Staying On Track with PLCsMount Airy City Schools

As Presented ByDr. Kim Morrison

Where are you with Professional Learning CommunitiesDiscuss with a partner if you Feel PLCs are Developing,Emerging, Strong, or Exceptional and why?

Share with your partner what you think your next step in Professional Learning Communities should be?

Questions or Comments

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Setting the Course for Your Destination Defining Effective PLCs

Outlining the Facilitators Role

Establishing PLC Expectations

Defining Effective PLCs

What is the purpose of PLCs?

Collaborative meetings of educators in which data-driven decisions are made to improve teacher’s instruction leading to improved students outcomes.

Protocols for each PLC will be rolled out slowly over time throughout the year with intentionality.

You will be trained on each protocol as it is being used and you will have time to get comfortable with the protocol.

Plan

Imple-ment

AssessAnalyze

Reflect

PLAN

This time in a continuous improvement model is when teachers plan lessons to ensure every child in their classroom meets the learning targets of the lesson.

Protocol

During the planning phase there will be a protocol entitled:

Standards in Practice

It helps educators design rigorous assignments.

Standards in Practice

http://macschools.pbworks.com/w/page/68209025/PLC%20Protocols

Implement

During continuous improvement teachers will implement what they have planned.

Unpacking a Standard

If a standard needs to be unpacked. They will do this prior to implementation.

Unpacking a Standard

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Assess

Formative assessment occurs during instruction to see where students are in the learning process.

Summative assessment occurs once teachers have finished instructing on a topic.

Common Formative Assessment

Common Formative Assessment (CFA)

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Analyze

CFAs and other forms of student data outcomes will be analyzed. This data feedback will help us understand how to change our instruction to meet student needs.

Data Feedback Strategy (DFS)

Data Feedback Strategy

Here is a video of the DFS

http://wsfcs.k12.nc.us/site/default.aspx?PageID=1

Data Feedback Strategy

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Reflect

Once we learn information from data we must develop plans to support interventions for struggling students and enrichment for students that are performing above grade level.

This takes us back to the continuous cycle at PLAN.

Plan

Imple-ment

AssessAnalyze

Reflect

When we begin with the end in mind, we have a personal direction to guide our daily activities, without which we will accomplish little toward our own goals.

Stephen Covey

Today we will practice with the protocol

“Unpacking a Standard”

This protocol is used if students

have struggled with or are anticipated

to struggle with a standard.

Let’s watch a video clip of an “unpacking” protocol.

Unpacking a Standard

http://wsfcs.k12.nc.us/site/default.aspx?PageID=1

Unpacking Activity

Take your unpacking protocol and directions.

These will be electronically given to the PLC participants.

Teachers may print a hard copy if they need one.

Facilitator’s Role

Start meeting on time

Recap last meeting

Plan and review agenda

Facilitator’s Role

Utilize time appropriately

Prepare content/data in advance

Utilize probing questions to develop essential ideas and increase involvement of participants

Facilitator’s Role

Use appropriate protocols

Focus discussions on student achievement

Role Play Activity

The goal of the facilitator is to engage teachers in productive dialogue about their students data and their response to the data.

Find a partner. One of you will be the facilitator and one the teacher.

Role Play Activity

Let’s debrief the role play.

Planning for the Journey

Protocol and Calendar for first quarter (Monday at 10)

Follow up Training Monday at 10 for Facilitators

Monthly meetings and support

Monitoring Forms

PLC Expectations

PLCs will meet weekly Primary, Intermediate and Middle

Schools will have one facilitator per school

High Schools will have 5 facilitators PLCs will focus on student

achievement PLCs will focus in the areas covered

today of PLAN, IMPLEMENT, ASSESS, ANALYZE, and REFLECT

How do we Monitor Implementation?

Completed protocols

Walkthroughs

Agenda/Action Plans

How can we make PLCs successful?

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Faculty Buy-In Invitation to “Get on Board” Participation in goal setting and

action planning Seeing how PLC implementation will

benefit them and their students Create a nurturing environment -

Allow risk taking Permission to make mistakes

Staying on Track

•Setting the course for the Destination

•Planning for the Journey