PLCs at Work® and the IB Primary Years Programme

Dive into the possibilities of moving toward a personalized approach to education. With contributions from educators around the world, PLCs at Work® and the IB Primary Years Programme examines practices from envelope-pushing schools within the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) and shows how the tenets of professional learning communities can ensure that all students learn at high levels.

Educators will:

Contextualize PLCs at Work and personalized learning within the IB PYP
Unpack the core components of the PLC at Work process and the IB PYP framework
Discover how the PLC at Work process can support personalized learning in the early years
Explore the essential role of educational assistants in a PLC at Work and the PYP
Discuss the roles that RTI and the PLC at Work process play to support students with special needs in an IB PYP school

Contents:


Introduction by Timothy S. Stuart and David (Cal) Callaway

Chapter 1: PLCs at Work in High-Performing Schools by Timothy S. Stuart

Chapter 2: PYP and PLC—A Perfect Pair by Kacey Molloy and Rianne Anderson

Chapter 3: Mathematics and Literacy in the IB PYP by Yodit Hizekiel

Chapter 4: Response to Intervention in the PYP by Jaqueline Olin

Chapter 5: Early Years Education and a Pedagogy of With by Laura Jo Evans

Chapter 6: The Educational Assistant in the PYP and PLC by Eyerusalem Kifle

Chapter 7: Leading Change in the PYP Through PLC by Calley Connelly

Afterword by Timothy S. Stuart and David (Cal) Callaway

Index