PLCs at Work® and the IB Primary Years Programme: Optimizing Personalized, Transdisciplinary Learning for All Students (Your guide to a highly effective and learning-progressive environment)

by Timothy S. Stuart, David (Cal) Callaway

Overview

Dive into the possibilities of moving toward a personalized approach to education. With contributions from educators around the world, PLCs and the IB Primary Years Program examines practices from envelope-pushing schools within the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program (PYP) and shows how the tenets of professional learning communities can ensure that all students learn at high levels.

Educators will:

• Contextualize PLCs and personalized learning within the IB PYP
• Unpack the core components of the PLC process and the IB PYP framework
• Discover how the PLC process can support personalized learning in the early years
• Explore the essential role of educational assistants in a PLC and the PYP
• Discuss the roles that RTI and the PLC process play to support students with special needs in an IB PYP school

Contents:
Introduction by Timothy S. Stuart and David (Cal) Callaway
Chapter 1: PLCs at Work in High-Performing Schools by Timothy S. Stuart
Chapter 2: PYP and PLC—A Perfect Pair by Kacey Molloy and Rianne Anderson
Chapter 3: Mathematics and Literacy in the IB PYP by Yodit Hizekiel
Chapter 4: Response to Intervention in the PYP by Jaqueline Olin
Chapter 5: Early Years Education and a Pedagogy of With by Laura Jo Evans
Chapter 6: The Educational Assistant in the PYP and PLC by Eyerusalem Kifle
Chapter 7: Leading Change in the PYP Through PLC by Calley Connelly
Afterword by Timothy S. Stuart and David (Cal) Callaway
Index

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781954631151
Publisher:	Solution Tree Press
Publication date:	11/14/2022
Pages:	248
Sales rank:	1,027,962
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

About the Editors ix

Introduction Timothy S. Stuart David (Cal) Callaway 1

The Primary Years Programme 1

History and Growth 2

PYP in the International School Context 4

The PLC Process and the PYP 5

High Reliability Schools 6

About This Book 7

Conclusion 8

Next Steps 9

References and Resources 10

Chapter 1 PLC at Work in High-Performing Schools Timothy S. Stuart 13

What Is a PLC? 14

What Do PLCs Do? 16

What Is a Highly Effective and Learning-Progressive School? 17

Conclusion 18

Next Steps 18

References and Resources 19

Chapter 2 PYP and PLC AT Work: A Perfect Pair Kacey Molloy Rianne Anderson 21

What Is Transdisciplinary Learning? 22

What Are the Core Components of a Transdisciplinary Unit of Inquiry? 24

What Are Data? 32

What Is Agency? 33

Conclusion 35

Next Steps 35

References and Resources 36

Chapter 3 Mathematics and Literacy in the PYP Yodit Hizekiel 39

PLC Critical Question One and the PYP 39

PLC Critical Question Two and the PYP 45

PLC Critical Questions Three and Four and the PYP 50

Conclusion 54

Next Seeps 55

References and Resources 56

Chapter 4 Response to Intervention in the PYP Jacqueline Olin 59

RTI 61

Key Ideas for Effectively Implementing RTI 63

RTI, PLC, PYP, and Personalized Learning 67

Conclusion 90

Next Steps 90

Appendix 92

References and Resources 98

Chapter 5 Early Years Education and a Pedagogy of With Laura Jo Evans 101

The Case for Early Childhood 101

A Pedagogy of With 103

Highly Effective and Learning-Progressive Early Years Practice 108

Central Features of the PYP in the Early Years 113

Conclusion 115

Next Seeps 115

References and Resources 116

Chapter 6 The Educational Assistant in the PYP and PLC Eyerusalem Kifle 121

Shifting From a Teacher-Centered Approach 122

Maximizing Student Learning in the PLC Process With Educational Assistants 123

Providing Professional Learning 124

Actively Asking the Four Critical Questions in a PLC 124

Creating the Learning Environment 127

Becoming the Fourth Teacher 127

Contributing to RTI 128

Micro-Teaching 129

Guiding Inquiry 130

Leading Literacy 132

Setting Up Classroom Agreements Collaboratively 132

Creating Smooth Transitions 132

Filling the Gap of Teacher Turnover and Student Transition 133

Conclusion 134

Next Steps 134

References and Resources 135

Chapter 7 Leading Change in the PYP Through PLCs Calley Connelly 139

The Leadership Team as a Collaborative Team 140

The Adult Learner Profile 145

Conclusion 154

Next Steps 154

References and Resources 155

Afterword Timothy S. Stuart David (Cal) Callaway 157

References 158

Index 159