What is the connection between BLT’s and PLC’s?
District Leadership Team
District SMART Goals
Building Leadership Team
Building SMART Goals
PLC Teams
Grade Level / Department / Course SMART Goals
Student SMART Goals
Professional Learning
Communities
Goals for today:
•Understand
teams
the relationship between the BLT and the PLC
•Describe
what PLC looks like and how it is unique from what
we have experienced
•Provide
examples of PLC team structures
•Describe
•Identify
characteristics of high performing PLC teams
current status and future needs in regards to the
critical questions
What does a PLC look like?
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View All Things PLC video clip
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Listen for 5 elements
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Complete a T-Chart
◦ What is looks like
◦ How its unique from what we do/have done?
How is it unique from what
we do/have done?
Look Like…
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Collaborative
Essential knowledge
Monitor learning- formative
assessments
Systemic Interventions
Enrichment opportunities
What is a PLC?
Cultural Shifts
View video clip and refer to your t-chart
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Working Collaboratively
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Focus on Results
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Learning Centered
Handouts pp 28-30
LBD pp 11-14
Making Connections
What are your building’s priority areas?
Reflection…
 Where
is
your
school?
 Mark on
the
continuum
X
PLC Culture Summary
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Summarize key
findings!
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What are key
opportunities
for
improvement?
A Shift in Fundamental Purpose
Key Strengths
Key Opportunities
Action/Ideas?
A Shift in Use of Assessments
Key Strengths
Key Opportunities
Action/Ideas?
A Shift in the Response When Student’s Don’t Learn
Key Strengths
Key Opportunities
Action/Ideas?
A Shift in the Work of Teachers
Key Strengths
Key Opportunities
Action/Ideas?
PLC Culture Shift Summary
Poster presentation:
 List your top 3 PLC Culture Shift areas to
address at your school
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Identify a spokesperson to share your
poster!
The Collaborative Team
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Who is it?
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What will it look like?
◦ Loose/ Tight
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What are the responsibilities?
ATP video: Collaborative Culture
Collaborative Team Definition
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A group of people working
interdependently to achieve a common goal
for which members are held mutually
accountable. Collaborative teams are the
fundamental building blocks of PLCs.
Handout p. 11
7 steps to building High-performing
Teams
Embedded Collaboration through teams
2. Time for teams to collaborate
3. Focus the work of teams on the “critical
issues”
4. Monitor the work of teams through
products
5. Establish team norms
6. Identify team SMART goals
7. Provide teams with relevant student
achievement data
1.
Possible Team Structures
Horizontal
 Vertical
 Interdisciplinary
 Logical links
 District or regional teams
 Electronic teams
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Handout p. 12 and ATP video
Team Structures
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Brainstorm
Building teams
District teams
(Flip chart)
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Use the team definition as a guide
7 steps to building High-performing
Teams
Embedded Collaboration through teams
2. Time for teams to collaborate
3. Focus the work of teams on the “critical
issues/questions”
4. Monitor the work of teams through
products
5. Establish team norms
6. Identify team SMART goals
7. Provide teams with relevant student
achievement data
1.
Time for Collaboration

Building the time into the schedule
◦ District Leadership Team

How often will teams meet?
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Which teams will meet?
7 steps to building High-performing
Teams
Embedded Collaboration through teams
2. Time for teams to collaborate
3. Focus the work of teams on the “critical
issues/questions”
4. Monitor the work of teams through
products
5. Establish team norms
6. Identify team SMART goals
7. Provide teams with relevant student
achievement data
1.
Focus on Critical Questions
What do we want our students to learn?
 How will we know if each student has
learned it?
 How will we respond when some
students do not learn?
 How can we extend and enrich the
learning for students who have
demonstrated proficiency?
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Handout p. 19
Looks Like
Sounds Like
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What type of team
structure?
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How are the teachers
responding to each other?
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Which critical questions
are they addressing?
Team Examples
7 steps to building High-performing
Teams
Embedded Collaboration through teams
2. Time for teams to collaborate
3. Focus the work of teams on the “critical
issues”
4. Monitor the work of teams through
products
5. Establish team norms
6. Identify team SMART goals
7. Provide teams with relevant student
achievement data
1.
Team Products
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What products are the teams using?
Essential Outcomes
 Common Assessments
 SMART Goals
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7 steps to building High-performing
Teams
Embedded Collaboration through teams
2. Time for teams to collaborate
3. Focus the work of teams on the “critical
issues”
4. Monitor the work of teams through
products
5. Establish team norms
6. Identify team SMART goals
7. Provide teams with relevant student
achievement data
1.
Critical Issues for Teams
Handout p. 49
Identify which critical question each statement
addresses.
Groups
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Teams
Provide examples when we
have formed groups and for
what reason
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Provide examples of when
we have formed teams who
have addressed the critical
questions
Dunlap Examples
Current Status
Identify where your school is on the continuum
Handout pp 82 & 83
Where are we as a district? (Dot activity)
What do we have?
What do we need?
http://dunlapcusd.rubiconatlas.org
Critical Question 1
What do we have in place?
What do we need?
Critical Question 2
What do we have in place?
What do we need?
Critical Question 2
What do we have in place?
What do we need?
Critical Question 4
Guiding Questions
Complete Guiding Questions
Handout pages 90 & 91
Action Plan for Staff Sharing
Professional Development Action Plan
Content
Activities
Resources
Time