“Authentic Intellectual Work”

1. Professional Learning Communities • “Authentic Intellectual Work”

2. Spring 2012 Survey District wide Results

3. Is Your PLC…

4. I know the norms established by my team:

5. Members of my team are living up to the established norms:

6. Our team maintains focus on the established team goal(s):

7. Our team is making progress toward the achievement of our goal(s):

8. The team is having a positive impact on my classroom practice:

9. PLCs – Key Points • Increase student achievement in measurable ways • Utilize assessment / other data and student work samples • Identify and implement teaching and learning strategies • Work in an ongoing cycle of focused collaboration

10. PLCs - Critical Questions • In a professional learning community, collaboration focuses on the critical questions of student and teacher learning: • What is essential for students to know? • How will we know when they have learned it? • What interventions will we put in place when they don’t learn it? • What do teachers need to know and be able to do to support the student learning? • What professional learning must the team engage in for student learning?

11. PLCs – SMART GOALS • Specific: Be specific about what is to be accomplished • Measurable: Identify how the goal will be measured • Attainable: Ensure the capacity exists to accomplish the goal • Results Based: Identify the benchmarks and outcomes for the goal • Time-bound: Set a specific timeframe for completing the goal • By June 2012, as a result of • implementing Math Reflex, the second • grade students will show an individual • growth of 60% from the initial • baseline assessment in one digit • addition and subtraction fact fluency • by being actively engaged in the Math • Reflex program at least once a week • with growth being assessed at each • monthly PLC meeting using • established Math Reflex reports.

12. PLCs – SMART Goals - Sample • Our goal is by June 2012 to have 75% of all students identified as having behavioral disabilities will increase on-task behavior within the school setting by 20%. This will be measured in two ways, based on the current in-class behavior management plans: in the Kindergarten through third grade behavior disabilities classroom, an increase in the amount of stars earned each day; in the fourth through sixth grade behavior disabilities classroom, an increase in the total amount of points earned each day, out of a possible 14 points.

13. PLCs- FAQs&Cs • Are we able to adjust the goal? • The structure makes it feel “artificial.” • How do we handle a member who doesn’t contribute or doesn’t stay for the whole session?

14. PLCs – Responsibilities During September During the Year Meet as required Complete activities and document using logs Prepare and share year-end presentation • Form PLC team • Develop norms • Review data • Set goal • Determine initial task Note: Forms will be emailed to you and can be found in GT Common/X drive (PLC – Forms – 2012-2013).

15. PLCs – Meeting Time • Frequency… • At least three times per month in-person (teams with common planning time) or electronically (teams without common planning time) • During… • Faculty meetings: September, November, February, and April • Articulation afternoons: January, March, and May