Designed exclusively for teacher teams, this plan book is a one-stop shop for practical PLC information and resources. Inside its pages, you’ll find everything your team needs to thrive from the first day of school to the last. Access forty weekly planning pages, in-depth examples, succinct summaries of PLC concepts, and many more tools that will support your daily collaborative work of championing learning for all.Use this resource to maintain a healthy collaborative team ...

Learn, do, and lead with the guidance of Formative Tools for Leaders in a PLC at WorkⓇ by Kim Bailey and Chris Jakicic. With this practical resource, you'll first discover how to gather evidence from staff about PLC practices, processes, and products. Then you'll explore how to use that evidence to gauge the effectiveness of your professional learning community (PLC) and make informed and targeted decisions about your collective next steps for a school culture of continuous improv...

Tackle your role as substitute teacher with confidence and ease. This essential resource offers field-tested guidance on how to maintain effective classroom and behavior management while making connections with students and advancing classroom content. Packed with strategies, actionable steps, and insights from a variety of guest teachers, this book will prepare you for a day that is both enjoyable and productive.This book will help you:Walk through t...

Built on the process featured in Common Formative Assessment: A Toolkit for PLCs at Work™, this book demonstrates how educators can develop effective and efficient assessments. The authors simplify assessment development to give teacher teams the confidence to write and use team-designed common formative assessments that help ensure all students master essential skills and concepts. Design tasks and assessments that feature the greater rigor and complexity the new standards require. Use as...

In the second edition of this pivotal work by Kim Bailey and Chris Jakicic, you will discover updated and improved resources to use formative data to support higher levels of student learning. Data-driven techniques and new tools will guide you in improving collaboration and student engagement throughout the assessment process. Teams can use the ideas, templates, and protocols in this practitioner-friendly resource.K–12 educators will:Identify success...

Ensure every educator is engaged in the right work with a collective focus on improved student learning. Aligned to the Professional Learning Communities (PLC) at Work® model, this resource includes instructional coaching tools, processes, protocols, templates, tips, and strategies designed to support the multidimensional work of instructional coaches and PLC training. Each chapter includes action steps and reflective coaching activities, as well as suggestions for navigating some of the m...

Teams that engage in designing, using, and responding to common formative assessments are more knowledgeable about their own standards, more assessment literate, and able to develop more strategies for helping all students learn. In this conversational guide, the authors offer tools, templates, and protocols to incorporate common formative assessments into the practices of a PLC to monitor and enhance student learning

We've all had that moment.A feedback conversation that left us confused, frustrated, defensive, or silently thinking, "WTF-What The Feedback?!" Whether you're a leader, manager, team member, or individual contributor, feedback can feel intimidating. It can trigger fear, spark emotion, and shake even the most confident professional. And yet... Feedback is the single most powerful accelerator of growth, trust, and performance in the workplace.In WTF? What The Feedback

We've all had that moment. A feedback conversation that left us confused, frustrated, defensive, or silently thinking, "WTF-What The Feedback?!"Whether you're a leader, manager, team member, or individual contributor, feedback can feel intimidating. It can trigger fear, spark emotion, and shake even the most confident professional. And yet... Feedback is the single most powerful accelerator of growth, trust, and performance in the workplace. In WTF? What The Feedback, workplace med...

With a gentle kiss, Mama Bear puts Little Bear to bed. “I love you” turns into a precious game between Mama Bear and Little Bear, as they come up with many “I love you more” ideas. Make this tender audio book part of your bedtime routine then create your own “I love you more” examples with your child! This audio book is the perfect way to end a busy day. Titles in the Bedtime Series include: Sleep, My Little One, The Night-Night Song, I Love You More, It’s Night, Night Time, and I Thank Go...

Childlike examples encourage young children to learn about Jesus’ love through easy-to-understand concepts and bright illustrations. How much does Jesus love me? Jesus loves me more than butterflies and rainbows, more than ladybugs and teddy bears. Simple text will make this a treasured book to read over and over again.

Childlike examples encourage young children to learn about Jesus’ love through easy-to-understand concepts and bright illustrations. How much does Jesus love me? Jesus loves me more than butterflies and rainbows, more than ladybugs and teddy bears. Simple text will make this a treasured book to read over and over again.