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Here is a link to the framework You may be interested in implementing PCBL in your room if you experience some or all of the following:
- You are frustrated that some students are bored and waiting for you to move on while other students are lost and need extra help.
- You are frustrated that some of your lessons "just don't work" for some of your students.
- You are tired of being the "sage on the sage," and you would prefer to be the "guide on the side." AND/OR you want to get away from "death by PowerPoint."
- You wish you had more time to talk to your students individually rather than teaching "the mass" every day.
- You are not afraid for your classroom activities to look different than those of your department members.
- You are okay with the discomfort of trying something new and not having it work perfectly the first time.
- You are willing/able to invest time in learning and prepping the materials you need for a PCBL classroom for at least a short duration, e.g., one unit. We will be most successful if we start small.
- I will collaborate with you personally to design and test your PCBL unit. I am not an expert with PCBL; in fact, we will largely be learning together, but I have the flexibility to support you so you are not working alone.
- There are no deadlines to pursue, performance indicators to achieve, or consequences for not getting the outcome you hoped on the first implementation.
- Full administrative approval/support for breaking the mold and trying something new. You would get this anyway, but there it is all the same.
- You still get to (and should) utilize all the components of the PLC process - e.g., you'll still use all your common assessments and you'll still be pursuing all of your essential learning targets.
- There is no requirement to do a certain "amount" or duration of PCBL learning. It makes the most sense to start with one unit, but there is not a specific requirement. You can take a break from it whenever you want.

