Professional Learning Communities by Design: Putting the Learning Back Into PLCs [With CDROM]

By Lois Brown Easton

How to form a vibrant PLC that truly makes a difference for students

If you are looking for an organic approach to purpose-driven professional learning, this is the book for you. Award-winning educator Lois Brown Easton's latest work provides a compelling case study in narrative form, a chronological PLC planning outline, and first-hand "lessons learned" about how PLCs develop, mature, and sustain themselves. You will not receive a PLC "prescription," but you will find inspiration, wisdom, discussion questions, and a companion CD with:

Professional learning designs for varied PLC contexts Helpful forms, templates, and rubrics Protocols for collecting, analyzing, and applying data

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412987113
• ISBN13: 9781412987110
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Corwin Publishers
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.4" x 10.9"