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- 1. PROFESSIONAL LEARNING…WHAT? THEPURPOSE AND GOAL OF A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY
- 2. BY THE ENDOF TODAY WE WILL…. • Look at our WHY, WHAT and HOW • Understand that we are a community that works together to achieve a common goal.
- 3. What do youdo? How do you do it? Why are you here?
- 4. What steps dowe need to make to accomplish that?? How do we become better? Why are we here?
- 5. PUZZLE • Whatare we doing as a community to measure and improve student learning? • How do we assess the effectiveness of student learning?
- 6. STUDENT LEARNING ISTHE BIG PICTURE
- 7. WE CAN’T DOTHIS IN ISOLATION..
- 8. WORKING AS ACOMMUNITY TO MEASURE AND IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING… As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17
- 9. THE GLUE THATHOLDS IT ALL TOGETHER… PLCs
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- 11. TENTATIVE PLC TIMELINE September/October 2014 Introduce PLCs – Why? November 2014 •How? How is a PLC run? November 2014 •How? How is a PLC run? January 2015 •How? Model a PLC in action How do we know when students have learned the material? April 2015 •What? Assessment/Scoring student work using Exemplars/Rubrics – March 2015 •Special Education Conference – differentiation and accommodations February 2015 •Data Use Conference – collecting and using data May 2015 •What? Instructional strategies – •What do we do for students who don’t get it? For those who do? •Practice PLCs with data provided. August 2015 – January 2015 PLCs formed and implemented with guidance February 2015 •PLCs independently established
- 12. PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES… It’s not one more thing…. It’s HOW we do business.
Editor's Notes
- #4 What: Teach How: Virginia Standards Why: Big Question. Why, drives what we do and how we do it. It is the magnet that draws people together who share the same vision and seek the same results. Question: Why are you at Alliance Academy? What is your passion? Have teachers write on paper. Each table shouts out a Why Elaborate on why we are all here – find common purpose: Student Learning Question: How do we become better at that? Write on Paper. Shout out answers. Question: What steps do we need to do to accomplish that? Write on paper and shout out. Bring in Common Purpose: Student Learning, Growth, etc.. How will we know when we have accomplished our why?
- #5 What: Teach How: Virginia Standards Why: Big Question. Why, drives what we do and how we do it. It is the magnet that draws people together who share the same vision and seek the same results. Question: Why are you at Alliance Academy? What is your passion? Have teachers write on paper. Each table shouts out a Why Elaborate on why we are all here – find common purpose: Student Learning Question: How do we become better at that? Write on Paper. Shout out answers. Question: What steps do we need to do to accomplish that? Write on paper and shout out. Bring in Common Purpose: Student Learning, Growth, etc.. How will we know when we have accomplished our why?
- #6 On Blank Piece of paper write: Student Learning On each puzzle piece write something we are doing as a community to measure and improve student learning. How do we assess the effectiveness of student learning?
- #7 Each one of us carry a pieces of the puzzle. We all bring gifts, talents, background knowledge, and expertise.
- #8 When we work in isolation, we don’t give our students the benefits that can come from different people in our community. How can we make this happen? How do we make our shared ideas, hopes and goals for our students a reality? Pull “student learning” paper allowing puzzle to drop.
- #9 It takes all of us working together to complete our vision for Alliance Academy, for our students and their future.
- #10 We do this through Professional Learning Communities. They are the glue that unite us as grade-level teachers, departments, and as a school. Otherwise, we simply fall apart.
- #14 Fill out the survey and turn in before you leave. Please remember that the PD survey needs to be finished by the end of the day.