Professional Learning Communities

…towards a collaborative environment

School Communities

Teacher PLCs

http://www.allthingsplc.org/

3 Primary Goals

Focus on Learning

Build a Collaborative Culture

Focus on Results

“A project based learning collaboration among students is a lot like a professional learning community amongst teachers” (Krauss 2007)

Student PBL. . .

Student PLCs

• PBL Project Based Learning

http://www.pbl-online.org/

http://abpc.wikispaces.com/Project+Based+Learning

“. . .shift from looking at what you teach to focusing on what your students learn” (Krauss 2007)

District Level Collaboration

• CSI Fellowship Ning

The Path

Observe

Participate

Virtual/Online Learning Communities

Photo sharing

Social Bookmarking

Complete communities

Creating your own PLC/PLN

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