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Professional Learning Communities at Thomas McKean High School

Professional Learning Communities at Thomas McKean High School. Using a Wiki to enhance Collaboration. By Dr. Sherry Gross and Mr. Brian Mattix. McKean’s Infastructure. A/B Block Schedule A-Day: Cross-curricular Teams B-Day: Department Teams 90 minutes of planning DAILY PD embedded CQA

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Professional Learning Communities at Thomas McKean High School

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  1. Professional Learning Communitiesat Thomas McKean High School Using a Wiki to enhance Collaboration By Dr. Sherry Gross and Mr. Brian Mattix

  2. McKean’s Infastructure • A/B Block Schedule • A-Day: Cross-curricular Teams • B-Day: Department Teams • 90 minutes of planning DAILY • PD embedded • CQA • Inclusion Co-Planning • Academy / Department meetings • Checkpoints • Push-In / Pull-Out Support • Internal period coverage for emergencies

  3. Managing the collaboration • Collaboration Calendar • Blogs to extend PD conversations • Wiki to serve as intranet

  4. McKean’s PLC Wiki • PLC Calendar • Department / PLC Team Pages • Acceptable Use Policy: view & post • School Resources, Policies, Info • Academy Blog • Tech Resources • Computer Lab Sign Ups (coming soon) • 5 minute tutorial

  5. How do I start my own wiki? • http://pbwiki.com/academic.wiki • How to setup pbwiki tutorial video(90sec) • www.wikispaces.com

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