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Building Leadership Teams 2010-11. Session #3 January 11th, 2011. Driving Continuous Improvement Throughout the School!. Housekeeping…. Agenda Lunch & Breaks Future Meeting March 29 th , 2010 8:30am – 3:00pm (location TBD). 2010-11 Key tasks/Timelines.
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Building Leadership Teams 2010-11 Session #3 January 11th, 2011 Driving Continuous Improvement Throughout the School!
Housekeeping… • Agenda • Lunch & Breaks • Future Meeting • March 29th, 2010 • 8:30am – 3:00pm (location TBD)
2010-11 Key tasks/Timelines • Formation of the Building Leadership Team • Now! Further developed in the 2010-11 year • Creation of a school Plan on a Page • 1st Draft by November 16th, 2010 • Creation of a School Improvement Plan • 1st Draft by January 11th, 2011 • School Balanced Scorecard • 1st Draft by January 11th, 2011 • Build a PLC foundation • During the 2010-11 year; Implementation 11-12
Characteristics ofHigh Performing Schools Common mission, vision, values and goals. Ensuring achievement for all students with systems for prevention and intervention. Collaboration focused on teaching and learning. Using data to guide decision-making and continuous improvement. Gaining active engagement from family & community Building sustainable leadership capacity.
Effective Teams Make Collective Commitments to Each other… -Building Leadership Team Norms Review your team BLT norms before we begin our work today!
Sharing Across the District • Tool: The World Café • 1 or 2 people stay behind to provide an update on your school’s progress • All others will disperse to other tables to hear from other schools (take notes!) • Groups will not rotate, but will listen to one other school share their progress • Meet back at your own team to debrief and share what you learned
Presenters To Share… • Provide an update on: • 1.) School’s Plan on a Page • 2.) School scorecard and data center • 3.) 1st draft of the school improvement plan • 4.) Any PLC information that your team has shared with the rest of the staff • Share the following for each item above: • A.) Progress to date • B.) Process used to address the task • C.) What worked well? What would you change if you had to do it again? • D.) Next steps
Return to School BLT Group • Provide a summary: • What where the common themes that were shared by schools? • What was unique or specific to a school? • How did your school’s information compare to the other schools? • What did you learn from others that could be used in your school’s future efforts?
2010-11 Key tasks/Timelines • Formation of the Building Leadership Team • Now! Further developed in the 2010-11 year • Creation of a school Plan on a Page • 1st Draft by November 2nd, 2010 • Creation of a School Improvement Plan • 1st Draft by January 11th, 2011 • School Balanced Scorecard • 1st Draft by January 11th, 2011 • Build a PLC foundation • During the 2010-11 year; Implementation 11-12
PLC Implementation 2011-12 • 2010-11 Year • Develop BLT’s with the capacity and understanding of the PLC model • BLT’s to set and communicate direction for future implementation of PLC next year • Help all staff understand the PLC concept and prepare for full implementation • 2011-12 Year • Implement PLCs at all schools and across the District and implement a time/schedule change • Provide templates, tools and examples for PLC team use (share best practices for PLC)
Moving Forward With Professional Learning Communities Building Leadership Teams Building Capacity for the Implementation of PLCs in 2011-12
Professional Learning Communities January 11th, 2011
Agenda • PLC Outcomes for 2010-11 • Review what we have learned about PLC’s • November 16th information and work • Focus on Results: Making Connections between District, Building and PLC Goals • PLC Question #3 and the RTI connection • Plan for sharing of PLC information- Jan 14th
PLC OUTCOMES for 2010-11 • All teachers will: • Be able to describe a PLC • Identify & define a Collaborative Team • Identify/ describe the characteristics of effective teams • Know which teams they are members of • Develop team norms • Establish 1 team SMART goal & Action Plan for 2011
2011-2012 PLC Work Quest. #1: What do we want our students to learn? Quest. #2: How will we know if each student has learned it? • Curriculum Maps which identify the course • Standards • Content • Skills • Develop, administer, and analyze a common formative and/or summative assessment http://dunlapcusd.rubiconatlas.org
November Goals Discussed the relationship between the BLT and the PLC teams Described what PLC’s look like and how they are unique from what we have experienced Provided examples of PLC team structures Described characteristics of high performing PLC teams Identified current status and future needs in regards to the critical questions
7 steps to Building High-performing Teams • Embedded Collaboration through teams (types of teams) • Time for teams to collaborate • Focus the work of teams on the “critical issues/questions” • Monitor the work of teams through products • Establish team norms • Identify team SMART goals • Provide teams with relevant student achievement data
