The 15-Day Challenge: Simplify and Energize Your PLC Process

“There are a lot of new practices and concepts for schools to master when adopting the Professional Learning Community (PLC) framework. Often, new initiatives like learning to identify essential standards and providing meaningful formative feedback are addressed on a yearly basis, which can make educators feel uncertain on how to execute what they’ve learned. In The 15-Day Challenge: Simplify and Energize Your PLC Process, Maria Nielson helps schools get right to work on PLC unit planning with a fifteen-day structure they can apply to each unit, covering everything from common formative assessments to tiered intervention strategies. With explanations of key concepts, insights from seasoned Fifteen-Day Unit districts, opportunities for reflection, and exercises in each chapter, educators will feel ready to tackle the ongoing, collective inquiry and collaboration that a PLC requires. Full of real-world examples from elementary, middle, and high school classrooms, The 15-Day Challenge provides essential guidance to schools both new to PLCs or those wishing to hone their craft”–