Michael J. Maffoni

Help your teams get better faster. Written for busy school leaders, instructional coaches, and teacher leaders, this ultimate "grab and grow" guide details how to bridge the gap between learning and doing at every stage of the PLC journey. Rely on the book''s ample professional development activities to empower teacher teams to enhance their skills, grow together, and collectively focus on what''s working and what''s next.

• Understand every aspect of a professional learning community and how collaborative teams and school leadership play a role in them.
• Access 23 professional development modules with corresponding articles for job-embedded, just-in-time team learning.
• Explore the different levels of PLCs on the PLC continuum.
• Learn a proven, effective coaching cycle that will fortify your collaborative team school improvement efforts.
• Improve team collaboration regarding all aspects of your learning community, including curriculum, assessment, and intervention.
• Determine the next steps that will help you realize the true potential of your PLC.

Contents:
Introduction

Part I: Introduction to Coaching Collaborative Teams in a PLC at Work
Chapter 1: Energize Your Collaborative Teams
Chapter 2: A Continuum of Practice for PLCs
Chapter 3: The Team Coaching Cycle

Part II: Modules for Coaching Collaborative Teams
Chapter 4: Highly Effective Collaborative Teams
Chapter 5: Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum
Chapter 6: A Balanced and Coherent System Of Assessment
Chapter 7: Productive Data Conversations
Chapter 8: The Pyramid of Interventions

Part III: One Team''s Transformation
Chapter 9: Willis ISD: Practical Implications of Coaching Teams
Appendix
References and Resources
Index