Game Plan: A Playbook for Developing Winning PLCs at Work(tm) by Héctor García, Katherine McCluskey, and Shelley Taylor asserts that educators and schoolwide and districtwide leaders can learn a lot from championship-level sports teams. Like a sports team, a school leadership team must develop a uniform game plan to foster a collaborative community of learners, develop a shared focus, and meet growth goals. It takes more than enthusiasm and a few talented individuals to build strong collaborative relationships and be consistently successful. In order to explore change and new concepts of leadership, assemble commitment to professional learning community (PLC) principles, and concretely employ these principles in a PLC culture, educators need to examine their process.
Game Plan : A Playbook for Developing Winning PLCs at Work(tm)