• Simple, Efficient, and Effective Literacy Across the Curriculum.
• Powerful and Convenient Teamwork, Collaboration, and Mentoring

Teachers in every subject area work together to create lessons and customize lessons for all students, including explicit literacy instruction for struggling readers and ELLs.

Teachers:

1. Create comprehensive, standards-based lesson plans and teaching materials.
2. Differentiate instruction to every student in the class.
3. Set higher-order thinking and task goals for classes, students groups, and individuals.
4. Collaborate with teacher team members.
5. Coordinate literacy instruction across the curriculum.
6. Consult with school leadership on student groupings, higher-order thinking goals, and pedagogical practices.

School leaders

1. Review lessons.
2. Provide coaching on materials and pedagogy.
3. Consult on student groupings.
4. Advise on goals.

Benefits:

1. Students perform better in schools where teachers work together.
2. Experienced teachers and specialists share skills and expertise with teachers.
3. Literacy specialists and special ed teachers can collaborate with subject teachers to differentiate content-area lessons.
4. Professional Learning Communities have strong correlations with job satisfaction and teacher retention rates.