PLC at Work® and Your Small School

PLC at Work® and your small school: Building, deepening, and sustaining a culture of collaboration for singletons is a guide for leaders seeking to transform their small schools into successful PLCs. Grounded in both research and her own experience as principal of a small, rural school in Wyoming, this book by Breez Longwell Daniels focuses on the unique role culture plays in many small schools – a role that should be central to PLC implementation. Daniels takes the reader through the big ideas and four critical questions of a PLC, providing guidance on how to best implement the big ideas and answer the questions in a small school with singletons and shared teachers. Leaders will also find guidance on effective scheduling, time management, use of data, and strategies to overcome obstacles unique to small schools.

Small-school leaders will:

• learn how to develop a strong culture of collaboration among singletons and shared teachers
• discover how to effectively collect and use data to increase PLC effectiveness
• examine how to overcome barriers and embrace the positives in small schools
• find many real-world examples from small-school PLCs, and reproducibles and tools to aid implementation.