How Schools Thrive

Strengthen your professional learning community (PLC) by building a highly effective coaching culture for collaborative teams. A companion to Amplify Your Impact, this resource drills deeper into the more complex aspects of PLC at Work(R). Instructional coaches and leaders will acquire new insights and strategies for improving their team's professional practice around the essential elements of the PLC process, including continuous improvement, collective inquiry, action orientation, and a focus on results.Gain effective coaching strategies for implementing the PLC at Work framework in your school or district: Review essential elements of effective PLCs and how these essential elements influence the instructional coaching of collaborative teams. Study the Strategy Implementation Guide (SIG) and Pathways for Coaching Collaborative Teams tools and how to use them in the coaching of collaborative teams. Acquire new insights, confront new questions, and explore new approaches that promote higher levels of student learning and effective professional learning communities for teachers. Discover numerous strategies to use during the effective group coaching of collaborative teams at every stage of learning to meet adaptive challenges.Learn the benefits of 'drilling deeper' into the PLC process, as well as viewing the teacher as a reflective practitioner.Contents:IntroductionForeword by Robert EakerPart I: Making a Commitment to Coaching TeamsChapter 1: Creating Habits of Professional PracticeChapter 2: Identifying How the Essential Elements of a PLC Thrive in a Coaching Culture Part II: Understanding Essential Elements of Highly Effective Teams in a PLCChapter 3: Learning Together--The Power of Collective Inquiry Chapter 4: Staying Restless--The Impact of Continuous Improvement Chapter 5: Being Urgent--The Value of an Action OrientationChapter 6: Getting Better--The Significance of a Focus on ResultsPart III: Coaching Collaborative Teams in PLCs at WorkChapter 7: Coaching for Assessing a Team's Current Reality Chapter 8: Believing in Your Team--Coaching Collective EfficacyChapter 9: Creating an Action Plan for Coaching Collaborative TeamsAppendix A: Stages of Learning and Essential Elements of a Highly Effective PLCAppendix B: Action Planning TemplateAppendix C: Communicating the Roll-Out PlanReferences and Resources