PLC Blog Archives

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10 Steps to Creating a PLC Culture

Posted on December 6th, 2011 by Greg Kushnir

A Delicate Dialogue On Data

Posted on September 22nd, 2008 by Charlie Coleman

A PLC Approach to Merit Pay

Posted on April 14th, 2010 by Rick DuFour

A Powerful Tool for Student and Teacher Learning

Posted on December 21st, 2011 by Kenneth Williams

A Rose by Any Other Name: Professional Learning Communities

Posted on April 15th, 2009 by Tom Many

Adapting the PLC Framework for Small Schools

Posted on October 4th, 2010 by Adam Young

Addressing Differences

Posted on December 3rd, 2009 by Rick DuFour

Another Digital Conversation With the DuFours Starts May 19

Posted on April 22nd, 2010 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Are Smaller Learning Communities (SLCs) Synonymous with Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)?

Posted on April 24th, 2008 by Rick DuFour

Are There Universities That Teach PLC Principles?

Posted on January 6th, 2009 by Rick DuFour

Are We Educational Hoarders?

Posted on March 7th, 2012 by Merrilou Harrison

Are Your Assessments Good, Not So Good, or…Great?

Posted on October 26th, 2011 by Janet Malone

Assessing Principal Performance In a Professional Learning Community

Posted on February 19th, 2007 by Rick and Becky DuFour and Robert Eaker

Assessing Your School’s PLC Progress

Posted on April 18th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Book Review: Raising the Bar and Closing the Gap

Posted on April 27th, 2010 by Bill Ferriter

Bottom-Up Leadership Put to the Test

Posted on August 18th, 2009 by Lillie Jessie

Building Consensus for Change

Posted on August 4th, 2010 by George Knights

Calling all Wisconsin PLCs

Posted on March 24th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Clarifying Collective Inquiry

Posted on December 9th, 2008 by Rick DuFour

Classroom Observation Drives Instructional Practices

Posted on December 14th, 2011 by George Knights

Collaboration Empowers PLC Process

Posted on April 29th, 2010 by Rick DuFour

Collaboration on a broader scale, partnering with higher education to build capacity

Posted on February 1st, 2012 by Marc Johnson

Collecting and Analyzing Common Assessment Data

Posted on November 7th, 2007 by Sam Ritchie

Collective Merit Pay: Supporting Collaboration Over Competition

Posted on February 2nd, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Common Formative Assessments

Posted on July 30th, 2007 by Rick DuFour

Common Formative Assessments and the Question of Pacing

Posted on October 10th, 2007 by Rick DuFour

Congratulations Marc Johnson! 2011 AASA Superintendent of the Year

Posted on February 18th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Creating and Supporting High-Performing PLCs: One District’s Journey

Posted on March 14th, 2012 by Bill Hall

Creating Buy-In for PLCs

Posted on January 4th, 2012 by Lillie Jessie

Demographics Are Not Destiny: Stults Road Elementary School

Posted on January 28th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Developing a Shared Mission

Posted on September 21st, 2011 by Anthony Muhammad

Districtwide Implementation of the PLC Process: Sanger Unified School District

Posted on February 18th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Do Our Behaviors Reflect Our Intentions?

Posted on November 16th, 2011 by Ginny Mahlke

Do PLCs Enable Students to Act Irresponsibly by Asking Educators to Assume Greater Responsibility for Student Learning?

Posted on February 16th, 2010 by Rick DuFour

Do We Have Team Norms or “Nice to Knows”?

Posted on October 25th, 2010 by Kenneth Williams

Does Merit Pay for Individual Teachers Align With the PLC Concept? Part I

Posted on September 15th, 2009 by Rick DuFour

Does Preparing Students for Success on High-Stakes Assessments Interfere With Their Learning and Rob Teachers of the Opportunity to be Creative and Innovative?

Posted on May 13th, 2008 by Rick DuFour

Does This Seem Like a PLC Format?

Posted on October 28th, 2008 by Rick and Becky DuFour

Drilling Deeper in a Professional Learning Community

Posted on August 13th, 2008 by Robert Eaker and Janel Keating

Driven by DIVAS (Data, Instruction, Varied Assessments, and Supports)

Posted on October 5th, 2011 by Tyrone Olverson

DuFour Conversation Starts Today!

