(1) The PLC meeting agenda focused on fine-tuning lesson objectives and assessments for Standard 5.1 and creating relevant objectives for teachers and students. (2) Teachers participated in a "Museum of Lessons" activity to analyze sample lesson objectives, evaluate differences, and provide feedback. (3) Teachers then modified their own lesson objectives based on the feedback and posted revised versions online for others to review.

1. Professional Learning Community Meeting Agenda New Haven Adult School - CTE
Date: 10/21/2010 Accomplish Goals: Everyone contributes and participates voluntarily. Ask
Meeting Objective/s: (1) Fine tune the delivery of CoFA for Standard 5.1. (2) Create relevantassigned tasks.objectives for both teachers and students
for clarity on use of lesson Be accountable for your action items.
Roles: Define objective for every agenda topic. Stay in your role. Use
GROUP NORMS consensus building for decision-making.
Time Management: Start on time. Be on time. Stay on agenda/tasks. Documentation: Make written meeting notes available for after meeting.
Respect Each Other: Discuss conflict with honesty and consideration of Archive all meeting notes and documents.
feelings. One speaker at a time. One discussion at a time.
Task Resources Activity Duration Expected Outcomes
Ice Breaker: “If These Walls Were Talking…” CTE Student Learning 12:00-12:05 Teachers will envision using the
Outcomes empty wall spaces in room 14 to
communicate the CTE Student
Learning Outcomes.
Review Norms. Go over agenda 12:05-12:10
Assign timekeeper & note taker.
Report out on first pilot run of CoFA for 2 Sample student assessments Pair Share 12:10-12:30 Teachers will create plan for 2nd pilot
Standard 5.1 What worked? What didn’t Report out run of CoFA for standard 5.1
work? What should we do ACTION ITEM
differently?
intro
Common Agreement #1 School-wide Common Report-out using “Learning from Teachers will identify “best
What did you do to help students connect the Agreements Our Colleagues Protocol”. 12:30-12:35 practices” for helping students find
dots between the lesson objectives, the Learning from Our Colleagues Present (3 min) 4 rounds relevance in their lesson objective(s).
delivery of instruction, and the lesson Protocol 12:35-1:35
Clarifying questions (2 min)
assessment (whether it was a practice break
exercise, quiz, or unit test/project)? Probing questions (3 min)
1:35-1:45
Feedback discussion (5 min) 4 rounds
Reflection (2 min) 1:45-2:45
TOTAL: 15 minutes per person
Open discussion 2:45-2:55
Prep time for PLC
Evaluations 2:55-3:00

2. Professional Learning Community Meeting Agenda New Haven Adult School - CTE
Date: 11/15/2010
Meeting Objective/s: By the end of this PLC session, teachers will be able to write focused supportive lesson objectives with evaluation statements expressing
the measurable evidence that will inform both the teacher and the student of what the student can do as a result of the lesson being taught or facilitated.
GROUP NORMS
Time Management: Start on time. Be on time. Stay on agenda/tasks. Roles: Define objective for every agenda topic. Stay in your role. Use
Respect Each Other: Discuss conflict with honesty and consideration of consensus building for decision-making.
feelings. One speaker at a time. One discussion at a time. Documentation: Make written meeting notes available for after meeting.
Accomplish Goals: Everyone contributes and participates voluntarily. Ask for Archive all meeting notes and documents.
clarity on assigned tasks. Be accountable for your action items.
Task Resources Activity Duration Expected Outcomes
Ice Breaker: “When I learn to…then Handout 12:00-12:10
I can…”
Review Norms. Go over agenda 12:10-12:20
Museum of Lessons, Lesson Teacher’s sample lessons objectives, Set-up lesson & materials as a 12:20-12:25 Teachers will analyze a variety of
Objectives, and Evaluations - Silent textbooks and resources. museum exhibition. statements and thinking questions about
Walk 12:25-12:40 lesson objectives.
Objectives & Evaluation signs Silently observe, review, analyze,
Teachers will analyze, compare and make
and make notes on museum
notes on a variety of lessons, lesson
“exhibits” objectives, and evaluation statements.
Museum of Lessons, Lesson Teacher’s sample lessons objectives, With partners, observe, review, 12:40-12:55 Teachers will discuss their analysis
Objectives, and Evaluations - Pair- textbooks and resources. analyze, discuss and make notes on and comparisons with other teachers.
Share Walk Objectives & Evaluation signs museum exhibits. Teachers will write feedback notes
Notes from silent walk Leave feedback notes for the on the lesson “exhibits”.
teacher (the exhibitor).
Please only examine/ discuss other
teacher’s lessons (not your own)

3. Professional Learning Community Meeting Agenda New Haven Adult School - CTE
Review, Reflect,
Museum of Lessons, Lesson Teacher’s sample lessons objectives, Review feedback notes received. Response
Teachers will examine the feedback
Objectives, and Evaluations - textbooks and resources. Reflect on what you yourself 12:55-1:10 provided, distinguish what is relevant
Examine, Evaluate, Reconsider, Feedback notes learned from the Museum of and applicable to his/her objectives,
Report out Lessons…Prepare oral response. and will prepare to orally report-out
Report out & Discuss
Report out & discuss (7 minutes/person) and discuss the findings.
4 rounds
1:10-1:35
break
1:35-1:45
4 rounds
Redo assignment and post on the 1:45-2:10 Teachers will modify the first draft of
cte_nhas yahoo group. their objectives and present the new
2:10-2:30 set on the cte_nhas yahoo group.
Evaluations & CTE Business 2:30-3:00