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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING…WHAT? THE PURPOSE AND GOAL OF A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY

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Page 1: Professional Learning Communities

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING…WHAT?

THE PURPOSE AND GOAL OF A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY

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BY THE END OF TODAY WE WILL….

• Look at our WHY, WHAT and HOW

• Understand that we are a community that works together to achieve a common goal.

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Why are you here?

What do you do?

How do you do it?

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Why are we here?

What steps do we need to make to accomplish that??

How do we become better?

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PUZZLE

• What are we doing as a community to measure and improve student learning?

• How do we assess the effectiveness of student learning?

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STUDENT LEARNING IS THE BIG PICTURE

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WE CAN’T DO THIS IN ISOLATION..

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WORKING AS A COMMUNITY TO MEASURE AND IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING…

As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17

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THE GLUE THAT HOLDS IT ALL TOGETHER…

PLCs

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VIDEO

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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

February 2015

•Data Use Conference – collecting and using data

March 2015

•Special Education Conference –differentiation and accommodations

April 2015

•What? Assessment/Scoring student work using Exemplars/Rubrics –

How do we know when students have learned the

material?

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

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PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES…

It’s not one more thing…. It’s HOW we do business.

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