Professional Learning Communities
How Rusk Intermediate Uses PLCs — Growing Together, Teaching Smarter, Soaring Higher!
At Rusk Intermediate, we believe that great teaching doesn’t happen in isolation, it happens through teamwork, reflection, and a shared commitment to student success. That’s where our PLCs (Professional Learning Communities) come in!
Each week, our teachers come together in grade-level and content-area PLCs to collaborate, analyze data, share strategies, and plan with purpose. Think of it as a brainy team huddle but with more charts, a few laughs, and the occasional donut.
During these meetings, we:
- Review student progress and assessment data
- Discuss what’s working (and what’s not)
- Plan lessons that meet every learner’s needs
- Share ideas, resources, and those “ah-ha!” moments
- Celebrate growth, because every gain is a win!
It’s all part of our mission to continually improve instruction, close learning gaps, and keep every Eagle soaring. We know our students deserve the best and that means our teachers learning and growing together, too.
Because at RIS, we don’t just teach , we reflect, refine, and rise… together.
Creating a Professional Learning Community at Work
What is a Professional Learning Community?
Professional learning community (PLC)
An ongoing process in which educators work collaboratively in recurring cycles of collective inquiry and action research to achieve better results for the students they serve. Professional learning communities operate under the assumption that the key to improved learning for students is continuous job-embedded learning for educators.
