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Professional Learning Action Team

Professional Learning Action Team. October 2012 Do Now: Turn on your laptop and locate the Special Educator and General Educator Survey.

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Professional Learning Action Team

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  1. Professional Learning Action Team October 2012 Do Now: Turn on your laptop and locate the Special Educator and General Educator Survey

  2. MISSION: The mission of the Parkway School District is to ensure all students are capable, curious and confident learners who understand and respond to the challenges of an ever-changing world.

  3. NORMS • Mission Driven Agenda • Opportunity to share, be heard and understood • Stay on topic , stay productive and be an active participant • Utilize protocols to ensure productive discussions, reach consensus and facilitate the work of the team • Demonstrate professional courtesies (start/end on time, avoid side talk) • Be nice! (positive attitudes, respect others, presume positive intent) • Be accountable to school and Professional Learning Action Team Review the Norms – What is the one you want to focus on today? Turn and Talk

  4. EU and EQ EU: The Professional Learning Action Team’s purpose is to ensure all certified staff members participate in high quality professional learning focused on achievement for all students. EQ: How can the Professional Learning Action Team contribute to Mission Accomplished 2016?

  5. Agenda • Updates and Action Items • Parkway PLC Implementation • Salary Credit Courses (Very few were proposed) • Conference Proposal Form • Form is located on the Professional Learning Website • Purpose – Goal 6 (Resource Allocation) • ensure the number at conferences does not exceed district standards • follow-up component to promote impact beyond the classroom • Survey – Special Education Action Team • Review of Strategic Plan – Goal #4 and Goal #5

  6. Special Education Action TeamProfessional LearningLeaders: Liz Morrison, Beth Nesbit • This work team will identify the professional learning needs of all general and specials educators in Parkway related to teaching students with disabilities, participation in IEPs, instructional strategies, accommodations, and abilities awareness. • This team will propose a collaborative multi-year professional learning plan which is integrated with the PLC initiative, other Parkway professional learning structures, and the professional development plan and activities of the SSD.

  7. Role of PLAT • Review the Professional Learning Needs Survey - for both Gen Educators and Special Educators (October PLAT) • Distribute Survey to Staff (October – November) • Review Survey Data and Provide Input (Invite a Special Educator from your school to join us at PLAT for discussion (November PLAT)) to Special Education Action regarding the three year development plan

  8. Survey - Individual • Open up the survey • Individual – Read the Survey • What will we find out about professional learning needs as a result of the survey • What questions will not assist us in finding out about professional learning needs • Any questions that do not make sense

  9. Survey - Table • Discuss – • What will we learn • What question(s) if any should be eliminated (why) • What needs to be added • Share with the group

  10. Survey – Next Steps • Suggestions sent to the Special Ed Action Team • Survey sent to PLAT members to be sent to staff (cc Liz in the e-mail)

  11. Professional Learning Improvement Plan • TQ: The Professional Learning Improvement Plan: What is the role of the PLAT Representative AND what does this mean for the work of PLAT?

  12. General Information • Goal 1 – 3 of the District Strategic Plan • Each item was included in the district strategic plan as indicated • Financial support comes from District Professional Learning Funds • Strategic Plan – Action steps from the District Strategic Plan are noted (Strategic Plan) • Goals 4 – 5 are the focus of PLAT

  13. Professional LearningImprovement Plan • Read the Action Steps for Goal #4 and Goal #5 of the Professional Learning Improvement Plan • Put a (+) by any items on the list that you have heard about and a ( - ) by any items on the list that you have not heard about • Highlight the Action Steps that apply to your role as a PLAT representative

  14. Focus on PLAT • At your table “star” the items that you all agree that PLAT is directly involved • Read each statement associated with PLAT • Individually jot down three questions you have about the items directly related to PLAT on a yellow post-it • Other questions – jot down on a different color post-it note • Group – sort and categorize questions • Share one important question with the group

  15. Action Items • Send out Special Education/General Education Survey • Recruit a Special Educator to attend our November meeting

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