Charting the Course for Collaborative Teams: Lessons from Priority Schools in a PLC at Work(r) (Strategies to Boost Student Achievement in Priority Schools)

Develop the know-how to work collaboratively within the PLC at Work® process to overcome barriers and challenges in your priority school. Edited by Sharon V. Kramer, this must-read anthology brings together numerous contributors who share the strategies they used to successfully turn around underperforming schools. Rely on their specific suggestions and purposeful actions to guide the work of your collaborative teams on a daily basis.

• Understand how to effectively implement the PLC process to support school-improvement efforts.
• Receive replicable research-based strategies and processes for turning around underperforming schools and districts.
• Study the experiences of educators who have worked with priority schools and solved common challenges and pitfalls within them.
• Explore equitable practices for working with various student populations within priority schools, such as English learners, students in need of intervention, and students who will benefit from learning extensions.
• Understand how to collaboratively gather, analyze, and take action on data to inform school improvement efforts.

Contents:
Chapter 1: Getting Students to Grade-Level Reading Fast (Tammy Miller)
Chapter 2: Answering the First Critical Question From an English Learner's Point of View (Diane Kerr)
Chapter 3: Working Together to Ensure All Students Learn Mathematics (Sarah Schuhl)
Chapter 4: Making Proficient Students a Priority (Michael Roberts)
Chapter 5: Teaching Positive Classroom Behaviors (Joe Cuddemi)
Chapter 6: Adopting the Ten-Day Collaborative Cycle (Tamie Sanders and Dana Renner)
Chapter 7: Understanding the Story Data Tell (Dana Renner)
Chapter 8: Moving From a Flooded to a Balanced Intervention Pyramid (Gerry Petersen-Incorvaia)
Chapter 9: Rethinking SMART Goals to Accelerate Learning (Gerry Petersen-Incorvaia)