PLC Nov.16th, 2010 Team Notes • Elementary Teams: • Grade level (Horizontal) / Specials • BBT (SST-WW) • BLT (Vertical) • SE/ Title One/ Interventionists • Subject area (Building- WW) • Middle School Teams: • Spartan Learning Community (Interdisciplinary) • Content (Vertical): within building and among other buildings (6-8, 8-12, K-6) • Grade level (Horizontal) • Interdisciplinary, including PE and Explore teachers • Team Leaders (Vertical/ horizontal) • BLT (vertical/ horizontal) • DHS: • BLT (vertical/ horizontal) • Department Teams (vertical/ horizontal) • Course Specific (vertical/ horizontal)
Team Activity • Read PLC Overview • Where is your team in the sharing process? • Planning stages • Informal sharing of a few key PLC ideas • Have presented information to all staff on the characteristics of PLC up to this point • Other- describe
Focus on Results: Making Connections between District, Building and PLC Goals How does this compare with what we already do? What will be new for our staff? LBD Chapter 6 and DVD Program 4
A Results Driven Culture District Leadership Team District SMART Goals Building Leadership Team Building SMART Goals PLC Teams Grade Level / Department / Course SMART Goals Student SMART Goals
Making Connections: District to School • Read “Linking school goals to district goals,” p. 158 • Identify and discuss examples • Broad to specific • How does this compare our district and school goals? Chapter 6: Learning by Doing
District School • Goal #1: To continually improve student growth and achievement • Wilder-Waite students will be taught the reading curriculum with integrity and fidelity resulting in achievement of the grade level target scores on reading tests at the end of each theme. • Goal 1: Students at Dunlap Valley Middle School will compile a writing portfolio containing a proficient writing sample from each class by May 1st. Proficiency will be determined by a content appropriate rubric.
Making Connections What was the building goal? What was an example of a PLC goal? DVD SMART GOALS
School PLC Teams • Read: • “Linking team goals to school goals,” p. 159 • “Focusing on results, not activities,” p. 159 • Why does having a team goal meet the definition of a collaborative team? • What question does an effective team goal answer?
Team SMART Goal Worksheet • Review Examples on pages 164-170 Individually • Discuss as a Team (Handout: Goal Worksheet) • Do the goals meet the SMART Definition? • How are the goals aligned with the district and school goals? • What do the action plans have in common? • What products were used as “Evidence of Effectiveness”?
School PLC Team • Using one of your school SMART goals… • Create a possible PLC SMART Goal • Place example on poster paper… • Be prepared to share Building Goal: PLC Team Goal:
School Examples PLC Team Examples • Wilder-Waite students will be taught the reading curriculum with integrity and fidelity resulting in achievement of the grade level target scores on reading tests at the end of each theme. • __ grade students will achieve an average of ___% on reading theme tests.
PLC Goal Student Goal • 3rd grade students will achieve an average of 85% on reading theme tests. • How will your students connect to the PLC/ Building/ and District Goals? • Student A (I) will achieve an average of 90% on reading theme tests.
A Results Driven Culture District Leadership Team District SMART Goals Building Leadership Team Building SMART Goals PLC Teams Grade Level / Department / Course SMART Goals Student SMART Goals
PLC Question #3 How will we respond when some students do not learn? DVD Program 2: Question 3
Current Status • Identify where your school is on the rubric on p. 106 • Pre-Initiating • Initiating • Implementing • Developing • Sustaining
What is a System of Intervention? • Read“What do we mean by system of intervention?” pp 99-100 • Discuss what this means for your school: “… ensures every student in every course/grade will receive additional time and support for learning” “.. a schoolwide responsibility rather than the sole responsibility of the individual teacher.”
Team Reading/Discussion • Read “Part Three, Here’s Why” pp 101-105 • Discuss: • Why is a system approach needed? • What is the PLC/ RTI Connection? • How will your PLC teams strengthen/support your current intervention system? • What is the paradigm shift for teaching/learning?
Tips for Creating Systematic Interventions • As a team jigsaw the information on pp 108-112 • Each team member • Reads an assigned tip • Shares the information with the group • Team Discussion • What do these Tips mean for your school?
Guiding Questions • As a team, answer the “Guiding Questions” on pp 113-114 • Action Plan Provided as needed (p. 107)
Plan for Sharing PLC Information PD Action Plan for Jan. 14th Template
PLC OUTCOMES FOR 2010-11 • All teachers will: • January- • Be able to describe a PLC • Identify & define a Collaborative Team • Identify/ describe the characteristics of effective teams March- • Know which teams they are members of • Develop team norms • Establish 1 team SMART goal & Action Plan for 2011
Action Plan for Staff Sharing Handout D
Brainstorm and Plan • Describe how you will share/ present the PLC information • Use Template/ laptop to capture your thoughts • November PPT and handouts available in your table folder