Leveraging Professional Learning Groups to Improve Instruction and Increase Educational Equity

Professional learning groups (PLGs) give educators the space, time, and resources they need to improve their instruction through collaborative discourse and praxis. By looking together at teacher and student work, we can reflect on our teaching practices and refine them to better meet the needs of all students.

How do effective PLGs work to build collective efficacy and improve student learning? What principles of adult learning inform our work so that we can nurture and grow our teaching practice? And how do we continue to grow our collaborative skills over time? These are some of the essential questions this institute will address.

Perhaps you are just getting started with PLGs; we will help you build a strong foundation for collaborative work. Maybe your PLGs are ready for new growth; we will help you understand where you are now and how to strengthen your system to produce more equitable outcomes. This institute provides multiple entry points and will engage all participants in meaningful conversations, protocols, and reflection.

Participant outcomes:

• Explore the role effective PLGs can play in working toward equity and school improvement.
• Build capacity to lead and learn through facilitation and participation in structured protocols.
• Consider best practices necessary to support productive collaboration in your context.
• Receive a copy of the GSP Professional Learning Group (PLG) Facilitator Training Manual.

Audience:
We encourage you to attend this institute as PLG teams, facilitators, and members of PLGs.

Are you joining as a school or district team of five or more educators? Contact Paulina Murton to discuss discount pricing.