Certified Course

Module 1: Laying the PLC Groundwork—The WHY

• Identify how the PLC concept can build a strong school culture.
• Discuss the benefits of instituting a learning community within CTE schools.
• Examine how speaking a common language is essential to building staff cohesion.
• Describe how data determines our perspectives and protocols.
• Understand how learning communities can close the knowing-doing gap.

Module 2: Ready, Set, Pause—The HOW

• Analyze the norms of collaboration.
• Identify ways to address potential learning barriers.
• Explore administrator perspectives on building social capital among staff members.
• Compare how team groupings and specific learning communities determine productive collaboration among staff members.

Module 3: Leveraging Teacher-Driven Growth—The NOW

• Identify how to select a PLC framework for use.
• Assess the strengths of staff to determine how to create a shared vision.
• Interpret how staff actions and behaviors can indicate the potential success of your PLC initiatives.
• Evaluate potential obstacles that will cause PLCs to stall or fail.

Module 4: Leveraging the PLC Potential—HOW to Sustain Growth

• Analyze the benefits of consistently sharing best practices.
• Determine ways to use data to drive teacher commitment to the PLC framework.
• Describe ways that PLC work can connect to better levels of questioning and more consistent use of inquiry among staff members.
• Examine ways in which the PLC framework can build staff competency and effectiveness with remote learning, blended learning, and e-learning today.