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PLCs cultivate collaboration, innovation, and sustained professional development, translating authentic participation into improved student achievement. 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Brown, Rolanda S. Horn, and Gwendolyn King  \nAlabama State University  \nAbstract  \nDuring recent decades, professional learning communities (PLCs) have enhanced education from lower grade levels through college years, with many resulting benefits. PLCs provide an environment that encourages professional development, collaboration and innovation among teachers. Research suggests positive school reform occurs when teachers participate in authentic PLCs, with improved student achievement as a by-product (Wilson, 2016) . The authors’ review will explore the role of the school leader in creating successful professional learning communities and will explain how PLCs have improved K-12 education for both teachers and students.  \nKeywords: professional learning communities, STEM research, professional development, collaboration, student learning  \nWhen discussing professional learning communities, it is important to understand there have been several major contributors to this innovative concept reshaping the field of education and reforming the way educational services are provided to children. Richard DuFour and Mike Schmoker are authors, former educators and administrators who have defined professional learning communities and pioneered this change in the educational arena.  \nAccording to DuFour (2004), the term professional learning community has often been used to describe every conceivable alliance of individuals with a common interest in education, such as a grade-level teaching team, a school committee, a high school department, an entire school district, a state department of education, or even a national professional organization. However, DuFour noted in the creation of an authentic professional learning community, the concentrated focus is more on learning than on teaching, and he emphasized collaboration and accountability are the keys to successful PLCs (Hoaglund, Birkenfeld, & Box, 2014) .  \nProfessional learning communities were further defined (Hoaglund et al., 2014) as a group of committed educators working collaboratively in an ongoing process resulting in better student achievement. Mike Schmoker (as cited in Hoaglund et al., 2014) claimed in order to create and maintain a genuine PLC, teachers must meet regularly to improve already established goals and to assess their progress using formative data. He expressed his belief on how the structure for improved results already exists within what has been identified as professional learning communities (Hoaglund et al., 2014) . Overall, the most consistent themes emerged from these attempts to define PLCs are leadership and collaboration.  \nAccording to Wilson (2016), real professional learning communities involve a shared governance among members that will ultimately result in school improvement. Boyd & Hord (1994) pointed out schools exist in order to provide a space for children to be valued, respected and cared for. Therefore, fostering an atmosphere of community, where teachers and paraprofessionals work together, is important to student achievement and success. Similarly, the essence of Schmoker’s concept of professional learning communities was collaboration among teachers by working in groups, borrowing and generating ideas, would ensure improved student learning (Joyce, 2004) .  \nThe significant difference between collaboration in professional learning communities and collaboration in other cooperative teams is the fact PLCs are created for a specific purpose (Hoaglund et al., 2014) . Professional learning communities are designed not only to determine what students will learn, but also to develop a space for teachers to determine how to respond when students do not learn (Hoaglund et al., 2014) . The purpose not only places a focus on student outcomes, but shines a light on teacher outcomes as well, with an implicit belief PLCs can lead to significant changes in teaching cultures a","cbCaios2fTF5NYZ3","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaios2fTF5NYZ3","pdf",51690,"English","# Abstract\n# Professional Learning Communities: Key Definitions and Contributors\n## DuFour and Schmoker’s Foundations\n## Leadership and Collaboration Themes\n# Shared Governance and Student Achievement\n## Community Atmosphere and Teacher Collaboration\n# Distinguishing PLC Collaboration from Other Teams\n## Student and Teacher Outcome Focus\n# PLC Tenets and Implementation Quality\n## PLC Lite vs Genuine PLCs","[{\"question\":\"What role do professional learning communities (PLCs) play in school reform?\",\"answer\":\"PLCs create a collaborative environment for teachers’ professional growth and innovation, supporting positive reform and improved student achievement.\"},{\"question\":\"How do DuFour’s and Schmoker’s definitions shape what an authentic PLC requires?\",\"answer\":\"DuFour emphasizes concentrated focus on learning supported by collaboration and accountability. Schmoker highlights regular meetings to refine goals and assess progress using formative data.\"},{\"question\":\"What makes collaboration in PLCs different from collaboration in other teams?\",\"answer\":\"PLC collaboration is built around a specific purpose: determining both what students will learn and how teachers respond when students do not learn, aiming at changes in teaching cultures and practices.\"}]","The Effective Implementation of Professional Learning Communities | PDF",1792070184,18]