Information from this presentation from the following sources: http://www.allthingsplc.info/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CsGao_i1BM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTeIA8l_Jl8&feature=related

1. Professional Learning
Communities
Graettinger-Terril Community School District
March 12, 2012

2. IF...

3. IF...
If I were a kid here at G-T (EL, MS, HS),
how would I know GTCSD is on the path
to becoming a high achieving school
and/or what would it take to continue on
this path?

4. IF...

5. We Are Your PLC!

6. We Are Your PLC!
Some entertainment to start our day off
right!

7. We Are Your PLC!
Some entertainment to start our day off
right!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=7CsGao_i1BM

8. First...

9. First...
Jot down a definition of the term
Professional Learning Community

10. First...
Jot down a definition of the term
Professional Learning Community
Do you consider G-T CSD a PLC?

11. First...
Jot down a definition of the term
Professional Learning Community
Do you consider G-T CSD a PLC?
Why or Why Not?

12. First...
Jot down a definition of the term
Professional Learning Community
Do you consider G-T CSD a PLC?
Why or Why Not?
What professional development have you
personally done in the area of PLCs,
Assessment, and/or Interventions?

13. What is a PLC?

14. What is a PLC?
“An ongoing process in which educators work
collaboratively in recurring cycles of collective
inquiry and action research to achieve better results
for the students they serve...”

15. What is a PLC?
“An ongoing process in which educators work
collaboratively in recurring cycles of collective
inquiry and action research to achieve better results
for the students they serve...”
“A PLC is composed of collaborative teams whose
members work interdependently to achieve common
goals for which members are mutually accountable”

16. What is a PLC?
“An ongoing process in which educators work
collaboratively in recurring cycles of collective
inquiry and action research to achieve better results
for the students they serve...”
“A PLC is composed of collaborative teams whose
members work interdependently to achieve common
goals for which members are mutually accountable”
from Learning by Doing, 2nd ed

17. What is a PLC?
“An ongoing process in which educators work
collaboratively in recurring cycles of collective
inquiry and action research to achieve better results
for the students they serve...”
“A PLC is composed of collaborative teams whose
members work interdependently to achieve common
goals for which members are mutually accountable”
from Learning by Doing, 2nd ed

18. What is a PLC?
“An ongoing process in which educators work
collaboratively in recurring cycles of collective
inquiry and action research to achieve better results
for the students they serve...”
“A PLC is composed of collaborative teams whose
members work interdependently to achieve common
goals for which members are mutually accountable”
from Learning by Doing, 2nd ed

19. What is a PLC?
“An ongoing process in which educators work
collaboratively in recurring cycles of collective
inquiry and action research to achieve better results
for the students they serve...”
“A PLC is composed of collaborative teams whose
members work interdependently to achieve common
goals for which members are mutually accountable”
from Learning by Doing, 2nd ed

20. What PLCs are not...

21. What PLCs are not...
A Program

22. What PLCs are not...
A Program
Wednesday Morning Meetings

23. What PLCs are not...
A Program
Wednesday Morning Meetings
Something the District “did” Last Year

24. What PLCs are not...
A Program
Wednesday Morning Meetings
Something the District “did” Last Year
A Book Study Group

25. The 3 Big Ideas of PLCs

26. The 3 Big Ideas of PLCs
A Focus on Learning

27. The 3 Big Ideas of PLCs
A Focus on Learning
A Culture of Collaboration

28. The 3 Big Ideas of PLCs
A Focus on Learning
A Culture of Collaboration
A Focus on Results

29. Big Idea #1: A Focus on Learning

30. Big Idea #1: A Focus on Learning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTeIA8l_Jl8&feature=related

31. Big Idea #1: A Focus on Learning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTeIA8l_Jl8&feature=related
All students can learn at high levels

32. Big Idea #1: A Focus on Learning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTeIA8l_Jl8&feature=related
All students can learn at high levels
Teams take responsibility for that
learning

33. Big Idea #1: A Focus on Learning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTeIA8l_Jl8&feature=related
All students can learn at high levels
Teams take responsibility for that
learning
Adults are learning too

34. Current Practice
Do we provide targeted, differentiated,
research-based instruction to our
students?
Are our assessment and grading
practices aligned to support extending
learning time?

