PLC LEADERSHIP
ACADEMY
November 17/December 15/January 19
Jeremy Koselak
Secondary RtI Coordinator
AGENDA AND OBJECTIVES
Paperwork
Course Overview & Goal
Application and “Homework”
Tonight's Objectives
• Securing the Why
• Clarifying the What of collaboration in PLC context
• Building the structures to support intentional collaboration
(the How)
PAPERWORK AND SUCH
• Earning Credit (Course Expectations & Syllabus)
• CDE (free) or D11 ($, flexible, up to 3hrs)
• 5 x 1.5 =7.5hrs, or ½ credit
• With monthly HW, goes to at least 1, up to 3*
• Learn By Doing (application & reading each
month)
• *3 credit option: Project = Binder & Site
Visit/Observation with Feedback
COURSE GOAL
Support each other in becoming highly
effective at leading collaborative teacher
teams
in order to improve teaching and learning
outcomes.
3 CORE BELIEFS OF A PROFESSIONAL
LEARNING COMMUNITY
Collaborative Culture
Focus on Learning
Results Orientation
These beliefs (and corresponding actions) best empower schools to
collectively and systematically
provide the extra time and support students need to learn at a high
level, graduate, and reach their potential.
WHY?
In this culture/environment, nothing is left to chance
The team works together to ensure a guaranteed and viable
curriculum
which helps shrink the “Opportunity Gap” and the
corresponding achievement gap.
GUARANTEED AND VIABLE CURRICULUM...
The Standards
What is Taught
What is Assessed
Commonly Assessed
Intervened
GVC
WHAT SHOULD EFFECTIVE TEAMS
COLLABORATE ABOUT?
Beyond Cobblaboration & Clobberation
Highly effective teams collaborate to:
• clarify essential outcomes by grade or course.
• develop common formative assessments.
• establish targets and benchmarks.
• analyze assessment results.
• plan for intervention by name and need.
• improve instructional strategies.
• innovate responsibly based on action research.
THE 4 PLC QUESTIONS
1. What knowledge and skills should every student
master as a result of this unit of instruction?
2. How will we know when each student has
mastered the essential knowledge and skills?
3. How will we respond when some students do not
learn?
4. How will we extend, enrich and personalize
learning for students already proficient?
MAIL CALL PROTOCOL
LOGISTICAL TIPS
1. Each person receives an envelope containing three index
cards.
2. On the outside of the envelope, describe a problem of
practice your team is facing in regards to PLC work,
3. Write your name on the envelope and then passes the
envelope to another person (at a different table) for ideas to
help solving the problem
4. The process continues until the envelope is returned to the
original person, containing several new ideas inside.
MAIL CALL PROTOCOL TIME
FRAMES
Step 1 Identify the “Problem of Practice.”
Step 2 First pass – provide feedback
Step 3 Second pass – provide feedback
Step 4 Third pass – provide feedback
Step 5 Review the feedback on the ‘POP’
3 mins
3 mins
3 mins
3 mins
2 mins
Share these ideas with your team as part of this month’s HW
NORMS & ROLES
Our Norms will be about participation & engagement (7 norms of
collaboration)
• Each person list on a sticky note additional norms they feel are
important for working in teams in this class.
• Tables then consider, modify and record any adjustments/additions.
• Share out, discuss
• Everyone signs off at some point during a break.
Other types we will explore throughout the class include Professional and
Data Centered (included in packet)
NORM VIOLATIONS?
Strategies to ensure norms are followed in our class (and for future
reference)
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Agree to common norms
Agree on way to address violations (humor, point back to them)
“Publish/Post” them, refer back to them
Call out any violation
Discuss norms formally (why did we have them, should we adjust?)
Re-Norm the group
Request outside facilitator to help address key issue (using a protocol )
Principal level support, join the meetings*
Break apart the team
DETERMINE ROLES
Facilitator, air traffic controller
Recorder,
Spokesperson
Runner, Devil’s advocate
5 MIN BREAK
•Upon Return…Cultural Shifts
in a PLC (runners please
grab a stack for your table)
NECESSARY SHIFTS
Look at document, "Cultural Shifts in a PLC"
• Check/highlight the most challenging ones
facing your team and/or school.
• Recorder captures 1 from each person
• Spokesperson shares one that best
captures the conversation at the table
OBSERVING
Watch the video from a MS model (5 min)
Using evidence from the Observation Form
• Point to specific areas observed that
demonstrate effective teaming
• What are the areas for improvement?
HOMEWORK FOR FEBRUARY 16
1) Read the Article: “How PLCs Do Data Right" by Rick Dufour,
ASCD 2015 and highlight key insights or points that resonate from
the article. (1+)
2) Share ideas with your team from mail call protocol (about your
problem of practice) and other resources from tonight. (2+)
3) Visit D11 PLC website and come prepared to share/discuss 1
resource that adds value to your PLC work. (2+)