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Association for Middle Level Education

PLCs

A Template for PLC Conversations during Distance Learning

I am encouraged to look for the silver lining. Last Spring, when schools closed their doors for the 2019-2020 school year, in most cases without proper goodbyes, a silver lining was hard to find. As schools prepare...

Author: Anthony S. Golding
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Topics: Professional Development

Tags: PLCs Distance learning

A Journey for Content Area Literacy Development and PLCs

How to engage teacher teams in whole-school literacy and learning improvement

It's 7:30 Tuesday morning and groups of teachers are sitting in their first meeting of the year for their professional learning communities (PLCs). Thick binders filled with colored tabs and volumes of files of...

Author: Bobb Darnell
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Topics: Language Arts and Literacy Professional Development Teaching

Tags: PLCs Literacy Student Achievement

Transforming Middle School Practice Through Instructional Technology

Understanding the middle school learner as the basis for implementing a district-wide digital transformation

In December 2015, the Tuscaloosa City Schools Board of Education approved the superintendent's strategic plan, a broadly ambitious plan that prioritized capital improvements, human resources, and curriculum and...

Author: Andrew Maxey, Elizabeth Hancock
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Topics: Leadership Middle School Concept Technology

Tags: PLCs

Professional Learning Communities: A Kaleidoscope of Opportunities

A kaleidoscope contains mirrors and colored glass, pebbles, or beads whose reflections create complex patterns of frequently changing colors and shapes when rotated. The vibrant and intricate images, generated by...

Author: Kathleen McCaffrey
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Topics: Professional Development

Tags: PLCs

"Sometimes we are so focused on our teams and PLCs that we don't establish relationships with other teachers around the school. Any ideas for promoting schoolwide relationships and collaboration?"

Cultivating, building, and sustaining relationships is not guaranteed in all learning environments; however, just as we help students develop cooperative and communication skills, we can adopt and hone collaborative...

Author: Sandy Cameli
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Topics: Professional Development

Tags: PLCs Teacher Leaders Teacher Mentors

Join the Crowd: Building a PLN

The phrase "Teachers work in isolation," has long been used to describe the working conditions of educational professionals, including most middle level teachers. Educators have found ways to solve this problem by...

Author: Christopher S. Weiler
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Topics: Professional Development Technology

Tags: PLCs Social Media Twitter Peer Coaching

A Middle Years Love Story

Why is it that on the news every day, they start by saying "good evening" and then proceed to tell us exactly why it isn't? Some of the most powerful statements and questions I've ever heard—like the one...

Author: Summer Howarth
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Topics: Inspiration Professional Development

Tags: PLCs Teacher Motivation

Is Your PLC Ready to Succeed?

Assess your PLC's effectiveness against these five key areas.

The focus on state and national standards, high-stakes testing, and student growth has prompted schools to apply the old adage that two heads are better than one. School administrators and a few teacher leaders...

Author: Bobb Darnell
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Topics: Professional Development Teaching

Tags: PLCs

Building Teacher Collaboration School-wide

Models for teacher collaboration are ineffective without true participation.

Teacher collaboration has been a common element of middle grades initiatives for years, typically one or more of these three organizational models: common planning time, professional learning communities, and critical...

Author: Micki M. Caskey, Jan Carpenter
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Topics: Professional Development Organizational Structures Teaching

Tags: Common Planning Time PLCs

The Intellectual Life of Teachers

If we’re not careful, we may lose our intellectual selves. We can grow numb with repeated exposure to ideology and structures built to maintain the school’s status quo. With each passing year, our...

Author: Rick Wormeli
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Topics: Teaching

Tags: PLCs Teacher Leaders Teacher Mentors Rick Wormeli Teacher Motivation

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Association for Middle Level Education

PLCs

A Template for PLC Conversations during Distance Learning

A Journey for Content Area Literacy Development and PLCs

How to engage teacher teams in whole-school literacy and learning improvement

Transforming Middle School Practice Through Instructional Technology

Understanding the middle school learner as the basis for implementing a district-wide digital transformation

Professional Learning Communities: A Kaleidoscope of Opportunities

"Sometimes we are so focused on our teams and PLCs that we don't establish relationships with other teachers around the school. Any ideas for promoting schoolwide relationships and collaboration?"

Join the Crowd: Building a PLN

A Middle Years Love Story

Is Your PLC Ready to Succeed?

Assess your PLC's effectiveness against these five key areas.

Building Teacher Collaboration School-wide

Models for teacher collaboration are ineffective without true participation.

The Intellectual Life of Teachers

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