Our mission is to advocate for education professionals and to unite our members and the nation to fulfill the promise of public education to prepare every student to succeed in a diverse and interdependent world. These principles guide our work and define our mission: Equal Opportunity.

The stated goal of NEA's work is encapsulated in its tagline: "building great public schools for every child."

A professional learning community (PLC) is a team of educators who share ideas to enhance their teaching practice and create a learning environment where all students can reach their fullest potential. Most PLCs operate within a school building or across a district.

The Missouri State Teachers Association serves more than 47,000 educators and is dedicated to educating the state's children. Since 1856 the Missouri State Teachers Association has been leading the way for Missouri's educators with services and benefits.

The components of a PLC project are: 1) focus on students, 2) team collaboration, 3) collective inquiry, 4) action orientation, 5) continuous improvement, 6) results.

PLCs allow teachers an easy way to share best practices and brainstorm innovative ways to improve learning and drive student achievement. Good communication is key so that educators can share opinions and feel that what they are doing in the classroom matters.

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is the second largest teacher's labor union in America (the largest being the National Education Association). The union was founded in Chicago.

Members can attend meetings to talk with other teachers working in local schools and get help when they need to file a claim. Not all public schools have a union for teachers though, and those districts usually have some specific reasons for not having one in place.

The components of a PLC project are: 1) focus on students, 2) team collaboration, 3) collective inquiry, 4) action orientation, 5) continuous improvement, 6) results.

The four domains of early childhood education are social/emotional, cognitive, motor, and language and literacy. These domains are important because they all contribute to the child's development in one way or another.

• PLC Big Ideas by DuFour & DuFour.
• Big Idea 1: Purpose. Ensure all students learn at high levels.
• Big Idea 2: Collaborative and Collective Effort.
• Big Idea 3: Results Orientated.

The main components of a PLC consist of a central processing unit (CPU), power supply, programming device, and input and output (I/O) modules.