Posted on September 8th, 2009 by Bill Ferriter

Electronic Teaming for Singletons in a PLC

Posted on June 24th, 2011 by Bill Ferriter

Eliminating Bias in Grading: Teachers Collaborate on Student Assessments

Posted on December 1st, 2010 by Sarah Schuhl

Empowering the Silent Stakeholders—Students

Posted on February 22nd, 2012 by Aaron Hansen

Excerpt: Pyramid of Behavior Interventions, Chapter One

Posted on July 15th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Experimentation Within a Professional Learning Community

Posted on November 23rd, 2011 by Tom Koenigsberger

Free PLC Webinar With Rick and Becky DuFour

Posted on November 11th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

FREE! PLC at Work Webinar: Building Real Commitment and Consensus for Change

Posted on January 5th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

FREE! PLC at Work Webinar: Norms or Nice to Knows?

Posted on January 27th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

From Cool Technologies to Critical Thinking

Posted on August 3rd, 2011 by Regina Owens

From Lowest in District to Best in State: Lakeridge Junior High School

Posted on February 13th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

From the PLC Summit: DuFour’s New Assessment Resource

Posted on February 24th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Gap-Thinking In a Professional Learning Community

Posted on March 16th, 2007 by Robert Eaker and Janel Keating

Getting the Most Out of Common Assessments

Posted on June 9th, 2009 by Mike Mattos

Going from Good to Great: Robert Frost Junior High School

Posted on February 7th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Grading Formative and Summative Assessments

Posted on October 27th, 2010 by Rick DuFour

How Can Elective Teachers Participate in the PLC Process?

Posted on November 30th, 2011 by Rick DuFour

How Do Leaders Communicate Priorities? Attention Is All There Is!

Posted on March 27th, 2007 by Rick DuFour

How Low Can You Go?

Posted on April 29th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

How PLCs Use Assessments

Posted on October 19th, 2010 by Rick DuFour

How will we respond when students don’t learn?

Posted on April 4th, 2008 by Austin Buffum and Mike Mattos

I’m the Only One Teaching This Course. How Do I Collaborate?

Posted on March 17th, 2009 by Robert Eaker and Janel Keating

In a PLC, Leadership is Not Lonely!

Posted on October 19th, 2011 by Terri Martin

Introducing: #atplc, a New PLC-Focused Twitter Chat

Posted on November 10th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Is It Worth It? – Sharing Data from Successful PLCs

Posted on June 29th, 2011 by Geri Parscale

Is This Candidate a Good Fit for a PLC?

Posted on May 26th, 2009 by Rick DuFour

It’s Not a Meeting; It’s a Way of Being!

Posted on September 29th, 2009 by Brian Butler

It’s Not Pixie Dust, It’s Protocol

Posted on November 2nd, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Join the conversation with Rick and Becky DuFour

Posted on May 20th, 2010 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Kid-By-Kid-By-Kid

Posted on April 18th, 2012 by Charlie Coleman

Learn about PLCs by Doing what PLCs Do!

Posted on January 12th, 2007 by Rick DuFour

Little Rock PLC Institute: Day One #atplc

Posted on October 19th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Little Rock PLC Institute: Day Two #atplc

Posted on October 20th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Mike Mattos PRTI Webinar Recording Now Available

Posted on April 20th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Motivating Teachers to Collaborate

Posted on November 25th, 2008 by Rick DuFour

Moving from a tradition of isolation to a culture of collaboration

Posted on February 14th, 2008 by Becky DuFour

Moving School Improvement Into the Classroom With SMART Goals

Posted on December 28th, 2011 by Dennis King

Neglecting the Gifted and Talented

Posted on March 16th, 2010 by Rick and Becky DuFour

New Answers to Old Questions—Transition to Common Core

Posted on February 8th, 2012 by Mary Hendricks-Harris

New article! Fostering Shared Leadership

Posted on November 12th, 2010 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

New Article: Teacher Collaboration Can’t Be Voluntary

Posted on February 16th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

New Insights on PLCs: an upcoming webinar hosted by the DuFours

Posted on December 3rd, 2010 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

New Study Highlights Importance of Collaborative Inquiry

Posted on March 9th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

New Twists on the Old Exam Week

Posted on April 11th, 2012 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

No Excuses for No Homework

Posted on December 2nd, 2011 by Steve Pearce

Open House Webinar: Master’s Degree in PLCs

Posted on June 10th, 2010 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Operationalizing the Big Picture: The Liberal High School PLC Journey

Posted on February 23rd, 2012 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Our State Adopted the Common Core Standards—Now What?

Posted on January 25th, 2012 by Chris Jakicic

PBIS: The Perfect Fit for Behavior Intervention in a PLC

Posted on March 28th, 2012 by Duane Graber

PLC Speakers Video Playlist

Posted on December 8th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

PLC Team Efficacy—If we think we can, can we?

