Protocols for Professional Learning (The Professional Learning Community Series)

Protocols for Professional Learning is your guide to helping PLCs successfully explore any topic. You'll find step-by-step instructions for implementing 16 different protocols that can be used to examine student work or professional practice, address problems with students or among faculty, and facilitate effective discussions.

About the PLC series: Welcome to an adventure! If you are a teacher who is interested in developing a professional learning community to develop your classroom repertoire and increase your students' achievement and motivation, you are in for a treat. A professional learning community (PLC) is a small group of teachers or administrators that meets regularly and works between meetings to accomplish shared goals. PLCs are vehicles for connecting teacher practice and student outcomes, improving both.

Lois Brown Easton is Director of Professional Development at Eagle Rock School and Professional Development Center in Colorado. An English/language arts teacher for fifteen years, she was Arizona's first Writing Specialist. She has also been the Director of Curriculum and Assessment Planning for the state of Arizona and worked nationally as Director of Re:Learning Systems at the Education Commission of the States in association with the Coalition of Essential Schools.