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The 15-Day Challenge: Simplify and Energize Your PLC at Work® Process
Get to the heart of essential PLC work when you implement the 15-day challenge for unit planning and design. This book offers a step-by-step process for collaborative teams that builds on the three big ideas and four critical questions of a PLC at Work®. In each chapter, you’ll find practical actions for how to support all students in mastering essential learning standards.
This book will help K–12 collaborative
Establish essential learning standards and design common assessments with easy-to-use templates
Utilize Tier 2 intervention plans that address learning gaps year-round
Reflect with colleagues at each step of the process by assessing strengths and weaknesses in crucial PLC skills
Glean insights from educators seasoned in the 15-day unit structure with real-world elementary and secondary examples
Create a collaborative, cohesive PLC culture
Introduction
Chapter 1: Overview of the 15-Day Challenge
Chapter 2: Identify Standards to Teach for a 15-Day Unit of Study (Step 1)
Chapter 3: Unpack Standards (Step 2)
Chapter 4: Prioritize Standards Into Three Categories (Step 3)
Chapter 5: Create Common Formative Assessments (Step 4)
Chapter 6: Pace and Design the Unit (Step 5)
Chapter 7: Plan Tier 2 Intervention and Extension While Pacing and Designing the Unit (Step 6)
Chapter 8: Teach the Unit and Act On the Data (Step 7)
Chapter 9: Sustain the Process With a Yearlong (and Beyond) Pacing Guide
Epilogue
Sample 15-Day Challenge Unit Plans
References and Resources
Index
This book will help K–12 collaborative
Establish essential learning standards and design common assessments with easy-to-use templates
Utilize Tier 2 intervention plans that address learning gaps year-round
Reflect with colleagues at each step of the process by assessing strengths and weaknesses in crucial PLC skills
Glean insights from educators seasoned in the 15-day unit structure with real-world elementary and secondary examples
Create a collaborative, cohesive PLC culture
Introduction
Chapter 1: Overview of the 15-Day Challenge
Chapter 2: Identify Standards to Teach for a 15-Day Unit of Study (Step 1)
Chapter 3: Unpack Standards (Step 2)
Chapter 4: Prioritize Standards Into Three Categories (Step 3)
Chapter 5: Create Common Formative Assessments (Step 4)
Chapter 6: Pace and Design the Unit (Step 5)
Chapter 7: Plan Tier 2 Intervention and Extension While Pacing and Designing the Unit (Step 6)
Chapter 8: Teach the Unit and Act On the Data (Step 7)
Chapter 9: Sustain the Process With a Yearlong (and Beyond) Pacing Guide
Epilogue
Sample 15-Day Challenge Unit Plans
References and Resources
Index
229 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 13, 2024
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July 15, 2025
The book starts with “this book is going to change your life.” It certainly did not live up to that sentence. If you are brand new to the PLC process, you may find this book helpful. Otherwise, it is a waste of time. A whole chapter was dedicated to quotes about how good the process and therefore the book was. This isn’t worth the read.
July 29, 2025
Enjoyed reading this book as it gave me purpose as to HOW PLCs can be beneficial to teach standards-based. Felt like the 7-step process was easy to follow and the included videos (QR code for every chapter) were helpful as well.
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