Aaron Hansen – författare

Part of the Solutions for Professional Learning Communities series.

Ensure singleton teachers feel integrally involved in the PLC process with this concise, user-friendly guide. You''ll quickly discover how small schools, full of singleton teachers who are the only ones in their schools teaching their subject areas, can build successful PLCs and avoid teacher isolation. Explore five methods for structuring PLC teams for better teacher support and collaboration. Better involve singletons, and read short examples that highlight how real schools have made collaboration among teachers possible.

Quickly learn how to create your own singleton teacher support network using the PLC process:

Understand what it means to practice collaboration lite and evaluate teacher collaboration in your school or district.Examine scenarios, opportunities, challenges, recommendations, and PLC ideas for electives teachers or other singletons.Review specific ways that teams can connect teachers and help small teams be active participants in the PLC process.Learn the essential steps for creating vertical, virtual, and interdisciplinary teams.Read sample dialogues and quick tips for how to state intentions related to building PLC teams and including singletons in the process.

Contents:IntroductionChapter 1: Vertical TeamsChapter 2: Interdisciplinary TeamsChapter 3: Singletons Who SupportChapter 4: Virtual TeamsChapter 5: Changing StructuresEpilogue

Books in the Solutions for Professional Learning Communities Series:

How to Use Digital Tools to Support Teachers in a PLCHow to Launch PLCs in Your DistrictHow to Leverage PLCs for School ImprovementHow to Cultivate Collaboration in a PLCHow to Coach Leadership in a PLCHow to Develop PLCs for Singletons and Small Schools

Too often, students sit compliantly in class and aren’t engaged in the learning. Acclaimed speaker and author Aaron Hansen uses compelling stories and a step-by-step framework to help educators become hero makers. These powerful classroom mentors empower students to break free of their self-limiting stories and fixed mindsets and experience a new story of hope, self-efficacy, and ownership as heroes of their learning journeys.

This book will help K–12 teachers and collaborative teams: Access templates and tools to guide metacognitive reflection and assist in students’ self-assessment Be reinspired and rejuvenated in their calling as teachers by true stories of transformation that every educator can relate toSelect relevant content with real-world applications that boost student engagementBuild self-efficacy and ownership of learning in all students Learn how to use the simple six-step framework for empowering students: (1) clarify learning goals, (2) establish trusting relationships, (3) choose worthy content, (4) facilitate student self-assessment, (5) encourage metacognition, and (6) develop a vision for their futureContents:Introduction: Stories, Journeys, Heroes, and HopeChapter 1: Step 1—Clarify Learning GoalsChapter 2: Step 2—Leverage Relationships of Trust to Help Students Overcome FearChapter 3: Step 3—Select Worthy Content to Help Students Develop SkillsChapter 4: Step 4—Encourage Facilitated Feedback and Self-AssessmentChapter 5: Step 5—Encourage MetacognitionChapter 6: Step 6—Help Students Find a Compelling VisionChapter 7: Hero-Maker Framework TasksEpilogueReferences and ResourcesIndex