PLC at Work® and Your Small School : Building, Deepening, and Sustaining a Culture of Collaboration for Singletons (an Action Guide for Building an Effective PLC System in a Small School)

Small schools can have a big impact. With the guidance of author Breez Longwell Daniels, an award-winning principal in Wyoming, you will learn how to build a successful professional learning community (PLC) in your small school. The resource addresses every key aspect of a PLC at Work® system and outlines how to drive immense academic success while staying true to your school's small-town roots. Use this resource to implement a PLC that ensures high levels of learning for every student in your small school: Learn how to define your school's mission and vision in a way that both centers the school's role within the community and builds a foundation for a strong PLC. Become familiar with how to develop a strong PLC school system in a small school or rural area that contains many singleton and shared teachers. Learn how to effectively collect and use data to increase the effectiveness of your PLC system. Study the research and real-world examples that support the strategies and concepts introduced in the book to help students meet their academic goals. Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Breaking With Tradition Chapter 2: Establishing a Vision Chapter 3: Structuring Time Chapter 4: Building Your Culture Chapter 5: Supporting Collaboration Chapter 6: Using Data Chapter 7: Overcoming Barriers Chapter 8: Celebrating Success Epilogue Appendix: Artifacts From Thermopolis Middle School References and Resources "In PLC and Your Small School: Building, Deepening, and Sustaining a Culture of Collaboration for Singletons, author Breez Longwell Daniels utilizes her immense experience to provide a guide for readers seeking to build a successful PLC system in their small, rural school. Daniels notes the unique role and culture of the small, rural school and makes these considerations central to her process of PLC implementation. Daniels accomplishes this deftly by grounding the book in both a significant amount of outside research and her own experience as the principal of a small, rural school in Wyoming - Thermopolis Middle School. This school has implemented a strong PLC system and found immense academic success as a result, all while staying true to its rural, small town roots. Thus, the book takes the reader through each of the four questions of the PLC system and provides guidance on how to best answer that question in a small school. Readers will also find guidance on effective time management, the use of data, and empowering celebrations, as well as strategies to overcome obstacles that are unique to rural schools. Readers of this book will learn from the best exactly how to build a strong PLC system in their school that both centers the rural culture of their school and prepares their students for success anywhere in the 21st century"-- Provided by publisher Small schools can have a big impact. With the guidance of author Breez Longwell Daniels, an award-winning principal in Wyoming, you will learn how to build a successful professional learning community (PLC) in your small school. The resource addresses every key aspect of a PLC system and outlines how to drive immense academic success while staying true to your school s small-town roots. Use this resource to implement a PLC that ensures high levels of learning for every student in your small