Introduction+to+PLCs

=Welcome to our wiki!=

Dufour et al. (2006) define a professional learning community as:
==== "educators committed to working collaboratively in ongoing processes for collective inquiry and action research to achieve better results for the students they serve. Professional learning communities operate under the assumption that the key to improving learning for students is **continuous job-embedded learning for educators**." ====

Central to PLCs are:

 * ==== a learning-focused goal ====
 * ==== a collaborative culture ====
 * ==== a results focus ====

Dufour et al. identified 3 questions to guide teachers' PLC work:

 * 1) ==== What do we want kids to learn? ====
 * 2) ==== How will we know they've learned it? ====
 * 3) ==== What will we do when then haven't learned it (or, when they have)? ====

Want to learn more about the PLC process? Read:
DuFour, R., DuFour, R., Eaker, R., & Many, T. (2006). //Learning by doing: A handbook for professional learning communities that work//. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree.