Professional Learning Communities & Data Driven Instruction

1. Professional Learning Communities & Data Driven Instruction Presented by: La Grande School District La Grande, OR

2. Presented By Larry Glaze - Superintendent Mike Gregory - Principal Taunya Barnett - 3rd Grade Teacher Tracy Davidson - Title I Teacher Tim Welch - District Technology Coordinator

3. La Grande School District Mission Statement In the La Grande School District we believe every student can learn and deserves a safe, motivating, and challenging school environment. Therefore, it is the mission of the La Grande School District to provide a learning environment where educators work collaboratively to ensure that each student maximizes their learning. To accomplish this mission we will use best practices and data to ask and answer: 1. What do we want our students to learn?  2. How will we know what students have learned?  3. How do we respond when they don't learn?  4. How do we respond when they do learn?

4. Group Activity • Discuss what school/district/state/federal initiatives you have experienced in the last five years? • What are/were the outcomes?

5. Staff Development • Title II-A funds support the PLC process • Teachers/Paras

7. The School Calendar • 2014-15 School Year

8. Administrative PLC Agenda • LGSD Administrative Team Agenda

9. Board/Administrative Book Reads Learning by Doing by Robert and Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker and Thomas Many Building a Professional Learning Community at Work by Parry Graham & William M. Ferriter Every School, Every Team, Every Classroom by Robert Eaker & Janel Keating Fair Isn't Always Equal byRick Wormeli Cultures Built to Last byRichard DuFour & Michael Fullan A Framework for Understanding Poverty by Ruby K Panye

10. District Organization

11. Board Visitation Schedule

14. Promising Data

15. Professional Learning Community • “The very essence of a learning community is a focus on and a commitment to the learning of each student.” • ~Learning By Doing DuFour, DuFour, Eaker & Many What is a PLC?

16. Foundations for High Performing PLC’s • Top Down & Bottom Up • District Training • DuFour Conference • Visits to schools that have full implementation • Scheduling Work Sessions • Inclusion Training • Parent Communication

17. A Professional Learning Community is: • Teachers working together for a common goal • Shared responsibility for the total development of student success- “All our Kids” • Data driven • Commitment to the mission & goals of the school & district • A culture shift

18. Non-Negotiables • Be on Time - Monday 7:45am-8:45am • Focus on Standards - Math Power Standards, CCSS • Team-Created Norms & Accountability Protocols • Team Facilitator Responsibilities • Agenda at least 1 day before PLC meeting • Assign roles for all team members • Use team norms • Post & turn in meeting minutes to building administrator by following day

20. “Without data you are just another person with an opinion.”

21. PLC Big Ideas • Student Learning Comes First • A Collaborative Culture is Essential • What do PLC Teams Look Like? • Assessing Results Using Data • Accountability for EVERYONE

22. The Data Cycle

23. Schoolwide Title Role • Goes beyond “Just Title”- integrated • Small groups/interventions/”triple dip” • Benchmark testing and keeper of screening data • Support of CAFE/Daily 5 • PBIS

24. Staffing • Title/Building Paraprofessionals • Guide students in small groups based on assessed need • Reading & math - core and beyond • Building Title Teacher/Reading Specialist

25. School Improvement Plan • Title role in our school improvement plan • Supported by Title funds • Must be a living document • “Keep’s us on track” - a guide

26. School Culture • Increased collaboration- horizontal/vertical • Monday morning assemblies • PBIS emphasis • Focus on data • Paras feel more involved and valued • Parent involvement

27. Core & Intervention Blocks • PLC is the “Engine” that Drives EVERYTHING • Serves ALL Students • 45-60/30 • 45-60 minutes of core & 30 minutes of intervention/extension • math & reading • Accountability for Staff & Students

28. School Wide Schedule • * Weekly Time Built In • * One Hour Per Week EVERY • Monday Morning • * Priority is Math & Reading • * Core & Intervention Time • * See Greenwood’s Block Schedule • * “Triple Dip” • * Math, Reading, Behavior

29. Question #1: What Do We Want Students to Learn? • Common Core Standards Identified • District Grade Level Teams Determine Power Standards & Pacing • Standards Learning Targets • Where are they going? • How will they get there? • “I Can...” statements

30. Question # 2 How Will We Know What Students Have Learned? • Data Driven Instruction • Monitor Learning Using CFA’s (Common Formative Assessments) • SMART Goal: 80/80 • Analyze teacher strengths and weaknesses

31. Student Data • Pre/Post Data • Post Intervention/ • Post “Triple Dip”

32. Common Formative Assessments • CFA’s ARE • Standards Based • Thermometers • Quick & Painless • Defined by their use • Given Frequently

33. What Do CFA’s Look Like? • CFA’s are developed as a PLC based on target skills • Quick checks • Standards based- analyze by strand • Common means common! Both tool and administration

34. Question #3: How Do We Respond When They Don’t Learn? • Flexible groups based on specific needs for skill/concept • Intervention? • More practice? • Extension/Enrichment? • Highest need with highest qualified • “The Triple Dip” • Tier III Intervention: The “Triple Dip” • Check out our POST INTERVENTION data!!

35. Question #4: How Do We Respond When They Do Learn? • Standards Focused • Go Deeper In Standard- Bloom’s • Examples: • Research Projects • Tech Based Learning • Increased Rigor-Same Concept

36. All Hands on Deck • * Flooding of paras & specialists • into interventions & extensions • * Paras are integral part of PLC • * Building Priority: shifting • responsibility for support staff • * Student confidence=success

37. Questions?

38. Questions? Interested in Visiting? Presentations? • CONTACT US... • larry.glaze@lagrandesd.org • mike.gregory@lagrandesd.org • tracy.davidson@lagrande.org • taunya.barnett@lagrandesd.org • twelch@lagrandesd.org • visit our district PLC website at: • http://plc.lagrandesd.org/