You Can Learn!: Building Student Ownership, Motivation, and Efficacy with the PLC Process (Strategies for PLC Teams to Improve Student - Paperback

Great learning starts when students believe in their academic abilities. In You Can Learn!, authors Tim Brown and William M. Ferriter introduce intentional and purposeful steps collaborative teams can take to increase the self-efficacy of every learner. By incorporating the book's research-backed practices, professional learning communities will cultivate a culture where students at every grade level see themselves as competent learners fully capable of succeeding in school and beyond.

Discover key instructional strategies to develop and reinforce student learning and achievement: ●

• Understand why self-efficacy in the classroom is important for student achievement and well-being.
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• Extend the PLC at Work(R) process into your classroom and share it with students in order to motivate, inspire, and guide learning.
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• Discover how to implement efficacy-building practices designed around foundational PLC elements.
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• Study a research-based approach to student engagement that spans grade levels and subject areas.
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• Review recommendations for how to start utilizing the strategies outlined in each chapter.
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• Utilize reproducible templates and tools to enhance individual and team understanding of the material.

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Building a Commitment to Learning in Students
Chapter 2: Helping Students Understand the Expectations for a Unit of Study
Chapter 3: Helping Students Assess Their Progress Toward Mastery
Chapter 4: Helping Students Take Action
Epilogue
References and Resources