Contact:
Kathleen Walts,
Principal-in-Residence
Kathleen.Walts@fcps.edu
703-204-4076

Sharon Mullen,
Director, Professional Practice and Training
Sharon.Mullen@fcps.edu
(703) 204-3814

2334 Gallows Rd.
Dunn Loring, VA 22027

Professional Learning Communities (PLC)

The Professional Learning Communities (PLC) site will serve as a resource for teachers and administrators across Fairfax County Schools who are committed to improving student achievement. It is the goal of the Department of Professional Learning and Training to support schools and departments as they continue to implement a culture of collaboration, a focus on results, and ensure that all students learn.

   

PLC Resources

Assessment

PLC Discussions

  • Professional Learning Communities (PLC)
    Lakeland Middle School

  • Professional Learning Communities at Work
    Hatherly Elementary School

  • Professional Learning Community Continuum Rubric
    This rubric can be used to determine where a school is along the pre-initiation, initiation, developing and sustaining implementation level for each of the PLC tenets.
    PLC Continuum Rubric  

  • All Things PLC, All in One Place
    This site was created to serve as a collaborative, objective resource for educators and administrators who are committed to enhancing student achievement. You can share your knowledge, ask questions, and get expert insight into PLC issues.  There are PLC blogs & discussions, evidence of effectiveness, tools and resources.
    www.allthingsplc.info

Professional Learning Communities (PLC)
Leadership Development for School Improvement

This graphic represents both the “big ideas” (middle circle) and each tenet of PLC (outer circle). The foundation of shared mission, vision, values, goals, and focus on learning is central to the culture of PLC and serves as an anchor for the seven tenets and the three “big ideas”. Ensuring students learn, a culture of collaboration, and focus on results, the “big ideas”, are the core elements and the centerpiece of the work of leaders. The tenets of the graphic (curriculum focus/mastery of standards, intervention/enrichment, action research, common assessments, celebration, principal as leader, and parent partnerships) connect to the three “big ideas” and while schools may be in different places with each, when combined, the tenets are instrumental in accomplishing the “big ideas”. The Department of Professional Learning and Training invites you and your team to explore the “big ideas” and tenets of PLC by registering for one or many seminars described in the Leadership Seminar catalog.

To view catalog and register, go to: 
http://www.fcps.edu/plt/MyPLT/ 

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Last update: October 1, 2008
Curator: Oscar Calagua, oscar.calagua@fcps.edu
General Questions: Shannon Watson (703) 204-4077