This
webinar series explored job-embedded strategies for growing and sustaining
your professional learning community.
Over the course of the five
sessions, webinar participants learned about four
specific job-embedded strategies: study groups, examining student work,
coaching, and action research.
View the "Growing Your PLC" Webinar Recordings with Al Bertani
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Session 1: Job-Embedded Learning to Grow Your PLC
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Overview of Job-Embedded Designs and Processes
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Assessment of Job Embedded Practices
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Selecting Designs and Processes to Serve Local Needs and Grow Your PLC
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Session handout:
Article: Tools for Schools: Process-Select the Strategy that Works for Your Context and Content.pdf, NSDC, August/September 2004
Self Survey.pdf from Powerful Designs for Professional Learning, Easton, NSDC 2004
Session 2: Using Study Groups to Promote Professional Learning
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The ABC’s of Using Study Groups
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A Seven Step Protocol for Study Group Work
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Resources and Support for Study Groups and Grow Your PLC
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Resource:
NSDC Study Groups Overview.doc;
Carlene Murphy and Mike Murphy; Powerful Designs for Professional
Learning-Edited by Lois Easton; National Staff Development Council; 2004
Session 3: Examining Student Work as a Professional Learning Practice
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Connecting Student Learning and Teacher Learning
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Protocols for Examining Student Work
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Deciding Where to Start – Focusing on Student Work and Growing Your PLC
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Resource:
Survey of Assessment Culture.pdf
NSDC-Examining Student Work.pdf; Ruth Mitchell; Journal of Staff Development; National Staff Development Council; Summer 1999
Session 4: Coaching as a Strategy for Professional Learning
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Coaching Models for Improving Practice
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Creating the Conditions for Success
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Developing Coaching Maps to Structure and Guide Conversations
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Resources:
NSDC-Coaching.pdf
NSDC Tools for Schools-Partner Interviews.pdf
Session 5: Conducting Action Research to Improve Professional Learning
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Understanding Action Research to Improve Practice
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Protocols for Organizing and Conducting Action Research
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Collecting and Analyzing Data
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Resource:
Teacher Action Research-Tools for Schools.pdf