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"PLC Consultants offer a unique and innovative format for Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) bringing educators together online for professional development. Training sessions can be held exclusively online or, if required, initial on-site training can be conducted and followed up with online learning modules that address specific areas of interest and need"

A different idea for single content area teachers to form TBTs? "A recent post by high school physics teacher Casey Rutherford, describes how he used Google+ Hangouts (free video conferencing) to create his own PLC"

"How PLCs Use Assessments Posted on October 19, 2010 By Rick DuFour We received a series of questions from a school grappling with developing common assessments. I summarized the questions and attempted to provide a brief response for each."

"The district's key strategy for improving student outcomes is the use of "professional learning communities." A PLC is  basically a team of teachers assigned to a given grade level. As Putnam explains it, they test all the kids on a certain subject. Based on the results, they group the kids by educational need. Then they work on the students' skills and test them again."

"Our school has been working diligently on beginning to implement the Common Core State Standards as well as follow the best practices according to the Continuous Classroom Improvement system, the book Instruction for All Students by Paula Rutherford, and the Leader in Me book by Stephen R. Covey that showcases schools with the greatest success in turning around academics and student behavior.  One of the ways we have done this is by working in our Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), or teams of grade level teachers, an instructional specialist, an administrator, and support SPED staff to conduct "backward planning"."

here are 12 points (with thanks to Edward de Bono) on how to have a "beautiful" PLC or SLT team meeting.

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"Take your professional learning community to the next level by using Google Docs to collaborate with colleagues"

"Every Tuesday morning, we brainstorm about ways to work through obstacles together. Sure, we discuss data, assessments, and lesson plans during these meetings, but our fundamental purpose is to support each other in better serving our students. "

"Tim Holt shares his views on education, creativity, education administration, technology and the merger of all of them here. Whether it is links, articles, essays, or news, he shares a ton of information. He hopes you can keep up."

"It is this intersection of collaboration and technology that has now allowed us to create and leverage a new form of boundary crossing Professional Learning Community. It's called a Professional Networked Learning Collaborative."