Kim Bailey

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. Educators will: Identify successful assessment tools for implementation; Understand the role of assessments in advancing student learning; Reflect on assessment processes and the standards driving instruction; Access a wide variety of assessment designs and strategies for guiding collaboration; Utilize data-driven jump-start resources and templates that suit their teams needs.

Learn, do, and lead with the guidance of Formative Tools for Leaders in a PLC at Work(R) 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 improvement. This book will teach you how to implement professional learning communities more effectively: ● Discover how to gather formative evidence from a number of sources to implement collaborative structures and a schoolwide change process. ● Understand how to use the three stages of assessing, analyzing, and acting as a formative feedback loop to improve instructional practices. ● Gain clarity on what makes a successful professional learning community and where to focus your school's energy and effort moving forward. ● Access tools and templates designed to support and strengthen team practices in order to shape school culture and ensure learning for all students. ● Explore how teams effectively answer the four critical questions of a PLC. Contents: Acknowledgments Table of Contents About the Authors Foreword Introduction Part 1 Chapter 1: A Culture of Learning for All Chapter 2: The School's Collaborative Structures Chapter 3: Quality Instructional Practice Chapter 4: Schoolwide Systems of Support Part 2 Chapter 5: A Focus on Getting Clear About What Students Should Know and Do Chapter 6: A Focus on How Teams Gather Information About Student Learning Chapter 7: A Focus on Supporting Students Who Need Additional Time and Support Chapter 8: A Focus on Responding When Students Have Already Learned Epilogue References and Resources Index

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(R) 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 most common issues instructional coaches face. Use this book to understand the unique requirements of instructional coaches in building a school that answers the four critical questions of a PLC at Work: Learn how to provide PLC training and professional development for collaborative teacher teams. Study three major variables that will affect instructional coaching (capacity, culture, and context) and four major actions that will act as guiding principles. Explore issues that can arise in PLC schools, as well as teacher coaching strategies to help resolve these issues. Deepen your understanding of instructional coaching in a PLC with helpful online reproducibles and teacher coaching tools. Acquire capacity-building strategies aligned to the four PLC questions. Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: How to Get Started as an Instructional Coach Chapter 2: What Do We Want Students to Know and Be Able to Do? Chapter 3: How Will We Know if They Have Learned It? Chapter 4: How Will We Respond When Some Students Do Not Learn? Chapter 5: How Will We Extend the Learning of Students Who Are Already Proficient? Epilogue: Maintaining the Momentum and Sustaining the Process References and Resources Index

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