Posted on February 29th, 2012 by Dale Hair

PLC webinar recording now available

Posted on December 17th, 2010 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

PLCs and Self-Efficacy: What Is the Connection?

Posted on November 18th, 2010 by Jamie Virga

Podcast: 2006 Summit

Posted on June 12th, 2007 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Podcast: 2007 Summit

Posted on April 27th, 2007 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Prerequisites for Standards-Based Reporting

Posted on March 4th, 2011 by Robert Eaker and Janel Keating

Professional Learning Communities That Work in the Classroom

Posted on November 1st, 2010 by Maria Venegas

Progress or Procrastination?

Posted on September 28th, 2011 by Rick DuFour

Promoting Social and Emotional Learning Within a PLC

Posted on December 8th, 2010 by Eric Twadell

Q&A on Incorporating Specialists Into PLCs

Posted on May 2nd, 2012 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Q&A: Rick DuFour’s Response to a Question on Formative Assessment

Posted on February 24th, 2012 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Questions New Teams Should Consider Early On

Posted on September 4th, 2008 by Rick DuFour

Recipe for Response: One School’s Strategy for Responding to Struggling Learners

Posted on May 9th, 2012 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Recording and Handouts from Yesterday’s Webinar Now Online

Posted on December 17th, 2009 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Reflections From the 2011 Las Vegas PLC at Work™ Institute

Posted on May 16th, 2012 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Resource Roundup: 5 Inspirational Stories

Posted on March 14th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Resource Roundup: Ask The Experts

Posted on February 21st, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Resource Roundup: Building Effective School Culture

Posted on March 28th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Resource Roundup: Inspiring Teams

Posted on December 20th, 2010 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Resource Roundup: Making an Impact With Assessment

Posted on January 14th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Resource Roundup: Making the Schedule Work for Your School

Posted on May 17th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Resource Roundup: Managing PLC Change

Posted on January 31st, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Resource Roundup: New Featured PLC Schools

Posted on April 25th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Resource Roundup: PLCs and Intervention

Posted on January 3rd, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Resource Roundup: Setting and Reaching Your Goals

Posted on April 11th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work(TM)

Posted on August 27th, 2009 by Bill Ferriter

Rick DuFour’s Slides From AASA Conference – Removed

Posted on February 20th, 2012 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Riverside County Office of Education Uses PLCs to Support Special Education

Posted on May 6th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Self-Directed Teams Contribute to Sustainability

Posted on May 27th, 2010 by Rick and Becky DuFour

Should a district-wide PLC initiative impact the recruitment and selection of future teachers to a district? If so, in what way?

Posted on March 12th, 2007 by Rick and Becky DuFour and Robert Eaker

Should Homework Be Graded?

Posted on June 23rd, 2009 by Rick DuFour

Should the Textbook Determine the Essential Skills We Teach?

Posted on September 13th, 2011 by Rick DuFour

Should We Adhere to Our District’s Prescribed Curriculum or Engage in the Team Learning Process of a PLC?

Posted on October 8th, 2008 by Rick and Becky DuFour

Small School PLC Implementation

Posted on May 7th, 2007 by Rick and Becky DuFour and Robert Eaker

Special Education Used as Intervention

Posted on May 12th, 2010 by Rick and Becky DuFour

Stop Blaming and Take Action: One Teacher’s Manifesto

Posted on March 3rd, 2009 by Rick DuFour

Stop Sliding Away…

Posted on February 10th, 2011 by Tom Many and Susan Sparks Many

Student Grouping in a PLC

Posted on July 8th, 2008 by Rick and Becky DuFour

Stults Road Elementary’s PLC Journey: An Overview

Posted on May 3rd, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Sustainable Improvement: Adlai E. Stevenson High School

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Teachers Key to Reversing High Failure Rate in Math

Posted on March 31st, 2009 by Rick DuFour

Teaching Students to be Responsible with PLCs

Posted on May 12th, 2011 by Rick DuFour

Teaching vs. Learning: How Assessment Informs Instruction

Posted on March 23rd, 2011 by Ainsley Rose

Team Leaders in a Professional Learning Community

Posted on July 22nd, 2009 by Janel Keating and Robert Eaker

Team Meetings: Converting the Middle School to the PLC Middle School

Posted on July 8th, 2011 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Team SMART Goals vs. Smart Students

