What are professional learning communities?

By MEGAN HUGHES

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IRONWOOD — Members of the Board of Education for Ironwood Area Schools heard at their Nov. 25 meeting a presentation on Professional Learning Communities.

Trisha Winn, who is the English 7-12 department chair for Luther L. Wright K-12 School, provided the slideshow.

Winn is also the district’s PLC coordinator and so reviewed the program’s achievements, as well as its goals.

According to her, the PLC process starts with an analysis by teachers of what every student needs to learn at his or her grade level, so as to be prepared properly for the following y...