Professional Learning Communities at Work® and High Reliability SchoolsTM: Cultures of Continuous Learning

Name: Professional Learning Communities at Work® and High Reliability SchoolsTM: Cultures of Continuous Learning
Brand: Solution Tree
SKU: Sol9639
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Dramatically improve schooling by harnessing the collective power of the High Reliability SchoolsTM (HRS) model and the PLC at Work® process. Featuring some of America's best educators, this anthology includes information, insights, and practical suggestions for both PLCs and HRS. The overarching purpose is to demonstrate how these two approaches, taken together, complement each other and support educators in their efforts to create a culture of continuous improvement.

Use this resource to ensure a guaranteed and viable curriculum:

* Study the HRS and PLC practices with guidance from numerous practitioners and experts, developing good teachers into great teachers through a culture of accountability.
* Learn how to keep your school focused on the right work in order to achieve learning for all through a continuous improvement process.
* Understand how the HRS model can improve success with the PLC process and how the PLC at Work process is the cornerstone of a high reliability school.
* Explore the ways in which strong leaders can model and improve the why and how of PLC at Work through a collaborative culture.
* Explore the five levels of the HRS model, and then learn how to relate each level to PLC at Work process to improve education in your school or district.

Robert Eaker, Robert J. Marzano, Mario Acosta, Toby Boss William M. Ferriter, Heather Friziellie, Tammy Heflebower, Jan K. Hoegh, Marc Johnson, Timothy D. Kanold, Mike Mattos, Anthony Muhammad, Cameron L. Rains, Mike Ruyle, Julie A. Schmidt, Eric Twadell, Philip B. Warrick

Published: Feb 21, 2020

ISBN: 9781949539639

SKU: Sol9639

Publisher: Solution Tree

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About the Author

Robert Eaker

Robert Eaker, EdD, is a professor emeritus of education at Middle Tennessee State University, where he also served as dean of the College of Education and later as interim executive vice president and provost. He is a former fellow with the National Center for Effective Schools Research and Development, and in 1986 Phi Delta Kappan recognized him as one of North America’s leaders in translating research into practice.

Eaker has written widely on effective teaching, effective schools, and professional learning communities (PLCs) and has coauthored numerous influential works on reculturing schools and districts into PLCs, including Professional Learning Communities at Work: Best Practices for Enhancing Student Achievement, Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work, Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work, and Professional Learning Communities at Work and High Reliability Schools: Cultures of Continuous Learning.

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Heather Friziellie

Heather Friziellie is the superintendent of Fox Lake Grade School District 114 in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. She previously served as director of educational services for Kildeer Countryside District 96 and as both an elementary principal and a middle school principal; earlier in her career, she was a classroom teacher. She holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Indiana University, a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from Indiana Wesleyan University, and an education specialist degree from Northern Illinois University.

Friziellie is a coauthor of Yes We Can!: General and Special Educators Collaborating in a Professional Learning Community (2016) and is credited as a contributor to Professional Learning Communities at Work® and High Reliability SchoolsTM: Cultures of Continuous Learning. She has also been described as a national presenter for Solution Tree and a consultant who has presented to districts across the country.

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Tammy Heflebower

Tammy Heflebower, EdD, is an education consultant, author, and speaker with extensive experience in K–12 systems across urban, rural, and suburban districts in the United States and internationally, including work in Canada, Europe, Australia, and other countries. She has served as an award-winning classroom teacher, building- and district-level leader, regional professional development director, national and international trainer, and adjunct professor of curriculum, instruction, and assessment at several universities. A graduate of Hastings College with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education, she earned a master’s degree from the University of Nebraska Omaha and a Doctor of Education from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and later became vice president and senior scholar at Marzano Research before founding and leading her own consulting firm, !nspire Inc. (also referred to as Inspire Consulting), based in Colorado.

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Timothy D. Kanold

Timothy D. Kanold, PhD, is an award-winning mathematics educator, author, and consultant, recognized as a national thought leader in mathematics education and professional learning communities. He has served as superintendent and director of mathematics and science for Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125 in Lincolnshire, Illinois, a widely cited model professional learning community district, and is a past president of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM) and the Council for the Presidential Awardees of Mathematics. Kanold earned a bachelor’s degree in education with a major in mathematics and a master’s degree in applied mathematics from Illinois State University, and a PhD in educational leadership and counseling psychology from Loyola University Chicago. His contributions to the field have been recognized with honors including the 1986 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the 1994 Outstanding Administrator Award from the Illinois State Board of Education, Loyola University Chicago’s 2010 Damen Award for leadership in education, and the NCSM Ross Taylor/Glen Gilbert National Leadership Award in 2017.

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Mike Ruyle

Mike Ruyle, EdD, is an education author and professional development associate known for his work in classroom assessment, personalized competency-based education, mindfulness, and school culture. He has served as a teacher, athletic coach, adjunct professor, and school leader in the San Francisco Bay Area and Bozeman, Montana for approximately twenty-eight years, including roles as assistant principal and program director. Ruyle earned bachelor’s degrees in history and English from the University of San Francisco and completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational leadership at Montana State University.

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Julie A. Schmidt

Julie A. Schmidt is an educational leader and author with extensive experience in special education and professional learning communities. She has served as a school psychologist, director of student services, associate superintendent of student services, and most recently as superintendent of schools for Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96 in Illinois, a district whose seven schools have been recognized as Model PLC at Work® schools. Her work focuses on professional learning communities, leadership and change, and collaboration between general and special education.

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Phil Warrick

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Professional Learning Communities at Work® and High Reliability SchoolsTM: Cultures of Continuous Learning

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Robert J. Marzano

William M. Ferriter

Heather Friziellie

Tammy Heflebower

Matthew Johnson

Timothy D. Kanold

Mike Mattos

Anthony Muhammad

Mike Ruyle

Julie A. Schmidt

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