Overview
High functioning professional learning communities don't happen by chance. They require deliberate efforts and structures to ensure efficiency and focus, and to ignite action. This guide offers a practical approach and real-life examples that show activators what to expect and how to navigate the PLC team on a successful and collective journey. Readers will find: templates to help activators prepare for meetings; approaches for fostering and nurturing collaboration; vignettes from real schools that are implementing PLC+; reflection questions with spaces for activators to record notes; and solutions for addressing barriers that often arise in PLC+ teams.