Professional Learning Communities

A PLC is composed of collaborative teams whose members work interdependently to achieve common goals for which members are mutually accountable.  These common goals are directly linked to the purpose of learning for all.  The team is the engine that drives the PLC effort and the fundamental building block of the organization.  It is difficult to overstate the importance of collaborative teams in the improvement process.  It is even ore important, however, to emphasize that collaboration does not lead to improved results unless people are focused on the right issues.

Collaboration is a means to an end, not the end itself.  In many schools, staff members are willing to collaborate on a variety of topics as long as the focus of the conversation stops at their classroom door. In a PLC, collaboration represents a systematic process in which teachers work together interdependently in order to impact their classroom practice in ways that will lead to better results for their students, for their team, and for their school.

For further details on DHMS PLC Smart Goals and Action Plans please see the PLC links.