The 15-Day Challenge Simplify and Energize Your PLC at Work® Process (Teacher tips for “how to put it all together” to become an effective professional learning community) 1st Edition

Get to the heart of essential PLC work when you implement the 15-day challenge for unit planning and design. This book offers a step-by-step process for collaborative teams that builds on the three big ideas and four critical questions of a PLC at Work®. In each chapter, you’ll find practical actions for how to support all students in mastering essential learning standards.

This book will help K–12 collaborative teams:

• Establish essential learning standards and design common assessments with easy-to-use templates
• Utilize Tier 2 intervention plans that address learning gaps year-round
• Reflect with colleagues at each step of the process by assessing strengths and weaknesses in crucial PLC skills
• Glean insights from educators seasoned in the 15-day unit structure with real-world elementary and secondary examples
• Create a collaborative, cohesive PLC culture

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Overview of the 15-Day Challenge
Chapter 2: Identify Standards to Teach for a 15-Day Unit of Study (Step 1)
Chapter 3: Unpack Standards (Step 2)
Chapter 4: Prioritize Standards Into Three Categories (Step 3)
Chapter 5: Create Common Formative Assessments (Step 4)
Chapter 6: Pace and Design the Unit (Step 5)
Chapter 7: Plan Tier 2 Intervention and Extension While Pacing and Designing the Unit (Step 6)
Chapter 8: Teach the Unit and Act On the Data (Step 7)
Chapter 9: Sustain the Process With a Yearlong (and Beyond) Pacing Guide
Epilogue
Appendix: Sample 15-Day Challenge Unit Plans
References and Resources
Index