Collaborative Teams That Work

ebook The Definitive Guide to Cycles of Learning in a PLC

By Colin Sloper

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Collaborative Teams That Work is the ultimate guide to excellent collaboration. To support your PLC's path forward, authors Colin Sloper and Gavin Grift outline 12 specific actions that lead to greater, more effective teamwork. Rely on this resource as you set up your collaborative teams, and then refer back to it before, during, and after meetings to maintain focus on the right work.

  • Understand the positive effects of collaboration in education.
  • Examine the cycle of learning and how it optimizes education for both students and teachers.
  • Implement 12 actions to collaborate more effectively.
  • Adapt the cycle of learning and collaborative techniques to other types of educational teams.
  • See the big picture of collaboration and how the learning cycle fits into the educational system over many years.
  • Contents:
    Preface
    Foreword
    Introduction

    Section 1: Preparing the Learning
    Action 1: Map the Learning Pathway
    Action 2: Prepare the Preassessment
    Action 3: Administer the Preassessment
    Action 4: Respond to Identified Student Learning Needs
    Action 5: Design the Learning Program

    Section 2: Implementing the Learning
    Action 6: Implement the Learning Program
    Action 7: Monitor the Impact of Instruction
    Action 8: Analyze Which Instructional Practices Are Having the Greatest Impact
    Action 9: Adopt the Most Impactful Instructional Practices

    Section 3: Reviewing the Learning
    Action 10: Administer the Postassessment
    Action 11: Determine the Team's Impact on Student Learning
    Action 12: Action the Team's Learnings

    Section 4: Adopting an Alternative Approach
    Preparing the Inquiry
    Action 1: Identify the Learning Issue
    Action 2: Prepare the Preassessment
    Action 3: Administer the Preassessment
    Action 4: Respond to Identified Student Learning Needs
    Action 5: Design Actions to Address the Learning Issue
    Implementing the Inquiry
    Action 6: Implement the Learning Actions
    Action 7: Monitor the Impact of Actions
    Action 8: Analyze Which Actions Are Having the Greatest Impact
    Reviewing the Learning
    Action 9: Administer the Postassessment
    Action 10: Determine the Team's Impact on Student Learning
    Action 11: Action the Team's Learnings

    Section 5: Putting It All Together

    Conclusion
    Appendix A
    Appendix B
    References

    Collaborative Teams That Work