Guide offers a practical approach and real-life examples that show activators what to expect and how to navigate a successful PLC journey.