PLC ACTION STEPS

Riverton Action Steps

Riverton High SchoolPLC Action Steps5 Year Plan

What does this look like in our department?

What is the process we took to implement the action steps?

Why?

KeepItSimpleStupid

“Accountability & Visibility

Development Stages

Implementation Stages

1Identify

EssentialStandards

ESSENTIAL STANDARDSWhat makes them essential?

3 possible criteria make a standard an “essential” standardPower Standards: Identifying the Standards that Matter the Most

by Larry Ainsworth

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What AreEssential Standards?

Endurance:

Knowledge that is relevant throughout life

Leverage:

Applicable to many academic disciplines

What AreEssential Standards?

Readiness:

Necessary to succeed at next level or course

What AreEssential Standards?

Essential Standards Process

Step 1Individually review the list of standards for the class

Step 2Build consensus as a team about which standards are essential standards

Step 3Check alignment to state test using “test blueprint”

Step 4Look at the results of your longitudinal data i.e. previous state test scores

Step 5Check your list of essential standards for vertical alignment

“Easy way to remember?

Heart = ESSENTIAL

Leg = Not essential to life

“What you will find is that a good set of Essential Standards will cover about 88% of the items on the state test, but not 100%. If you go after the extra 12%, you will have to cover many more standards and hence have less teaching time to thoroughly teach each of the essential standards. Power Standards: Identifying the Standards that Matter the Most

by Larry Ainsworth

ESSENTIAL STANDARDS

Essential Standards help avoid

Curriculum Chaos

“Robert J. Marzano rates a Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum as the first factor having the most impact on student achievement

What Works in Schoolsby Robert J. Marzano

2Create

Pacing & Unit Guides

3Create

Common Assessments

Types of Assessments

3 Types of Assessments:

Multiple ChoiceOpen-EndedPerformance Based

Type of Assessments

3 Types of Assessments:

Multiple ChoiceOpen-EndedPerformance Based

Which one is best?

Which Assessment?

None of the methods are inherently superior to any other, and all are viable if used well

What Size?

What size of assessment?

What Size?

Three is the minimum number of questions for each learning target

Triangulated Result

What Size?

Four questions are better if you use multiple choice questions

PACING GUIDES

Remember:

These documents areliving and changecontinually

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