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Professional Learning Communities

Professional Learning Communities. Today ’ s Learning Targets. I can explain common formative assessments. I can unwrap a standard. I can identify effective instructional strategies. It’s not a meeting;. It’s a way of being!. Your school is the PLC.

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Professional Learning Communities

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  1. Professional LearningCommunities

  2. Today’s Learning Targets • I can explain common formative assessments. • I can unwrap a standard. • I can identify effective instructional strategies.

  3. It’s not a meeting; It’s a way of being!

  4. Your school is the PLC. Collaborative teams are the building blocks of each PLC.

  5. Stages of Teams From Sharon Kramer, PhD, Solution Tree 10/13

  6. From Sharon Kramer, PhD, Solution Tree 10/13

  7. Celebrating Our Focus Instead Of Thinking… We Think… My job is to make sure students learn. These our our students. We need to have good results and respond when our data indicates areas of need. • My job is to teach. • These are my students. • I have good intentions.

  8. Until it’s been learned, It hasn’t been taught.

  9. How will we know when they have learned it? Common Formative Assessment

  10. WHAT ARE WE EMPHASIZING? ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING Formative Summative

  11. What is common formative assessment? IT IS: Learning By Doing, pg. 75-81 • Created by a team • Team uses the same instrument and criteria • Used to inform teacher and student of progress • Results are used to identify students experiencing difficulty, support students, and give other opportunities for students to learn

  12. What is common formative assessment? Learning By Doing, pg. 75-81 • IS NOT: • Teaching the exact same way at the exact same time using the exact same instructional resources • An “always graded” assessment only at the end of a unit

  13. The Process 1. Select standards 2. Choose the learning targets to be assessed 3. Decide on your format

  14. The Process 1. Select standards But how and which standard?

  15. As a PLC, you need to answer… What is essential for our students to know?

  16. Use these questions as a guideline: Does the standard have endurance? Does the standard have leverage? Does the standard develop readiness for the next level of learning?

  17. We have the standard, now what? Unpacking the Standard

  18. 3. Decide on your format Common formative assessment is not always just a “test”: Possible Formats: • Short constructed response (Power Write) • Extended constructed response • Performance Task • Checklist • Individual Conferences • Multiple Choice The possibilities are endless!

  19. More Of The Process: 4. Create your assessment 5. Decide what will be proficient (rubric, etc.): 6. Differentiate instruction based on student data and teach for mastery

  20. Some samples: High School • After reading the Declaration of Independence, write a break-up letter using RAFT (Role, Audience, Format, Topic)… • R: The American Colonies • A: England • F: Break-Up Letter • T: Reasons

  21. The Rubric: High School Exemplary: Correctly identifies 3 or more reasons for American independence from England with accurate details and elaboration. Writes in letter format with correct spelling and punctuation. Proficient:. Correctly identifies 2reasons for American independence from England with accurate details and some elaboration. Writes in letter format with correct spelling and punctuation. Progressing: Correctly identifies 1-2 reasons for American independencewith limited details and elaboration. Contains some features of a letter with minimal errors in punctuation and/or spelling. Beginning: Incorrectly identifies 1 or more reasons for American independence from England. Limited or no elaboration. May contain some features of a letter with multiple errors in spelling and/or punctuation.

  22. It’s not formative unless… It’s used to guide next steps

  23. Reflection Possibilities: • Where do our students struggle the most? • What are our most effective instructional strategies? • What is our plan to extend/enrich the learning of those who are ready?

  24. For more information… Learning By Doing, pg. 75-81

  25. Today’s Learning Targets • I can explain common formative assessments. • I can unwrap a standard. • I can identify effective instructional strategies.

  26. Next Steps Submit PLC Schedule Share Common Formative Assessments Monitor PLC Minutes K-12 Alignment Overview Ongoing Timeline for Growing Students’ in DCS

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