Creating a plc edu 588-updated
- 1. Creating a PLC within our school GCU-Edu.588 Paola Esparza March 13,2018
- 2. Introductions • Ms. Esparza • 7th year teaching,TK teacher for 4 years now • Have also taught 6th grade and 2nd grade • Worked in the education field since 2005 as a tutor, and intervention specialist, and substitute teacher.
- 3. Today’s Topic and Objective: • Creating a PLC (Planning Learning Community) within our school • Objective: By the end of today we will have learned what a PLC looks like and the benefits of creating a PLC in our school.
- 4. Needs assessment results: • Through a needs assessment survey and several conversations with colleagues it seems like there is a big desire for more collaboration time.
- 5. What is a PLC? • PLC stands for Planning Learning Community • Grade levels meet individually to plan for upcoming units of study and share ideas and strategies • Grade levels can also use the collaboration time to analyze student data and plan interventions.
- 6. What does a PLC look like? • One “grade leader” • “Grade leaders” are in charge of meeting with the principal and receive important information to bring back to the grade level. • “Group secretary” to be in charge of keeping minutes and keep notes • “time keeper” to be in charge of making sure meetings start on time and end on time. • We respect each other and conduct our PLC in a professional manner
- 7. Example of a Bad PLC meeting: • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm5An3C 8xo8
- 8. Round Robin • Answer the following question using a Round Robin format: • What did you notice in the video that would be an example of a “bad PLC meeting?
- 9. Example of a good PLC meeting • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yond9NTk upk • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=053ayc0Q aeI
- 10. Round Robin • Answer the following question: • What did the teachers in the sample PLC video’s do that was positive?
- 11. Benefits of creating a PLC • Increase collaboration among staff • Set time to collaborate and plan within grade levels • Analyze data within grade level to help differentiate instruction • All teachers share the responsibility for all students in a grade level • Support each other and know we can help each other and our students grow
- 12. How do we begin a PLC at Vermont? 1. 1. Each grade level will form a PLC 2. 2. Administrators and support staff will be supporting grade levels during their PLC times. 3. 3. Grade levels need to choose a grade leader to represent their grade level at monthly leadership meetings with the Principal.
- 13. Expectations of a PLC • Norms: • We start on time and end on time • We respect each other and share the responsibilities • Our meeting time is a time to reflect and share ideas and strategies • Our students’ success is our main goal • Focus on what we CAN change
- 14. Where do we begin? • 1. As a staff we will choose the best time to meet within our PLC’s • 2. As a grade level choose a person to fill each of the “job” positions within a PLC.
- 15. Possible resources • http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/may04/vol61/num08/What-Is-a-Professional-Learning- Community¢.aspx • • http://www.allthingsplc.info • • https://wvde.state.wv.us/ctn/Workshop%20Materials/CTN%20October%20Conference/October%20Day1%20Handouts.pdf • • Roberts, S. M., & Pruitt, E. Z. (Eds.). (2008). Schools as professional learning communities: Collaborative activities and strategies for professional development. Corwin Press. • • https://study.com/academy/topic/professional-learning-communities-overview.html
- 16. Satisfaction Survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HF867SR Please take a moment to go to the above link and answer a few questions to help me improve this presentation.
Editor's Notes
- #3: Can share a little bit of my teaching experience and my background in the education field.
- #4: Have one of the participants read the objective of the PD
- #5: Discuss the reason why I chose this topic, what the needs assessment results and several conversations with colleagues have shown.
- #6: A PLC is structured and will be a time to collaborate and work on lessons or interventions for our students. Our PLC meetings will have a purpose and we will try our best to meet that purpose during every meeting.