Singletons in a PLC at Work(R) e-bog

In a professional learning community, isolation is the enemy of school improvement. But what does collaboration among teachers look like when you can't easily identify with a team? This book will help singleton teachers first develop clarity on learning essentials, then find creative entry points to form collaborative teams. Drawing from their own experiences, the authors offer practical solutions for eliminating the practice of isolation for all educators.Collaborative teams will:Understand what meaningful collaboration is and how singletons can utilize the PLC processBuild the groundwork for meaningful collaboration using strategies for your specific situationImplement meaningful collaboration as a singleton across separate schools or within the same schoolAlign disparate singletons under the same unifying PLC processContents:Chapter 1: Meaningful CollaborationChapter 2: Singleton On-Ramps for CollaborationChapter 3: Preparation for Meaningful CollaborationChapter 4: Course-Alike Entry Point-The Virtual TeamChapter 5: Common-Content Entry PointChapter 6: Critical-Friend Entry PointChapter 7: Putting It All TogetherAfterword: Final ThoughtsReferences and ResourcesIndex