The PLC+ Activator’s Guide

High functioning professional learning communities don’t happen by chance. They require deliberate efforts and structures to ensure efficiency and focus, and to ignite action. The PLC+ Activator′s Guide offers a practical approach and real-life examples that show activators what to expect and how to navigate the PLC team on a successful and collective journey. Readers will find:

• Templates to help activators prepare for meetings
• Approaches for fostering and nurturing collaboration
• Vignettes from real schools that are implementing PLC+
• Reflection questions with spaces for activators to record notes
• Solutions for addressing barriers that often arise in PLC+ teams

High functioning professional learning communities don’t happen by chance. They require deliberate efforts and structures to ensure efficiency and focus, and to ignite action. The first books in the PLC+ series challenged PLC teams to engage in difficult discussions about equity of access, high expectations for all students, and a commitment to building individual and team efficacy. All of this requires activation and skilled facilitation to move from discussion to action. The PLC+ Activator′s Guide offers a practical approach, real-life scenarios, and examples that show activators what to expect and how to navigate their PLC+ on a successful and collective journey. Readers will find:

• Templates to help activators prepare for PLC+ meetings
• Approaches for fostering and nurturing collaboration
• Vignettes from real schools that are implementing PLC+
• Reflection questions with spaces for activators to record notes
• Solutions for addressing barriers that often arise in PLC+ teams 

Activators will find this an essential guide to keeping PLC+ team discussions goal-focused and the work centered on building the collective efficacy of the team.