professional learning communities changing the way of thinking about teaching and learning
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Professional Learning Communities
Changing the Way of Thinking About Teaching and Learning
1. To explain and discuss the rational for implementing Professional Learning Communities in our school
2. To explain what happens during a PLC meeting
3. To make some decisions about our next steps
Goals:
Working Together
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RnohUnZrqg&feature=related
This is bad so please forgive me!
Our School Perspective
Horace Mann seems to be on to something good!
Let’s learn from their experience.
Ensuring That Students Learn
The shift in focus from teaching to a focus on learning has profound implications for schools.
Ensuring That Students Learn
Often there is a lack of coordinated strategies used too respond when students do not learn!
Ensuring That Students Learn
Our response needs to be:
•Timely•Intervention not remediation•Directive not a choice
A Culture of Collaboration
Teachers need to work together to achieve their purpose of learning for all.
A Culture of Collaboration
Professional Learning Communities (PLC) have a systematic process in which teachers work together to improve instruction.
A Culture of Collaboration
1. Identify important Power Standards which will promote student achievement.
A Culture of Collaboration
2. Develop and administer common formative assessments to evaluate student mastery.
A Culture of Collaboration
3. PLC analyzes the assessment to determine what students know and what they don’t know.
A Culture of Collaboration
4. A plan is developed through team collaboration to increase student learning.
Focus on Results
Professional Learning Communities evaluate their success on the basis of results instead of making excuses for them.
Focus on Results
The results of a PLC are dependent on the commitment and persistence of the members of the team.
Working Together
Example of a Collaborative Team Meetinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pksFf9oLQfg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T8ceCScAFw&feature=related
So here is our plan so far:
•Meet every Wed. for 20 minutes either with Jackie or Debi•K-2 meets in Training Room•3-5 meets in Literacy Room upstairs•Alternate from week to week•ALL team members need to be present if possible- including para-professionals
So here is our plan so far:
2:00-2:20 Kindergarten & Grade 4
2:25-2:45 Grade 1 & Grade 5
2:50-3:10 Grade 2
3:15-3:35 Grade 3