35. Big Idea #2: A Culture of Collaboration

36. Big Idea #2: A Culture of Collaboration
Educators work collaboratively to foster
the learning of all students and accept
collective responsibility for that learning

37. Big Idea #2: A Culture of Collaboration
Educators work collaboratively to foster
the learning of all students and accept
collective responsibility for that learning
Work of teams is to gain clarity around
essential learning targets, develop common
formative assessments and analyze data to
increase student achievement

38. Big Idea #3: A Focus on Results

39. Big Idea #3: A Focus on Results
Teams develop and pursue measurable
improvement goals

40. Big Idea #3: A Focus on Results
Teams develop and pursue measurable
improvement goals
Teams review results of common formative
assessments to discover strengths and
weaknesses in their individual teaching in
order to learn from on another

41. Big Idea #3: A Focus on Results
Teams develop and pursue measurable
improvement goals
Teams review results of common formative
assessments to discover strengths and
weaknesses in their individual teaching in
order to learn from on another
Teams use data to identify students who need
additional time and support

43. What does our data say?
What does it tell us about GTCSD?

44. What does our data say?
What does it tell us about GTCSD?

45. What does our data say?
What does it tell us about GTCSD?
How would knowing our data change and guide
our discussions, our teaching efforts, our research?

46. What does our data say?
What does it tell us about GTCSD?
How would knowing our data change and guide
our discussions, our teaching efforts, our research?

47. Where do we rate?

48. Where do we rate?
Learning should not be an accident; it should be
determined, assessed, and revisited through a systematic
approach...

49. Where do we rate?
Learning should not be an accident; it should be
determined, assessed, and revisited through a systematic
approach...
Can we honestly say that we are approaching
education, instruction and learning, with research-
based and efficient methods?

50. Where do we rate?
Learning should not be an accident; it should be
determined, assessed, and revisited through a systematic
approach...
Can we honestly say that we are approaching
education, instruction and learning, with research-
based and efficient methods?
Regardless of “research-based” - is what we are
doing working? What is the evidence that what we
are currently doing is working?

51. Where do we rate?
Learning should not be an accident; it should be
determined, assessed, and revisited through a systematic
approach...
Can we honestly say that we are approaching
education, instruction and learning, with research-
based and efficient methods?
Regardless of “research-based” - is what we are
doing working? What is the evidence that what we
are currently doing is working?
If not, what is holding us back? What are the barriers?

52. Where do we want to send our kids?

53. Where do we want to send our kids?
“Henry Higgins School” - where “We
believe all kids can learn...and we will
work to help all students achieve high
standards of learning.”

54. Take a minute and discuss with a partner...

55. Take a minute and discuss with a partner...
What does our “District’s Purpose, Mission, Vision, Goals,
Collective Commitments” mean to us?

56. Take a minute and discuss with a partner...
What does our “District’s Purpose, Mission, Vision, Goals,
Collective Commitments” mean to us?
Mission: Why do we exist?

57. Take a minute and discuss with a partner...
What does our “District’s Purpose, Mission, Vision, Goals,
Collective Commitments” mean to us?
Mission: Why do we exist?
Vision: What do we hope to become?

58. Take a minute and discuss with a partner...
What does our “District’s Purpose, Mission, Vision, Goals,
Collective Commitments” mean to us?
Mission: Why do we exist?
Vision: What do we hope to become?
Collective Commitments: What commitments must we make
to create the school or district that will improve our ability
to fulfill our purpose?

59. Take a minute and discuss with a partner...
What does our “District’s Purpose, Mission, Vision, Goals,
Collective Commitments” mean to us?
Mission: Why do we exist?
Vision: What do we hope to become?
Collective Commitments: What commitments must we make
to create the school or district that will improve our ability
to fulfill our purpose?
Goals: What goals will we use to monitor our progress?

60. Take a minute and discuss with a partner...
What does our “District’s Purpose, Mission, Vision, Goals,
Collective Commitments” mean to us?
Mission: Why do we exist?
Vision: What do we hope to become?
Collective Commitments: What commitments must we make
to create the school or district that will improve our ability
to fulfill our purpose?
Goals: What goals will we use to monitor our progress?
If you were to share this information with a new teacher,
how would you summarize in your own words,
through examples, stories, evidence, etc.?

61. Don’t tell me you believe
“all kids can learn”…
tell me what you’re doing
about the kids
who aren’t learning.
-- Rick DuFour