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Welcome. Staff Meeting 12/01/10. Agenda. Purpose. Improve Student Learning Develop Best Practice Create Positive School Climate. Why are PLC’s important?. Professional Learning Community behaviors have been shown to increase student learning and increase a positive school culture.

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  1. Welcome Staff Meeting 12/01/10

  2. Agenda

  3. Purpose • Improve Student Learning • Develop Best Practice • Create Positive School Climate

  4. Why are PLC’s important? • Professional Learning Community behaviors have been shown to increase student learning and increase a positive school culture. • PLC’s align with our CORE VALUES

  5. Core Values • PROFESSIONALISM • Florin High School Staff Values: • Professional behaviors and qualities we model for our students. • Expanding and supporting collaboration while encouraging teacher innovation and creativity. • STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT • Florin High School Staff Values: • Actions that support high expectations for academic achievement and personal growth for each individual student. • Meeting individual student needs and offering varied paths for student success. • INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE • Florin High School Staff Values: • Critical thinking and problem solving as the focus of instruction. • The use of engaging instructional practices. • Informed decision making. • FLORIN HIGH COMMUNITY • Florin High School Staff Values: • Parents, community members and local businesses as partners in the education of their children. • A safe and inviting campus. • Every member supporting each other.

  6. A High Functioning Curriculum Team Should Function as PLC This is not a new concept

  7. Sustained Growth Model – Introduced in 2007

  8. Note • This may seem redundant, but in the words of DuFour, “redundancy can be a powerful tool in effective communication, and we prefer redundancy to ambiguity.” • We use this strategy in our classrooms.

  9. Action • Professional Learning Community (PLC) Article - Meet with Curriculum Team & jigsaw article - teams have pre-assigned portions of the article - Complete Concept Map w/ group and be prepared to share with staff

  10. Model: A Focus on Learning

  11. CT Jigsaw Assignments • English 9/10 - A Focus on Learning • English 11/12 - Collective Inquiry into Best Practices & Current Reality • Geo/W. History - Collaborative Culture w/ a Focus on Learning for All • U.S. History - Action Orientation: Learning by Doing • Econ/Gov - A Focus on Learning • Algebra I - A Commitment to Continuous Improvement

  12. CT Jigsaw Assignments • Geom/Alg II - Result Orientation • Gen Sci/Bio/Chem - Collective Inquiry into Best Practice & Current Reality • Agriculture - Collaborative Culture w/ a Focus on Learning for All • P.E. - A Commitment to Continuous Improvement • Special Ed - Results Orientation

  13. CT Jigsaw Assignments • World Language - A Focus on Learning • Business & Tech - Collaborative culture w/ a Focus on Learning for All • VAPA & Culinary Arts - Results Orientation • NJROTC - Collaborative Culture w/ a Focus on Learning for All • Counseling - A Commitment to Continuous Improvement

  14. Parting Words… • Our goal should be that our Curriculum Team impacts our classroom practice in ways that will lead to better results for students, the team, and for Florin High School – DuFour • Professional learning communities recognize that until members of the organization “do” differently, there is no reason to anticipate different results - DuFour

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