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Professional Learning Community: September 21, 2019

The document discusses professional learning communities (PLCs) and their importance for school improvement. It defines a PLC as collaborative teams working interdependently to achieve common goals of learning for all students. The key ideas of a PLC are focusing on learning, cultivating a collaborative culture, and focusing on results. PLC practices include teachers setting learning goals, reviewing standards, developing common assessments, and meeting regularly in teams to improve instruction based on data. The principal's role is to ensure higher learning for all students and use evidence of learning to provide support and enrichment.

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Professional Learning Community: September 21, 2019

The document discusses professional learning communities (PLCs) and their importance for school improvement. It defines a PLC as collaborative teams working interdependently to achieve common goals of learning for all students. The key ideas of a PLC are focusing on learning, cultivating a collaborative culture, and focusing on results. PLC practices include teachers setting learning goals, reviewing standards, developing common assessments, and meeting regularly in teams to improve instruction based on data. The principal's role is to ensure higher learning for all students and use evidence of learning to provide support and enrichment.

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PROFESSIONAL

LEARNING
COMMUNITY
September 21, 2019

Sir Francis Ian Sarmiento


Ms Azenith Cuarto
Our Lady of Caysasay Academy
21st Century Education
Old ways of teaching no longer work;
as children and our society change, so
must our teaching strategies. 2
“ Nobody is good at
everything but
everyone is good
at something”
3
The most promising strategy for
sustained, substantive school
improvement is building the
capacity of school personnel to
function as a professional learning
community. 4
What is Professional Learning
Community?

A Professional Learning Community is


composed of collaborative teams whose
members work interdependently to
achieve common goals linked to the
purpose of learning for all.
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PLC BIG IDEAS
AND CORE VALUES

Ensuring Focus
that all
A culture
students of on
learn collaboration Results

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BIG IDEA #1
A FOCUS ON LEARNING

Critical Questions of Learning


1. What do we expect students to learn?
2. How will we know when they have learned
it?
3. How will we respond when they don’t
learn?
4. How will we respond whey they already
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know it?
BIG IDEA #1
A FOCUS ON LEARNING

“the fundamental purpose of the


school is to ensure that all
students learn rather than see to
it that all students are taught -an
enormous distinction.”
from Raising the Bar and Closing the Gap-Whatever it Takes 8
BIG IDEA #1
A FOCUS ON LEARNING

Professional Development Options for Teachers


 Lesson Study
 Peer Coaching
 Mentoring
 Action Research
 Conversations about Student Work

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“ Stop subjecting
struggling students
to a haphazard
education lottery.

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BIG IDEA #2
A Culture of Collaboration

We are committed to working


together to achieve our collective
purpose.
We cultivate a collaborative
culture through development of high-
performing teams. 11
“ A school cannot achieve
its fundamental purpose
of learning for all if
teachers work in
isolation.
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BIG IDEA #2
A Culture of Collaboration

The question to ask is not,


“Are they collaborating?” BUT
rather,
“What are they
collaborating about?” 13
“ Stop making
excuses for failing
to collaborate”

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BIG IDEA #3
A Focus on Results

PLC schools assess their effectiveness


on the basis of results rather than
intentions. Individuals, teams, and schools
seek relevant data and information and use
that information to promote continuous
improvement. 15
BIG IDEA #3
A Focus on Results

PLC is to engage teachers in


writing common formative
assessments and using the data to
respond to students, inform teaching
practice, and fuel continuous
improvement. 16
“ Collecting data is only
the first step toward
wisdom. Sharing data is
the first step toward
community.

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Examples of
PLC Practices

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PLC is not a workshop,
program, book study,
or meeting.

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PLC Practices

1. Teachers set non-negotiable


short-term and annual results.
2. Teachers reviewed state’s/
country’s standards, selected
and taught only the most
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essential standards.
PLC Practices

3. They developed their own


formative and end-of-course
assessments around these selected
standards.

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PLC Practices

4. Teachers teaching the same


course formed themselves into
teams and met two to three times a
month on a regular schedule.

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PLC Practices

5. The principal met with the PLC on


a regular basis.

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PLC Example

1. Teachers jointly determine norms.


2. Exactly what is it that we want all students to
learn?
3. Power Standard related to problem solving
4. How will we know when each has acquired the
essential knowledge and skills?
5. Common Assessments developed (Both pre and
post assessments)
6. Rubrics developed to score the assessments24
PLC Example

7. Teachers go through a given unit of


study.
8. Students take assessment
9. Assessment scored together
10. Results analyzed and charted
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PLC Example

11.Compared teaching strategies


12.What worked well, what didn’t work so well?
13.What will we do with the students who are below
standard?
14.What about the students above standard?
15.Adjust instruction
16.Try it again!
17.Continuous Improvement Cycle 26
“ When teachers have an
opportunity to observe and
interact with their colleagues in
a non-evaluative way regarding
their instruction, everyone
wins” (Manzano,2003)

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Principal’s
Role in PLC

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Principal’s Role in PLC

1. Embrace the premise that the


fundamental purpose of the school
is to ensure higher level of learnings
for students.

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Principal’s Role in PLC

2. The principal makes clear that


everyone is accountable for
learning.

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Principal’s Role in PLC

3. The principal sees to it that


curriculum emphasizes on the
essential.

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Principal’s Role in PLC

4. Use the evidence of student learning


to identify
▰ Who needs additional time and
support?
▰ Who needs enrichment?
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Principal’s Role in PLC

4. Use the evidence of student learning to


identify
▰ Teachers who help students achieve
higher level of learning
▰ Teachers who struggle to help students
become proficient
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Principal’s Role in PLC

5. Create an intervention plan to


make sure students achiever
higher level of learning.

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Culture Shifts in a PLC

Shift in Fundamental Purpose


From TEACHING to LEARNING
Shift in Use of Assessments
From SUMMATIVE to FREQUENT FORMATIVE
Shift in the Work of Teachers
From ISOLATION100%
to COLLABORATION
Shift in Response When Students Don’t Learn
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From REMEDIATION to INTERVENTION
THANK YOU!

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