1. Implementing a Professional Learning Community
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2. Please read before proceeding with this section!!
Instructions
Download and/or print the required worksheets for each week based on the assigned weekly chapter readings found at
Give the rating scale to your school’s leadership team (administration, coaches, department chairs, team or grade level leaders) and yourself.
If you are not currently in a P-12 setting, give the rating scale to one upper management or administrator and 3 various leadership or middle management members in different levels or departments and use their results.
For each indicator, have participants determine on the rating scale survey the appropriate stage of your setting: pre-initiating to sustaining by circling the indicators for each descriptor and category.
Record your findings on the following slides each week.

3. Laying the Foundation of a PLC
Week 2
The following slides are due in week 2.
Laying the Foundation of a PLC
Average rating for each of the 4 indicators at your school/setting: (please list each indicator in a few words and the average score for your school or setting)
Example: (some indicators in future weeks are a paragraph length so you will need to shorten each to a few words)
Shared Mission: Average= Implementing
Rationale of why your school/setting received the score:

4. Laying the Foundation of a PLC
Summarize the next steps to be taken at your school / setting based on the indicators following the rating scales in your text.
Steps/Activities to be initiated in your school
Who is responsible for initiating / sustaining those activities
Realistic Timeline for your events
Method of Evaluation for effectiveness

5. Effective Communication
Average rating for each of the 2 indicators at your school/setting: (please list each indicator in a few words and the average score for your school or setting Rationale of why your school/setting received the score:

6. Effective Communication
Summarize the next steps to be taken at your school / setting based on the indicators following the rating scales in your text.
Steps/Activities to be initiated in your school
Who is responsible for initiating / sustaining those activities
Realistic Timeline for your events
Method of Evaluation for effectiveness

7. Learning as a Fundamental Purpose Part 1
Week 3
The following slides are due in week 3.
Learning as a Fundamental Purpose Part 1
Average rating for each of the 3 indicators at your school/setting: (please list each indicator in a few words and the average score for your school or setting) Rationale of why your school/setting received the score:

8. Clearly Defined Outcomes
Summarize the next steps to be taken at your school / setting based on the indicators following the rating scales in your text.
Steps/Activities to be initiated in your school
Who is responsible for initiating / sustaining those activities
Realistic Timeline for your events
Method of Evaluation for effectiveness

9. Monitoring Each Student’s Learning
Summarize the next steps to be taken at your school / setting based on the indicators following the rating scales in your text.
Steps/Activities to be initiated in your school
Who is responsible for initiating / sustaining those activities
Realistic Timeline for your events
Method of Evaluation for effectiveness

10. Building a Collaborative Culture
Week 4
The following slides are due in week 4.
Building a Collaborative Culture
Average rating for each of the 2 indicators at your school/setting: (please list each indicator in a few words and the average score for your school or setting) Rationale of why your school is where it is:

11. Building a Collaborative Culture
Summarize the next steps to be taken at your school / setting based on the indicators following the rating scales in your text.
Steps/Activities to be initiated in your school
Who is responsible for initiating / sustaining those activities
Realistic Timeline for your events
Method of Evaluation for effectiveness

12. Focusing on Results Part 1
Week 5
The following slides are due in week 5.
Focusing on Results Part 1
Average rating for the indicator at your school/setting: (please list each indicator in a few words and the average score for your school or setting) Rationale of why your school is where it is:

13. Using School Improvement Goals to Drive Team Goals
Summarize the next steps to be taken at your school / setting based on the indicators following the rating scales in your text.
Steps/Activities to be initiated in your school
Who is responsible for initiating / sustaining those activities
Realistic Timeline for your events
Method of Evaluation for effectiveness

14. Focusing on Results Part 2
Average rating for the indicator at your school/setting: (please list each indicator in a few words and the average score for your school or setting) Rationale of why your school is where it is:

15. Turning Data Into Information
Summarize the next steps to be taken at your school / setting based on the indicators following the rating scales in your text.
Steps/Activities to be initiated in your school
Who is responsible for initiating / sustaining those activities
Realistic Timeline for your events
Method of Evaluation for effectiveness

16. Learning as Our Fundamental Purpose Part 2
Week 6
The following slides are due in week 5.
Learning as Our Fundamental Purpose Part 2
Average rating for the indicator at your school/setting: (please list each indicator in a few words and the average score for your school or setting) Rationale of why your school is where it is:

17. Systematic Intervention
Summarize the next steps to be taken at your school / setting based on the indicators following the rating scales in your text.
Steps/Activities to be initiated in your school
Who is responsible for initiating / sustaining those activities
Realistic Timeline for your events
Method of Evaluation for effectiveness