Professional Learning Communities at Work®and High-Reliability Schools: Cultures of Continuous Learning  (Ensure a viable and guaranteed curriculum)

by Robert Eaker (Editor), Robert J. Marzano (Editor)

Overview

Professional Learning Communities at Work® and High Reliability Schools™: Cultures of Continuous Learning brings the ideas and recommendations of many renowned leaders in education into one resource for educators working to help students achieve at ever-higher levels. Each chapter contributes to a sound conceptual framework and successfully proves that the Professional Learning Community (PLC) at Work process and the High Reliability Schools (HRS) model are not only interrelated; they support each other. Readers will study each level of the HRS model and the ways in which successful implementation of the model improves education. Then, readers will see that level of the model at work in a PLC. Using this book, readers will see how the merging of the HRS model and the PLC at Work process leads to vastly improved schooling for all students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781949539646
Publisher:	Solution Tree Press
Publication date:	02/18/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	440
Sales rank:	931,965
File size:	14 MB
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Table of Contents

About the Editors v

Introduction Professional Learning Communities at Work and High Reliability Schools: Merging Best Practices for School Improvement Robert J. Marzano Robert Eaker 1

Part I The Five Levels 31

level 1 A Safe, Supportive, and Collaborative Culture 33

Chapter 1 Culture Building in a High Reliability School Mario Acosta 35

Chapter 2 Frames of Mind and Tools for Success: Organizational Culture in a PLC Anthony Muhammad 59

Level 2 Effective Teaching in Every Classroom 75

Chapter 3 Six Steps for Effective Teaching in Every Classroom Toby Boss 77

Chapter 4 Effective Teaching in a Professional Learning Community William M, Ferriter 111

Level 3 A Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum 127

Chapter 5 Six Action Steps for a Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum Jan K. Hoegh 129

Chapter 6 PLC, HRS, and a Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum Heather Friziellie Julie A. Schmidt 149

Level 4 Standards-Referenced Reporting 189

Chapter 7 A Multiyear Plan for Standards-Referenced Reporting Tammy Heflebower 191

Chapter 8 Grading and Reporting for Learning in a PLC Eric Twadell 221

Level 5 Competency-Based Education 255

Chapter 9 Personalized, Competency-Based Education Mike Ruyle 257

Chapter 10 Preparation for Tomorrow: A Competency-Based Focus and PLCs Mike Mattos 277

Part II Professional Learning Communities, High Reliability Organizations, and School Leadership 305

Chapter 11 High Reliability Leadership Philip B. Warrick 307

Chapter 12 Leadership in a PLC: Coherence and Culture Timothy D. Kanold 329

Part III Professional Learning Communities, High Reliability Schools, and District Leadership 349

Chapter 13 Leadership in High Reliability School Districts Cameron L. Rains 351

Chapter 14 Leadership in a High-Performing PLC Marc Johnson 385

Index 417

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From the Publisher

“The PLC process and the HRS model are not competing approaches to school improvement. Rather, they are complementary and support and enhance each other. Together, these approaches to school improvement can be a powerful tool for educational leaders who are serious about ensuring high levels of learning for all students.” —From the introduction by Robert Eaker and Robert J. Marzano