The document outlines the professional development agenda for Crouseville Elementary School for the 2015-2016 school year, including activities focused on quality instruction and the establishment of Professional Learning Communities (PLCs). Key activities include team-building exercises, discussions on instructional worldviews, and collaborative lesson planning aligned with campus objectives. The document emphasizes the importance of effective teaching, shared leadership, and continuous learning among educators for improving student achievement.

1. Crouseville
Elementary
School
Professional Development
2015-2016

2. 8:00 – 8:30 Sign In: Breakfast and Coffee
8:30 – 8:50 New staff Introduction and Mixer Game
8:50 – 9:00 Expectations for theYear
9:15 – 10:00 Welcome Back Activity (WorldView)
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:00 GroupTeambuilding
11:00 – 11:30 Inquiry Centers Parking Lots
11:30 – 11:45 Quality Instruction Introduction
11:45 LUNCH
Day 1 Morning Agenda

3. 1:00 –2:00 Quality Instruction - Small Group Activity
2:00 – 2:15 Large Group Discussion
2:15 – 2:20 Break
2:20 – 3:00 KWL (Know, Want to Know, Learned)
3:00 – 3:30 Table Talk and Handshake Activity
3:30 – 3:45 Teaser for tomorrow PLC’s
Day 1 Afternoon Agenda

4. Day 2: Morning Session

5. Quality Instruction
WorldView
Parking Lot
KWLs
Review:

6. Objective for today:
Introduce and Explain PLC’s

7. GOALS FORTODAY:
Campus Objectives :
- Establish our InstructionalWorldView
- Create a shared Mission Statement
- Answer the four fundamental questions of
PLC’s
Grade Level Objectives: Evaluate and
determine if our grade level instruction
aligns with our campus instructional
worldview and mission statement

8. Jot Shot:
Take 3-5 minutes and jot down your thoughts on the video.
Each Group will take 1 of the 4 pillars of PLC’s and be prepared to share.
1. Mission
2. Vision
3. Values
4. Goals
PLC OverviewVideo

9. Jot Shot Brainstorm:
Look at this picture, what
comes to mind. 3-5 mins
GO!!!!!

10. Students who are engaged::
• Learn at high levels and have a
profound grasp of what they learn
• Retain what they learn
• Can transfer what they learn to new
contexts
Schlechty, 2001

11. BREAK TIME (10 minutes)
Stretch and Mingle
Pick up 5 cards on your way out or back
in……

12. Heads Up Game
Everyone has 5 cards. You must play this
game with 5 other people alternating play
before finding another opponent.
Hold card to your head and partner tries to
get you to attempt to guess what’s on the
card.

13. Professional Learning Community
It starts with an instructional worldview.
• Instructional worldviews guide teachers as they organize and implement academic
tasks in their classrooms and predict how students will respond to agreed-upon
definitions of good teaching and good curricula.
What is a PLC?
McCann, Jones, and Aronoff, (2012)

14. It is important that you understand that
the PLC model is not a canned program
or a step-by-step recipe for school
improvement. It represents a process for
making the structural and cultural
changes necessary to help students
achieve at higher levels and make
teaching a more rewarding and
satisfying profession.
Du Four, DuFour, Eaker(2010)

15. 4
PLC
Questions
What do we
want students
to know?
How will we
know when
they know it?
How will we
support
students who
don’t know it?
How will we
support
students who
already know
it?
Dufour, Dufour, and
Eaker(2010)

16. • What do we want students to know?
• How will we know when they know it?
• How will we support students who don’t know it?
• How will we support students who already know it?
Jot Shot:Take a few minutes to
write down your answers to these 4
questions and share with someone
else at your table.

17. 12:00pm – 1:00pm
LUNCH

18. Grade Level: Evaluate and determine
if our grade level instruction aligns
with our campus instructional
worldview and mission statement
Day 2: Afternoon Session

19. Sythesis Assignment
Each Grade Level design and write a
lesson that aligns to our campus
instructional worldview and mission
statement. IncludeTEKS
Be prepared to share with large group

20. .
Each Grade level will share their
lesson with the entire faculty

21. •Is sustained by supportive and shared leadership
•Works to develop a shared vision, mission, values and goals
•Collaborates within the team to deepen the knowledge base
of all professionals to support student needs
•Utilizes inquiry and reflection to solve the tough problems
FOOD FORTHOUGHT FOR
TOMORROW…..
A COLLABORATIVE LEARNINGTEAM…or PLC

22. Please leave feedback / comments / questions on
the Parking Lot as you leave.
Reminder….Meet at Pine Cove Camp on Lake
Palestine at 8:00am tomorrow
Address: 17432 Pop McKenzie Rd, Flint, TX 75762
Day 2 Summary

23. Day 3: Morning Session
Breakfast Provided by Sweet Sues ofTyler

24. PINE COVE CAMP:
Team Building Activities in Grade
Level Groups
9-10:30am Low Ropes Course
10:30-12:00pm High Ropes Course
Each grade level will be timed. Winner = 3 free Jeans Days

25. 12:00pm – 1:00pm
*BBQ Baked Potatoes provided by PTA
LUNCH

26. - Defined Quality Instruction
- Answered the 4 Questions of PLC’s
- Created our campus Mission Statement
- Established our Campus Instructional Worldview
- Designed and Created a lesson plan with TEKS
collaboratively
WhatWe’ve Done So Far…..

27. GOALS:
1. To understand how collaborative communities (PLCs)
impact teacher improvement and student achievement.
2. To understand the role teachers play in PLCs.
3. To shift our thinking from instruction to student retention
Our Objectives Today
Develop an understanding of Professional
Learning Communities and how we can
implement them

28. Ice Breaker Litterally…….
FrozenT-shirt Game
Each Grade level will be given a t-shirt
that has been frozen overnight.
First group to get the t-shirt on one
member wins Starbucks gift cards

29. You have been placed into your PLC’s
Find your name tent and Book
We will be doing a book study
this year in our PLC’s.
PLC Implementation

30. Meet with your PLC
Discuss 4 PLC Questions
Develop lessons for the first six weeks
collaboratively
Return to main conference room at 3:00pm
PLC: Small Groups

31. Please complete workshop evaluation and include comments. Take your
time and be reflective.
As your principal I want to know how better to serve you in the future.
Final Thought:
The very essence of a learning community is a focus on and a
commitment to the learning of each student……if the
organization is to become more effective in helping all
students learn, the adults in the organization must be
continually learning.
DuFour,Eaker, and Many (2010)
Summary of the Day

32. References
McCann,T. M., Jones, A. C., & Aronoff, G. A. (2012). Teaching matters most: A
school leader's guide to improving classroom instruction.Thousand Oaks: Corwin
Press, a joint publication with Learning Forward.
Schlechty, P. C. (2001). Shaking up the school house: How to support and sustain
educational innovation. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Dufour, R., Dufour, R., Eaker, & Many. (2010). CollaborativeTeams in Professional
Learning Communities at Work: Learning by Doing. SolutionTree.
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