Collaborative Teams That Work: The Definitive Guide to Cycles of Learning in a Plc, Sloper Colin, Grift Gavin

Build a mathematics teaching community that promotes learning for K-12 educators and students. This user-friendly resource is divided into two parts, each covering a key team action for mathematics in a PLC at Work(TM). First you'll discover how to coach highly effective mathematics teams within your professional learning community. Then you'll learn how to utilize collaboration and lesson-design elements within your math curriculum for teacher team reflection, data analysis, and action.

Learn to lead math teacher teams and foster effective collaborative teaching strategies:

• Build a collaborative math learning culture that engages and promotes learning for students and staff members.
• Optimize coaching and foster equity and belonging to encourage collaboration.
• Engage in mathematics lesson study to help teams learn from one another and reflect on effective strategies in teaching mathematics.
• Develop norms, SMART goals for teachers, agendas, and a plan for working effectively as a collaborative team in a PLC at Work(TM).

Contents:
Preface
Introduction
Part 1: Develop PLC Structures for Effective Teacher Team Engagement, Transparency, and Action
Chapter 1: Five Inspirational PLC Leadership Practices
Chapter 2: Five Leadership Strategies for Effective Collaboration in Mathematics
Part 2: Use Common Assessments and Lesson-Design Elements for Teacher Team Reflection, Data Analysis, and Subsequent Action
Chapter 3: How to Create and Nurture a Culture of Change, Growth, Reflection, and Improvement in Your Mathematics Program
Chapter 4: How to Lead a Culture of Transparency and Learning With Mathematics Assessments
Chapter 5: How to Lead in a Culture of Transparency and Learning With Mathematics Instruction
Chapter 6: How to Lead a Culture of Collective Responsibility
Epilogue
Appendix A
References and Resources

Books in the Every Student Can Learn Mathematics series:

• Mathematics Assessment and Intervention in a PLC at Work(TM)
• Mathematics Instruction and Tasks in a PLC at Work(TM)
• Mathematics Homework and Grading in a PLC at Work(TM)
• Mathematics Coaching and Collaboration in a PLC at Work(TM)

Build a strong, highly impactful team committed to learning for all. Written by eight professional learning community (PLC) experts, this practical guide addresses the most common challenges educators face when building collaborative teams and working collaboratively. Each chapter offers a variety of templates, processes, and strategies to help your team resolve conflict, focus on the right work, and take collective responsibility for student learning.

Rely on this book to troubleshoot collaborative learning and team development in your PLC:

• Gain an understanding of the PLC framework and the unique qualities of effective collaborative work.
• Learn about collaborative teams, what goes into making them, and how to utilize them effectively to drive change and professional development for teachers and other educators.
• Become familiar with the ways in which interpersonal issues affect collaborative teams, and gain collaborative tools for conflict resolution and team building for teachers and staff.
• Learn how a toxic work culture can contribute to the failure of collaborative learning and how to combat this toxic school culture.
• Explore how educators in nontraditional schools or singletons can use the collaborative process to their advantage.

Contents:
About the Authors
Foreword by Mike Mattos
Introduction
Chapter 1: Organizing Schools Into Effective Collaborative Teams
Chapter 2: Managing Team Members Who Disengage
Chapter 3: Establishing Clarity on What Students Need to Know and Be Able to Do
Chapter 4: Planning for Targeted and Effective Team Interventions
Chapter 5: Working Together in a PLC
Chapter 6: Changing to a Positive School Culture
Chapter 7: Involving Nondepartmental Members in a PLC
Chapter 8: Supporting Singleton Teachers in Collaborative Teams
Chapter 9: Dealing With Cautions, Conflicts, and Commitments
References and Resources
Index

Use this resource to ensure every early childhood student gains the strong foundation necessary for an excellent education:

• Understand how the PLC at Work process and early childhood learning go hand-in-hand.
• Learn the various aspects of what goes into creating an effective PLC for early childhood learning.
• Explore the environmental, cultural, and academic needs of an early childhood learner in the formative years.
• Map out effective curricula that encompass the practices embodied by PLC at Work and promote social-emotional learning.
• Grasp the importance of operating effectively as a whole-school team.

Contents:
Chapters
Introduction
Chapter 1: How the PLC Process Supports Collaborative Teams: Creating a Foundation of Learning
Chapter 2: What We Want Out Students to Know and Be Able to Do: Building a Curriculum
Chapter 3: What We Want Out Students to Know and Be Able to Do: Determining Essential Standards and Mapping Curriculum
Chapter 4: How We Know Students Have Learned: Unwrapping Standards and Setting Goals
Chapter 5: How We Know Students Have Learned: Designing Assessments
Chapter 6: How We Respond When Some Students Do or Do Not Learn: Conducting Data Discussions and Progress Monitoring
Chapter 7: How We Respond When Some Students Do or Do Not Learn: Planning Instruction Epilogue