This is the Professional Learning Community Handbook 1 for Basic Schools
Working to the National Teachers’ Standards
Teacher Version
Background to the PLC Sessions in this Handbook.
There are eleven weekly Professional Learning Community (PLC) Sessions in this Handbook
designed to prepare teachers to teach in the basic school curriculum to the National Teachers’
Standards. The Sessions are not subject specific so subject teachers at the Junior High School
level can apply the teaching, learning and assessment principles in their teaching of any
subject. The PLC Sessions are designed to support:
- Professionalising teaching by supporting teachers in developing communities of practice and enhancing their professionalism.
- Improving the learning outcomes and life chances for all learners.
- Features of the PLC Sessions.
>> The main resources for the weekly teacher Sessions are the teacher version of the
Handbook and the PLC Coordinator version of the Handbook.
>> Both versions are written to provide information to guide the 11 weekly PLC Sessions
that are linked directly to the National Teachers’ Standards.
>> The PLC Coordinator version of the Handbook have prompts for leading the PLC Session.
>> The teacher version of the Handbook contains activities for teachers and guidance for
what they will do during the Session.
>> The weekly PD Sessions are of 50-minute duration in primary schools and 60-minute
duration in Junior High Schools.
