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The PLC+ Playbook, Grades K-12
A Hands-On Guide to Collectively Improving Student Learning



June 2019 | 176 pages | Corwin
Help your PLC+ group to work wiser, not harder. This practical guide to planning and implementing PLC+ groups in a collaborative setting is designed to equip professional learning community teams with the tools they need to work effectively toward improving student learning.   

Designed as an accompanying resource to PLC+: Better Decisions and Greater Impact by Design, the Playbook helps educators bring the PLC+ framework to life by supporting teams as they answer the five guiding questions that comprise a PLC+: 
  1. Where are we going?
  2.  Where are we now?
  3. How do we move learning forward?
  4. What did we learn today?
  5.  Who benefited and who did not benefit?

Twenty-three modules support PLC+ groups as they work through one entire cycle of learning, addressing the five questions and four cross-cutting themes—equity, high expectations, individual and collective efficacy, and effective team activation and facilitation. Tools to support implementation of the PLC+ framework are embedded throughout the Playbook: 

  • Blank templates allow team members to record their work for every module
  • Step-by-step instructions guide PLC+ groups to facilitate productive discussion, engage in professional learning, and gather and analyze evidence of student learning
  • Crosscutting themes provide cohesion and focus throughout the work 

PLC+ groups can utilize each activity in the Playbook or find an appropriate entry point and continue the work of building PLC+. Engage in deeper learning around the ideas and concepts central to PLC+ and make greater equity and efficacy a reality in your school or district. 


 
List of Videos
 
About the Authors
 
Acknowledgments
 
Welcome to the PLC+ Playbook
 
Module 1: The Purpose and Status of Your PLC+
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PLC Defined

 
PLC+ Guiding Questions

 
 
Module 2: Crosscutting Values and Opportunities to Grow Your PLC+ Team
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Crosscutting Values

 
SWOT Analysis

 
 
Module 3: On Your Own: The Plus Is You
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Your Individual Identity

 
Teacher Credibility

 
Teacher Credibility and Its Intersection With Crosscutting Values

 
Teacher Self-Efficacy

 
Teacher Self-Efficacy and Its Intersection With Crosscutting Values

 
 
Module 4: Collective Efficacy and Credibility in a PLC+
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Revisiting Teacher Credibility and Teacher Self-Efficacy

 
From Individual to Collective Teacher Efficacy

 
Setting Norms for Our Ways of Work

 
Norms for Our Ways of Work in Our PLC+

 
 
Module 5: Guiding Question 1: Where Are We Going? Analyze Standards
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Analyzing Standards

 
Design the Learning Progression

 
Develop Daily Learning Intentions

 
Identify Success Criteria

 
Complete PLC+ Template for Guiding Question 1: Where Are We Going?

 
 
Module 6: Where Are We Going? Crosscutting Values Check
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Equity and Expectations Values Checklist

 
Activate Learning for Myself and Others Checklist

 
Collective Efficacy Checklist

 
 
Module 7: Guiding Question 2: Where Are We Now? Data Collection
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Initial Assessment Data Collection

 
Data Gathering

 
 
Module 8: Where Are We Now? Data Analysis, Common Challenges, and Misconception Analysis
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Data Analysis Protocol

 
Common Challenge Protocol

 
Identify Student Misconceptions

 
 
Module 9: Where Are We Now? Crosscutting Values Check
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Equity and Expectations Values Checklist

 
Activate Learning for Myself and Others Checklist

 
Collective Efficacy Checklist

 
 
Module 10: Guiding Question 3: How Do We Move Learning Forward? Strengthening Our Teaching Practices
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Pair Teaching Strategies With Evidence Gathering

 
Coaching Corners Protocol

 
 
Module 11: How Do We Move Learning Forward? Assignment Analysis
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Assignment Analysis Tool

 
 
Module 12: How Do We Move Learning Forward? Learning Walks
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What Is a Learning Walk?

 
Types of Learning Walks and Their Purposes

 
 
Module 13: How Do We Move Learning Forward? Microteaching
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Microteaching in a Professional Learning Community

 
Preparation for Microteaching: The Volunteer Teacher

 
 
Module 14: How Do We Move Learning Forward? Crosscutting Values Check
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Equity and Expectations Values Checklist

 
Activate Learning for Myself and Others Checklist

 
Collective Efficacy Checklist

 
 
Module 15: Guiding Question 4: What Did We Learn Today?
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Build the Habit of Reflection

 
 
Module 16: What Did We Learn Today? Build Expert Noticing
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Expert Noticing: How Is Our PLC+ Using Student Evidence of Learning?

 
Expert Noticing Video Protocol

 
Noticing Note-Taking Guide

 
 
Module 17: What Did We Learn Today? Common Assessments
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Common Assessments/Quality Assessment Evidence

 
Design a Common Assessment to Use for Preunit and Postunit Comparisons

 
 
Module 18: What Did We Learn Today? Determining Impact and Comparing Progress and Achievement
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Determining Impact

 
Progress Versus Achievement

 
Visualizing Data

 
 
Module 19: What Did We Learn Today? Crosscutting Values Check
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Equity and Expectations Values

 
Overcoming Obstacles to Talking About Learning

 
Equity and Expectations Values Checklist

 
Activate Learning for Myself and Others Checklist

 
Collective Efficacy Checklist

 
 
Module 20: Guiding Question 5: Who Benefited and Who Did Not Benefit?
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On Your Own

 
Data Review

 
On Your Own

 
Equity Audit Protocol: Revisit the Data as a Team

 
 
Module 21: Who Benefited and Who Did Not Benefit? Responding to Improve Student Learning
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The Vital Nature of Progress Monitoring

 
Tiered Intervention Progress Monitoring Protocol

 
 
Module 22: Who Benefited and Who Did Not Benefit? Crosscutting Values Check
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Equity and Expectations Values Checklist

 
Activate Learning for Myself and Others Checklist

 
Collective Efficacy Checklist

 
 
References
Key features
  • Blank templates for team members to record their work accompany every module
  • Includes step-by step directions on how to have productive discussions, gather evidence, engage in professional learning, and analyze evidence of student learning
  • 4 Crosscutting themes from the PLC+ book provide cohesion and focus throughout the work:
  1. Equity
  2. Individual and collective efficacy
  3. High expectations
  4. Facilitation

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