Redesigning Bearfield for a

Whitewater World!!Will Professional Learning Communities be our

kayaks?

Choose your kayak . . . . .

“Fix the system, don’t blame the people.”

Deming

What is our current system of student learning in our schools?

What is our current system of student learning in our schools?

The New System is - Professional Learning Community

It has three big ideas:

• Ensuring that all students learn• A culture of collaboration and

shared meaning• A focus on Results

A PLC Team is a System

Its mission or purpose is to ensure that all students learn through the collaborative, interdependent practice of teachers.

Collaboration: What happens when teachers begin to collaborate?

Changes in –PracticeLanguageRelationships

An Important Question

The fact that teachers collaborate will do nothing to improve a school. The question is not “Are teachers collaborating?” but rather, “What are teachers collaborating about?”

DuFour et al.

PLCs challenge our old definition of learning

Old Definition - To thoroughly grasp what an expert knows

Expanded Definition - Learning is “sense making”; a process that leads to knowledge

Clarify essential outcomes by grade or course

Develop common assessments Establish targets and benchmarks Analyze assessment results Plan for interventions for students Improve instructional practice (lessons)

based upon assessment data

Collaborate About What?

Since we are what we do, if we want to change what we are, we must begin to change what we do.

Allen Wheelis

PLC’s Will be Bearfield Primary’s Kayaks . . .

Everyone get on board. . . .

We are all headed in the right direction . . High Student Achievement in 2011-2012!