PLC coaching: 12 ways to achieve effective results
- Donna Spangler
- Oct 9, 2023
- 1 min read
Updated: Sep 20
Some things are good on their own but better together because of the synergistic effect when combined: macaroni and cheese, spaghetti and meatballs, and peanut butter and jelly, to name a few. But these combinations don’t only apply to food.
When schools look for interventions to enhance teaching and student learning, two approaches schools often ask instructional coaches to support are utilizing coaching cycles with individual teachers and supporting the professional learning communities of instructional teams. Two of the most effective stand-alone approaches to do this are Jim Knight’s Impact Cycle and Solution Tree’s All Things PLC with their four PLC questions. Individually, they each have a lot of strengths.
This article offers a powerful blueprint for integrating Jim Knight’s Impact Cycle with PLC frameworks to strengthen collaboration, deepen instructional practice, and drive student-centered results...
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