1. what is it we want our students to learn? 2. how will we teach our students? 3. how will we know...
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1. What is it we want our students to learn?
2. How will we teach our students?
3. How will we know when each student has mastered the essential learning/skill?
4. What will we do if the student does not master the skill?
5. What will we do for students who master the skill early?
A professional learning community is a community where educators create an environment that fosters mutual cooperation, emotional support, and personal growth as they work together to achieve what they cannot accomplish alone.
Educators collaborate.
Mutual Respect – A requirement for highly effective collaborative teams.
Consensus Rules – Honor what has been said and agreed upon.
Data Driven – Use data to make improvements
Continuous Improvement – Allows teams to continue to improve and reach their goals
Elements of a PLC
For the 11-12 year we will continue to utilize effective Collaborative Teams to IMPACT Student Achievement in a Professional Learning Community.
Dr. Eric Twadell – Adlai Stevenson H.S.
The most promising strategy for sustained, substantive school improvement is building the capacity of school personnel to function as a professional learning community. The path of change in the classroom lies within and through PLCs.
Collaboration provides an opportunity for educators to work together toward a common goal. It increases the effort of one by the effort of many. These efforts allow us to attain uncommon results.
Why Collaboration?
Camelback High School’s Collaborative Structure/Culture
Will Have: A Focus on Student Achievement / Student Learning
Collaborative Teams
Team Leaders
Time to Collaborate
SMART Goals
Specific Artifacts
Data Driven Focus
Student Support Programs/Teams
Action Plans (Implementation)
Steps for Successful Teams• Teams decide on their own norms and protocol• Teams create their own mission, vision, and values• Teams build shared knowledge (curriculum experts)• Teams decide on “essential learning”• Teams write common assessments• Teams write criteria to grade student work• Teams administer common assessments to all students• Teams analyze results to drive future learning• Teams identify and implement improvement strategies
Our PLC Teams Will Focus On:
Common SMART Goals (Student Achievement) Common Assessments (Summative & Formative) Common Instructional Strategies (Focusing, Processing)
Mission, Vision and Values
Artifacts Are Evidence of Your Collaborative Efforts
Common Plan for Success
SMART Goals for Student Achievement / Learning
Curriculum Map
Common Unit/Chapter/Skills Assignments
Common Unit/Chapter/Skills Assessments
Common Review Material for all Summative Assessments
Common Instructional Strategies
Standardized test review materials (AIMS &/or Terra Nova)
Examples of Artifacts Your Team Can Work on…
Mission, Vision and Values
MISSION probes the question:
What is our purpose?
VISION asks the question:
What do we want to become?
VALUES explore the question:
How must we behave in order to make our vision a reality?
Camelback High SchoolMission Statement
• "Camelback High School's mission is to provide the best education possible for all students to assist them in achieving their maximum potential, motivate them to strive for success in everything they do and support them as they master the skills needed to prepare them for success in college, career and life."
School Improvement Plan Missions & Goals
Mission StatementCamelback High School
will prepare all students for the choices and
challenges of the 21st century
Math – All students willdemonstrate reasoning andproblem solving in math andacross the curriculum.
Literacy – All students willdevelop effective readingand writing skills.
Responsibility – All studentswill develop and use responsible decision-makingskills.
Why Should We Establish Norms?
“Norms put the ‘Golden Rule’ into practice for groups.”
“Having a set of norms or ground rules that a group follows, encourages behaviors that will help a group do its work.”
“Writing norms is an effective way to democratize a group.”
“Writing norms helps create groups that are able to have honest discussions that enable everyone to participate and be heard.”
Team Interaction Norms
Examples:
We will participate without dominating.
We will maintain confidentiality.
We will focus on what is best for students.
We will support the decisions of the team. We will come prepared to actively participate.
We will address the issues/concerns.
Refrain from doing work that does not pertainto the team agenda during the meeting.
Responsibilities of PLC Team Members:
We will:
1. Adhere to norms.
2. Enforce norms by communicating with team members who do not adhere to the norms.
3. Be informed of what takes place at team meetings if absent.
Identify SMART Goals for Your Team
Strategic and Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Results-oriented
Time bound
Refer to handout: SMART Goals
Are these SMART Goals? Are they…
By the end of first semester, the D and F rates will decrease by 25%.
Our students will increase their scores on the CRT test.
As a result of our new writing strategy, 20% more freshmen will pass the ACE test second semester.
Strategic and Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Results-oriented
Time bound
Purpose for Assessment:
Assessment will support learning of important content and furnish useful information to both the teacher and the students.
Adapted from, Classroom Assessment for Student Learning. Rick Stiggins
Why Common Assessments?
Some of the Benefits are…
• Focus instruction on essential learning
• Reinforces common core curriculum
• Creates better (more valid and reliable) exams
• Results identify curricular areas and instruction thatneeds attention.
• Requires collaboration among teachers
• Provides objective indicators of effectiveness
FormativeAssessment
FOR Learning
Ubiquitous assessments that occur during the learning.
Both students and teachers should help make decisions
about these assessments.
SummativeAssessment
OFLearning
This type of assessmentis used to evaluate
students’ attainment ofcourse objectives/skills.
This type of assessment takesplace after the learning
has occurred.
Types of Assessments
- Unit Exams
- Semester Exam
- Projects or Performance
- Formal Essay/Term Paper
- Homework
- Bell work
Focusing Strategies
- Processing Strategies
- Checking for Understanding
- Quizzes
FormativeAssessment
FOR Learning
Types of Assessments
SummativeAssessment
OFLearning
The PLC “Cycle” for Continuous Improvement for All Teams
Shared Mission – Fundamental Purpose … Why? Shared Vision - What are we to become
Shared Values – Commitments to Action
School-Wide
SMART Goals: Student Achievement
Action Plan to Achieve the Goals
Risk-taking culture- focus Inquiry & Action
Results Orientation – Data collected to
reflect Goals
Analysis of the Data
Radical Celebration!
Where do we start?
Form content area teams
Select a Team Leader
Establish Team Norms
Write the Mission, Vision and Values Statements
Analyze the data
Write 1-2 SMART Goals
Develop an Action Plan for each Goal
Collect Artifacts
Collaboration vs. Integration
Collaboration Integration
Like courses/ same content
area
Aligned to same course standards
Same artifacts,
same rubric
Different courses/
content area
Aligned to different course
standards
Some common artifacts,
different rubric
Teachers in teams
Tied to student learning