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Professional Learning Communities

Professional Learning Communities. Year Six in the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District 2011-12 School Year. Our PLC journey. It’s all about LEARNING, STUDENT SUCCESS and a focus on EACH CHILD. Other PLC components. Shared vision Clearly defined essential outcomes

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Professional Learning Communities

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  1. Professional Learning Communities Year Six in the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District 2011-12 School Year

  2. Our PLC journey It’s all about LEARNING,STUDENT SUCCESSand a focus onEACH CHILD

  3. Other PLC components • Shared vision • Clearly defined essential outcomes • Collective responsibilities • Collaborative teams for staff • Continuous improvement • Frequent monitoring of each student’s learning • Research • Life-long learning for employees

  4. “In a Professional Learning Community educators create an environment that fosters mutual cooperation, emotional support and personal growth as they work together to achieve what they cannot accomplish alone.” --“PLC at Work” by Rick and Rebecca DuFour and Robert Eaker

  5. PLC critical questions • What should each student know and be able to do? • What systems are in place to monitor a student’s learning in a timely manner? • How do we respond when a student does not learn? • What do we do when a student already knows the content? “Intentions are fine, but they will not impact results unless and until they are translated into collective commitments and specific concrete actions.” --“On Common Ground” by Rick and Rebecca DuFour and Robert Eaker

  6. These questions help us determine: • Where we spend our time and financial resources • What students should learn and how we will monitor student achievement • Interventions for struggling students or gifted students

  7. PLC pyramid of interventions • Initial interventionsare less intensive and designed for more students • Major interventionsat the top of thepyramid servea few students Intensive Interventions Systemic Proactive Initial Interventions

  8. Importance of celebration • Large and smallaccomplishments • Short-term andlong-termsuccesses “Recognizing extraordinary commitments should be the responsibility of everyone in the organization, and each individual should be called upon to contribute to that effort.”--“Learning by Doing” by Rick and Rebecca DuFour and Robert Eaker

  9. Our constant focus is on what EACH CHILD needs to be successful • This will ensure that failure is no longer an option in our schools “We do not argue that the PLC journey is an easy one, but we know with certainty that it is a journey worth taking.”--“Learning by Doing” by Rick and Rebecca DuFour and Robert Eaker

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