Posted on January 10th, 2008 by Rick and Becky DuFour

Team Structure in PLC

Posted on August 15th, 2007 by Becky DuFour

Tech Tools for Teams: Collaborate Using Twitter

Posted on February 17th, 2009 by Bill Ferriter

Tech Tools for Teams: Using Voicethread

Posted on May 12th, 2009 by Bill Ferriter

The Battle Over Homework

Posted on February 15th, 2012 by Susan Huff

The Case for Common Formative Assessments

Posted on September 13th, 2007 by Rick DuFour

The Need for Crucial Conversations

Posted on October 13th, 2009 by Rick DuFour

The Professional Teacher

Posted on April 18th, 2007 by Rick DuFour

The Role of an Elective Teacher in a PLC

Posted on September 26th, 2007 by Rick DuFour

The Role of Support Staff in a Professional Learning Community

Posted on November 11th, 2008 by Robert Eaker, Meagan Rhoades and Janel Keating

The Schedule Won’t Let Us Devote Time to Intervention

Posted on February 1st, 2010 by Rick and Becky DuFour

The Seven I’s

Posted on January 12th, 2011 by Jamie Virga

Three Rules Help Manage Assessment Data

Posted on July 7th, 2009 by Tom Many

Thriving Inside the Creative Tension

Posted on April 16th, 2012 by Cassie Erkens

Time and Support for Adults in a Professional Learning Community

Posted on May 29th, 2007 by Robert Eaker and Janel Keating

Tracking

Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by Rick DuFour

Tracking Team-Based Interventions

Posted on May 4th, 2010 by Bill Ferriter

Twitter for Singletons in a PLC

Posted on November 2nd, 2010 by Bill Ferriter

Two Different “Schools” of Thought

Posted on November 30th, 2009 by Rick DuFour

Upcoming Conversation on PLCs with the DuFours

Posted on August 25th, 2009 by Bill Ferriter

Upcoming RTI Webinar Hosted by Austin Buffum

Posted on May 24th, 2010 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Upcoming Webinar Hosted by Richard and Rebecca DuFour

Posted on November 24th, 2009 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Using Moodle to Enhance Your PLC

Posted on April 6th, 2011 by Laurie Robinson

Using Your Best to Help the Rest: Another Thought on Intervention

Posted on July 19th, 2011 by Garrick Peterson

Voicethread Tips for DuFour Conversation

Posted on September 1st, 2009 by Bill Ferriter

We’re already a “good” school, why do we need to improve?

Posted on August 30th, 2007 by Rick DuFour

Welcome to AllThingsPLC, What’s a PLC?

Posted on January 9th, 2007 by Rick and Becky DuFour and Robert Eaker

What About the Whole Child?

Posted on March 30th, 2010 by Rick and Becky DuFour

What Are the Necessary Leadership Responsibilities in a PLC?

Posted on August 4th, 2009 by Geri Parscale

What Do We Do When They Haven’t Learned?

Posted on January 7th, 2011 by Rich Smith

What If Efficacy Did Not Matter in Schools?

Posted on April 4th, 2012 by Hector Garcia

What is the role of the library media specialist in a professional learning community?

Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by Rick DuFour

What Is the Sequence of Goal Setting in a PLC?

Posted on September 2nd, 2009 by Rick DuFour

What Might Be: Open the Door to a Better Future

Posted on July 17th, 2007 by Rick and Becky DuFour

What Teachers Need, Part 1

Posted on January 11th, 2012 by Robert Eaker and Janel Keating

What Teachers Need, Part 2

Posted on January 18th, 2012 by Janel Keating and Robert Eaker

What Trumps Learning

Posted on January 25th, 2008 by Robert Eaker and Janel Keating

What’s the Difference Between a PLC, a Collaborative Team, and a Task Force?

Posted on November 27th, 2007 by Rick and Becky DuFour

When Homework is Not Being Done at Home

Posted on October 12th, 2011 by Mike Mattos

When It Comes to Change, Are You a Committed Sardine?

Posted on April 25th, 2012 by Staff at AllThingsPLC.info

Where Will You Put Your Energy?

Posted on November 12th, 2009 by Rick DuFour

Which Quartile Should We Focus On?

Posted on October 27th, 2009 by Rick DuFour

Which School-Improvement Approach Works?

Posted on June 23rd, 2010 by Rick DuFour

Who should decide the agenda for collaborative team meetings?

Posted on March 11th, 2008 by Rick DuFour

Why Educators Should be Given Time to Collaborate

Posted on January 29th, 2007 by Rick DuFour

Wide Range of Abilities

Posted on April 28th, 2009 by Geri Parscale

Working in Vertical Teams

Posted on December 23rd, 2008 by Rick DuFour