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PLC’s: Bumpy Roads & Smooth Highways on the Way to our Destination!

PLC’s: Bumpy Roads & Smooth Highways on the Way to our Destination!. Road Map. Opening Activities Our Journey: Bumpy to Smooth Roads Processing Your Learning Q & A Closing. Getting to Know our Audience!. “Popcorn”. Inclusion Strategy: Clearing (Adaptive Schools).

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PLC’s: Bumpy Roads & Smooth Highways on the Way to our Destination!

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  1. PLC’s: Bumpy Roads & Smooth Highways on the Way to our Destination!

  2. Road Map Opening Activities Our Journey: Bumpy to Smooth Roads Processing Your Learning Q & A Closing

  3. Getting to Know our Audience! “Popcorn”

  4. Inclusion Strategy: Clearing(Adaptive Schools) Begin meeting by having members clear thoughts on their minds Nothing is irrelevant Allow members to speak only once Use round-robin approach Silence is OK

  5. Beginnings: Bumpy Road About 5 years ago Superintendent Driven – Top Down No buy-in No training Agendas & facilitation: administrative Ineffective collaboration Lack of purpose Once a month formal meetings

  6. The Fork in the Road! Two teams attend sessions with the DuFours & begin talking!

  7. Taking a Turn in the Right Direction: Opening Day Staff Meeting

  8. Mapping the Journey: Developing Common Knowledge through the Du Four DVD series

  9. Making the Commitment Our Banner

  10. The Road Repaved….

  11. Superintendent Driven to... Principal Enthusiasm and Buy-In

  12. No Buy-In to… PLC Facilitators: Teacher Leadership

  13. No Training to… DVD’s for all staff, professional books available, & continued staff workshops/conference with the DuFours

  14. Agendas & facilitation administrative to… PLC facilitators & focus on the four questions

  15. The Four Questions: What do we want students to know? How will we know if they know it? What will we do if they don’t know it? What will we do if they already know it?

  16. Ineffective Collaboration to… Adaptive Schools (adult version of our Responsive Classrooms)

  17. Lack of Purpose to… Focus on the four questions

  18. Once a Month Formal Meetings to… Weekly meetings as desired by teams

  19. The Four Questions: What do we want students to know? - Essential Learnings How will we know if they know it? – Common Formative Assessments What will we do if they don’t know it? – WIN Block & RTI What will we do if they already know it? - WIN Block

  20. What do we want students to know? Essential Learnings

  21. How will we know if they know it? Common Formative Assessments

  22. Common Formative Assessment

  23. What will we do if they don’t know it?What will we do if they already know it? RTI &WIN Block

  24. RTI

  25. Processing all this Information:Walk About Review

  26. Sending Postcards about: Common Knowledge (Vision & Training) Relationships amongst teammates WIN Blocks – meeting student needs academically & socially They are “all – all of our kids!”

  27. Still Navigating the Map: Documenting Student Progress Common Time The Impact of Staff Cuts Dealing with APPR Interference! Districtwide Implementation

  28. Q&A

  29. ClosingThank you & good luck!

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