• The collaborative process in the Camdenton R-III School District is based upon the writings and beliefs of DuFour, DuFour, and Eaker and focuses on the importance of teachers working together to improve the strategies they use in the classroom based on the needs of their students. The following paragraph taken from the Professional Learning Communities at Work Coaching Academy manual summarizes this process:


    "A PLC is composed of collaborative teams whose members work interdependently to achieve common goals linked to the purpose of learning for all. The team is the engine that drives the PLC effort and the fundamental building block of the organization. It is difficult to overstate the importance of collaborative teams in the improvement process. It is equally important, however, to emphasize the collaboration does not lead to improve results unless people are focused on the right issues. Collaboration is a means to an end, not the end itself. In many schools, staff members are willing to collaborate on a variety of topics as long as the focus of the conversation stops at their classroom door. In a PLC, collaboration represents a systematic process in which teachers work together interdependently in order to impact their classroom practice in ways that will lead to better results for their students, for their team, and for their school."
Last Modified on February 10, 2010