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Modified for Columbia County Middle School Writing Facilitators
Administrators And Teachers Working Together To…Administrators And Teachers Working Together To…
give studentsthe best of the best
encourage eachother to achievemore professionally
ensure that
ALL students
are successful
in writing
share knowledge
and
teaching strategies
look at the datato make instructional
decisionsincrease student successes
Increase writing in the
schools
maximize theirefforts in all
content areas
bring out the
best in ALL
children
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Professional Learning Professional Learning Communities…..Communities…..
•Have the support of their administrators
•Have clear and common goals
•Have a regular agreed-upon meeting time
•Use data to drive instruction
•Work collaboratively to plan and revise lessons
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Professional Learning Communities…..Professional Learning Communities…..
•Ensure that students learn
•Focus on results
•Create a culture of collaboration(and actually collaborate)
DuFour, Richard. 2004. “What Is A Professional Learning Community?”
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A Professional Learning Community Is A Professional Learning Community Is NOT……NOT……
• just one more thing to add to our already-busy schedule.• a book-of-the-month club or study program.
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A Professional Learning Community A Professional Learning Community Is NOT……Is NOT……
• one more program from the district or state that they want us to implement. “Here we go again! ”• a sure-fire system that worked at a school somewhere else.• a bandwagon program that will go away.
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The Traditional School The Traditional School StructureStructure
Still today, many teachers are dispersed into isolated classrooms
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The Pseudo PLC StructureIndividual classrooms organized into isolated groups
on an infrequent basis.
Team 6
Team 5
Team 4
Team 3
Team 2
Team 1
pseu-do: adjective, 1.not actually but having the appearance of; pretend; false; sham.2.almost, approaching, or trying to be.
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The PLC Structure
A cohesive school organized into Interdependent Collaborative
Teams.Team 6
Team 5
Team 4
Team 3
Team 2
Team 1
Vertica
l D
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eHorizontal Dialogue
Horizontal Dialogue
Horizontal Dialogue
Horizontal Dialogue
Horizontal Dialogue
Horizontal Dialogue
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It’s A Shift,
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Tiger Woods
He works in a foursome, but he is truly independent. No matter which foursome he is with, he does not collaborate, help or encourage them. Tiger wants to get all the glory.
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Michael Jordan
In the pros, Michael earned many individual accolades including league MVP. But of all those accolades, his greatest desire was to win the World Championship. It wasn’t until he began to collaborate with his teammates that the ultimate goal was attained.
Forming Collaborative GroupsForming Collaborative Groups(PLCs)(PLCs)
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Creation Of Collaborative Creation Of Collaborative TeamsTeams
The fundamental question in organizing the team is:
Do the people on this team have a shared responsibility for responding to the learning of their students? What is your shared responsibility on this writing initiative? How do all the participants share in ownership?
Step 1Step 1
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CC Writing Team Structures:CC Writing Team Structures:
• All teachers teaching the same grade level—Your
noted grade level writing PLCs (core content
teachers)
• Vertical teams—Once a month with all grade levels
(Vital components of your PLCs are common writing standards and
the 4 critical questions. To maximize effectiveness, groupings of
teachers need to be teaching the same standards to create
common strategies and goals and have focused discussion on
standards. )
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Team FacilitatorsTeam FacilitatorsYou are:
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An EncouragerPositive
The Trail Guide
A Celebrator
A Listener
Looking Ahead
A Team Member A Team Builder
and
No Pressure!!!!
Administrators should be in constant communication with facilitators to provide the following in order to guide the group:
- suggested agenda items
- occasional relevant research article for teams to discuss
- supporting the “people” issues
“Is your team coming to consensus?”
“Is everyone arriving on time and coming prepared?”
“Is the team seeing results from collaboration?”
“How can we (administration) support you?”
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Step 2Step 2Develop Team NormsDevelop Team Norms
The Standards Of Behavior by Which We Agree To Operate While We Are In This Group
(Refer to NORM reproducibles)
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Effective teams review the
norms as their first agenda item at each
meeting. (1 min.)
Step 3Step 3
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(Refer to SMART Goals reproducibles)
At the end of each nine weeks, teams should begin the next phase of writing SMART Goals.
(i.e.At the end of the second nine weeks, 80% of our 6th graders will have written at least one timed writing.)
Even more important than setting the goal…How will we accomplish this goal? Small groups, focused-writing groups…
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(Refer to reproducible #133)
1.What is the instructional focus ?
2.What are the instructional strategies?
3.How will we know when they have learned it?
4.How will we respond when they need remediation or enrichment?
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PLC Meets
Focus
Using the standards,the team
creates a topic or focus for the next
PLC.
Strategies
Teacher instructs using effectivestrategies fromthe team’s focus
Meeting.
PLC Meets
Assessment/
Feedback
The teamdiscusses
feedback and how they measure growth in writing.
Response/Next steps
Teacher remediatesor enriches
basedon the
information gathered in
the PLC.
The Team Cycle for Writing The Team Cycle for Writing PLCPLC
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https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/common-formative-assessment
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My PLC experience provides the knowledge and tools necessary for a professional educator. By participating in the meetings I gained a solid foundation in pedagogy and instructional strategies that enable me to enter the classroom with skills and confidence I need to be as a successful teacher. The professional educator is on an endless journey of looking for new and better ideas, new information and improved skills to succeed with the students.
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A professional is someone who without supervision or regulations is a responsible person, has continuing growth, plans to achieve competence and strives continuously to raise the level of each student. Our mission is to teach students the important skills, knowledge, and values necessary to succeed in tomorrow's world. The vision of the PLC is to promote a model for continuous lifelong learning, teaching excellence and supporting an educational community, this is my goal as a teacher.
Sincerely, Jacqueline HarrisMiddle School Math Teacher Celebration K-8 School
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If we continue to take in information as we have always taken in information,
Then we will continue to think as we have always thought.
If we continue to think as we have always thought,
Then we will continue to believe as we have always believed.
If we continue to believe as we have always believed,
Then we will continue to act as we have always acted,
Then we will continue to get what we have always gotten.
An Act Of Futility
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Writing Achievement
Teamwork
Shared Knowledge
College-Career Readystudents
We Can All Make A Difference In The Life Of A Child
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Please look at your RESA consultant support and contact any of us if you need additional documents, research, etc.
Mary Stout [email protected] Sligh [email protected] Flanders [email protected] Hooven [email protected] Bradshaw [email protected]
Original Source of Slides: The School District Of Osceola County, Florida
Some slides have been modified to fit the CC PLC initiative.
Contact InformationContact Information
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