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What is a PLC? “A professional learning community is educators committed to working collaboratively in ongoing processes of collective inquiry to achieve better results for the students they serve. PLC’s operate under the assumption that the key to improved learning for students is continuous, job-embedded learning for educators.” -adapted from Learning by Doing
The Four Critical Questions of PLC’s FOCUS ON: Learning rather than teaching Results rather than intentions Collaboration rather than isolation 4. What do we do when students HAVE learned the content? 3. What do we do when students HAVEN’T learned? 2. How do we know when students have learned? 1. What are students supposed to know and do?
Professional Development: It’s Time for Change By Tim Walker What did you find interesting about this article? What surprised you? Were there any terms that you circled and why? Could you relate to anything stated in the article? Give an example. Did you disagree with a statement in this article?
http://www1.kdsi.org/about;kds/aritcle-platform20.htm • http://elearning.alsde.edu/ • http://trojan.troy.edu/searic/workshops.html • www.alsde.edu/general/mega-prelim-2013.pdf