Dive into the possibilities of moving toward a personalized approach to education. With contributions from educators around the world, PLCs and the IB Primary Years Program examines practices from envelope-pushing schools within the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program (PYP) and shows how the tenets of professional learning communities can ensure that all students learn at high levels.

Educators will:

• Contextualize PLCs and personalized learning within the IB PYP
• Unpack the core components of the PLC process and the IB PYP framework
• Discover how the PLC process can support personalized learning in the early years
• Explore the essential role of educational assistants in a PLC and the PYP
• Discuss the roles that RTI and the PLC process play to support students with special needs in an IB PYP school

Contents:
Introduction by Timothy S. Stuart and David (Cal) Callaway
Chapter 1: PLCs at Work in High-Performing Schools by Timothy S. Stuart
Chapter 2: PYP and PLC--A Perfect Pair by Kacey Molloy and Rianne Anderson
Chapter 3: Mathematics and Literacy in the IB PYP by Yodit Hizekiel
Chapter 4: Response to Intervention in the PYP by Jaqueline Olin
Chapter 5: Early Years Education and a Pedagogy of With by Laura Jo Evans
Chapter 6: The Educational Assistant in the PYP and PLC by Eyerusalem Kifle
Chapter 7: Leading Change in the PYP Through PLC by Calley Connelly
Afterword by Timothy S. Stuart and David (Cal) Callaway
Index