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The document discusses implementing Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) in a school district. It emphasizes that teaching is more effective when done collaboratively rather than individually. PLCs are defined as groups of educators working interdependently to achieve better student results through continuous job-embedded learning. Research supports that PLCs can help students achieve at higher levels when teachers focus on clear learning standards, common assessments, and using assessment data to provide interventions and enrichments tailored to student needs. The document provides background on PLCs and outlines steps teacher teams should take to answer critical questions about student learning in their classrooms and schools.

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Plctraining

The document discusses implementing Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) in a school district. It emphasizes that teaching is more effective when done collaboratively rather than individually. PLCs are defined as groups of educators working interdependently to achieve better student results through continuous job-embedded learning. Research supports that PLCs can help students achieve at higher levels when teachers focus on clear learning standards, common assessments, and using assessment data to provide interventions and enrichments tailored to student needs. The document provides background on PLCs and outlines steps teacher teams should take to answer critical questions about student learning in their classrooms and schools.

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PLC Initiative

High School Faculty Meeting

School Initiative:
Implementing
Professional Learning
Communities in the
District

Why Teaming?
Youre not the best at everything. We all
have complementary skills and can learn
from one another.

Why Teaming?
Its not about the 30 students in your room,
its about ALL students.

Team v. Individual

Flying on the Airlines

Why is this absurd?


Imagine this with other professions
building a house
operating room
coaching a team
others
How does this connect to teaching?
What is the power of collaboration in teaching?

Background

The Progression-Kathys Slide

Havent we been doing this for


years?
Collaborative Team Definition:
Group of people working
interdependently to achieve a common
goal for which members are mutually
accountable.
Old Model

New Model

Kathy-do you know where this


quote came from?
Schools have traditionally operated from the premise that
educators have a responsibility to provide students with the
opportunity to learn.
Whether or not the students actually learn depends on
factors educators cannot influence, such as innate ability,
student motivation, a home environment that supports and
encourages learning, student work habits and so on.
Ask yourself-Do I truly believe that the professional
educators in our school have the capacity to help our
students achieve at higher levels?

Big 3
1) Focus on learning (not teaching)
2) Build a collaborative culture (moving away
from isolation)
3) Focus on results (How do we KNOW that all
our students are learning?)

Professional Learning Community


Defined
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.
PLCs operate under the assumption that the
key to improved learning for students is
continuous, job-embedded learning for
educators.

Is this a fad?

Research to support PLC work

Current and Desired


State of the Initiative

Critical Questions-Use Kathys


Slide Instead
1. What is it we expect them to learn? (standards)
2. How will we know when they have learned it?
(common assessments)
3. How will we respond when they don't learn?
(intervention)
4. How will we respond when they already know
it? (enrichment)

How do we answer these


Questions? (we can have a
separate slide for this or do it on
the previous slide)

Set Norms
Define Standards
Create Common Assessments
Analyze Data
Provide intervention and enrichment

Keys

Each PLC works through this process at their

own pace.
You can not skip a step!

End
The next slides are just there in case we
want to use them in any way.

SMART Goals
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Resultsoriented, Time-bound

Data Analysis
Analyzing data is what sets PLCs apart
Not just I feel this works, but I know it works.
See which instructional strategies actually work
Use data to target kids for help

Formative Data Example


Factoring

Exponents

Ms. G

Ms. S

Ms. G

Ms.
S

Your goal is for your


students to achieve
at least a 3.
What does this data
show you about
where your students
are? Have they
learned it?

Formative Data Example


Factoring

Exponents

Ms. G

Ms. S

Ms. G

Ms.
S

Beware of
averages. Dont let
your students hide
behind the average.
of students are
not proficient!

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