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Professional Learning Communities in North Carolina
Triangle High Five was pleased to host Dr. Rick and Becky DuFour on December 14-15, 2011. Educators from across the state learned how to operate as a Professional Learning Community (PLC). Teacher teams shared ideas and planned how to operate … Continue reading
Collaboration: The Cornerstone of a PLC
Collaboration is viewed as the cornerstone of a Professional Learning Community (DuFour & Eaker, 1998). In a professional learning community teachers are contributing members of a team that is working interdependently to achieve common goals and to improve their professional … Continue reading
Triangle High Five To Host Rick and Becky DuFour in December
Nearly 800 educators have registered to attend a two-day conference with Rick and Becky DuFour. Triangle High Five is pleased to host Professional Learning Communities at Work: Bringing the Big Ideas to Life, at the North Raleigh Hilton on December … Continue reading
Rick and Becky DuFour Are Coming To Raleigh – December 14-15
Rick and Becky DuFour have introduced Professional Learning Communities to thousands of educators. This year alone, Solution Tree will sponsor 21 PLC institutes in North America that are expected to draw nearly 30,000 educators. Educators across North Carolina have the … Continue reading
Motivating Students
On October 27, Triangle High Five hosted Nicole Vagle at the Brier Creek Country Club in Raleigh. Vagle has been a featured presenter at conferences throughout North America, where she illustrates how to build capacity for and implement assessment for … Continue reading
College Readiness: How Can a Professional Learning Community Support K-12 Students?
“High schools that are designed to prepare large numbers of students for college success look dramatically different from those that prepare only a small proportion of their students for college success.” David Conley College Knowledge: Getting In is Only Half … Continue reading
What Is A Professional Learning Community?
Does your school operate as a Professional Learning Community? Hundreds of schools across the United States proclaim that they are a professional learning community. The reality is that a faculty meeting, a grade level meeting, a conversation in the parking … Continue reading
Common Core State Standards
On June 2, 2010, the North Carolina State Board of Education adopted the Common Core State Standards. The standards “define the knowledge and skills students should have within their K-12 education careers so that they will graduate high school able … Continue reading
Communication: Using Web 2.0 Tools to Support PLCs
Recently, All Things PLC posted an article on their blog titled, Using Moodle to Enhance Your PLC. Educators in Bismark Public Schools in western North Dakota wrote, “Productive conversations are being held regularly as the educator learning/doing gap decreases. Consequently, … Continue reading
Opportunity to Learn: Impacting Student Achievement
How do school systems guarantee that the same skills and concepts are taught from one classroom to the next? Teachers and administrators understand the importance of aligning curriculum, instruction, and assessment. However, “curriculum design and delivery face one fundamental problem … Continue reading