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Five Disciplines of PLC Leaders

Just as it takes discipline to successfully run a marathon or to master a musical instrument, effective leadership in a professional learning community (PLC) requires practice, patience, and skill. PLC leaders at all levels face multiple paradoxes: they must lead by serving, engage stakeholders through strategic disengagement, allow autonomy within defined boundaries, and inspire others through their own humility. In The Five Disciplines of PLC Leaders, Timothy D. Kanold offers a focused framework that will help educators maintain balance and consistent vision as they strengthen the paradoxical skills of PLC leadership.

By engaging with and pursuing the five core disciplines of PLC leadership, readers will:
  • Clarify their own vision for the PLC and align daily practices with their goals
  • Develop the skills to balance competing priorities and forge common purpose among diverse stakeholders
  • Learn how to foster networks of commitment within the community
  • Discover strategies for cultivating individual and team-level autonomy within a culture of accountability and high expectations
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword by Richard DuFour
Introduction: Professional Learning Community Leadership–Disciplined Leaders Required
Chapter 1: The Discipline of Vision and Values
Chapter 2: The Discipline of Accountability and Celebration
Chapter 3: The Discipline of Service and Sharing
Chapter 4: The Discipline of Reflection and Balance
Chapter 5: The Discipline of Inspiration and Influence
EpilogueThe Professional Learning Community as a School Movement
References and Resources
Index

REPRODUCIBLES

Chapter 1
Analyzing the Vision Development Process
Decisions and Affirming Sources
Double-Loop Learning and Step 2a Thinking
Personal Vision Test
Study Guide: Chapter 1

Chapter 2
Accountability-Celebration Matrix
Adult Behaviors Within the Vision and Values Boundary Box
Moving Vision Into Action
The Accountability and Celebration Model for Continuous Improvement
Tiers of Accountability and Celebration to Vision Action
Study Guide: Chapter 2

Chapter 3
Building Communities of Practice
Care Enough to Confront
Knowing Your Team History
The N-S-E-W PLC Sphere of Influence Chart
Study Guide: Chapter 3

Chapter 4
Dos and Don'ts for Email Use
Five Strategies for Movement Toward and Along the Flow Channel
Hurry Sickness Checklist
My Best and Worst Leadership Days
Professional Learning Community Flow
Task Priority Management Tool
The Pendulum of PLC Leadership Focus and Engagement
The PLC Energy Quadrants
Study Guide: Chapter 4

Chapter 5
Skeptics, Cynics, Opposers, and Trust Busters
Weekly Energy Monitoring Chart
Study Guide: Chapter 5

Epilogue
PLC Movement Values and Actions Survey


ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Timothy D. Kanold
Timothy D. Kanold

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