PLC Resources for School Leaders

In a PLC, the fundamental purpose and the reason for collaboration is to ensure all students learn at high levels. Not most students. Not just the regular education students. Not the students who come to school ready to learn or show proper effort and self-responsibility. All Students (Dufour, Dufour, Eaker, Mattos & Muhammad, Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work, 2022).

The resources below are categorized by the table heading.

Learning by Doing Continuums & Resources	Surveys and Data Tools	Leadership Tools
Communicating Effectively	Building the Foundation: Five Essential Elements	Intentional Facilitation of Leadership Teams
Laying the Foundation	Critical Issues for Team Consideration	Why Principal Leadership is so Important
Building a Collaborative Culture Through High Performing Teams	Tasks Teams Can Tackle During Collaborative Meetings	Alignment of the 3 Big Ideas, 4 Pillars, and 4 Critical Questions of a PLC
Using School Improvement Goals to Drive Team Goals	Sample Collaborative Planning Protocol	Stages of Team Functioning
Clarifying What Students Must Learn	PLC Navigator	Tuckman’s Stages of Team Development
Turning Data Into Information	Mid-Year PLC Survey  (PDF or Google Form)	Managing Team-Based Conflict
Providing Students with Systematic Intervention and Enrichment	State of Your Learning Team Survey	The Capacity of a PLC: 4 Interconnected Factors
Selecting and Retaining New Instructional Staff Members	Trust on Your Learning Team (Survey)	Building a School Leadership Team
Cultural Shifts in a PLC	Data Protocols for Collaborative Teams	Center for Leadership and Educational Equity (CLEE) Protocols
PLC Alignment	CLEE PLC Survey	Business Chemistry Self-Assessment