Professional Learning Communities Team Leaders Guide
Part of the responsibility of the PLC Team Leader is to ensure that the SMART Goals and action plan of the school is fully developed and implemented. The PLC Team Leader will help prepare the action plans of the school that are based on the four specific elements within the action planning guide. These four specific elements include indicators, measures, targets and instructional strategies. This year due to the transition into the Common Core Standards the PLC Team Leaders will need to focus on two major curriculum areas of reading and math.
Our goals will be twofold. One is to establish indicators and measures through the creation of summative and formative assessments that are aligned to the Common Core units of study. Two is to develop targets and instructional strategies within a fluid action plan that addresses the Common Core learning needs of our students. To accomplish the development of the schools action plan we will need to first address student centered SMART Goals. These SMART Goals can only be based upon previous year’s student performance as they are tied to Common Core assessments and Differentiated Instruction. SMART Goal Action Plans will be fluid during the 2013 – 2014 school and should progressively include;
- INDICATORS: (Standards and objectives, weak areas for students) Identify areas of weakness for both Common Core Summative Assessments and the previous year’s state assessments.
- MEASURES: (Tools we’ll use to determine where students are now and whether they are improving) Develop and implement formative and summative Common Core authentic assessments based on levels of learning rubrics.
- TARGETS: (The attainable performance level we would like to see) Review of end of quarter summative assessments to establish additional action plan indicators, measures and targets.
- INSTRUCTIONAL STRATAGIES (Methods of instruction practices that is articulated through DCMS student centered instructional goals)
Improvement goals established for the coming year include:
- Five Kinds of Teacher Thinking and Objective Setting
- Purposful Learning through Literacy
- Student Advocacy through Personalized Learning
- Career and College Readiness through 21st Century Learning
PLC Team Leaders
- Student Centered Advocacy - Patty Ahern
- Math - Debbie Lapka
- Science - Erin Schaffer
- English Language Arts – Lindy Duree
- Health/Physical Education - Justin Hejny
- 21st Century Technology Skills - Kim VanNahmen
- Social Studies - Eldon Brandenburg
PLC Team Leaders Meetings
The PLC leadership team will meet additionally on the first or second Tuesday of each month. The focus for 2013-2014 is Common Core standards—learning them, implementing, assessing, and understanding the impact of teaching to them.
August 19, 2013 (10:30 - 11:30)
August 19, 2013 (1:45 - 3:00 P.M.)
September 3, 2013 (7:30 A.M Library Conference Room)
September 18, 2013 (7:30 A.M. Library Conference Room)
October 1, 2013 (7:30 A.M. Library Conference Room)
October 29, 2013 (7:30 A.M Library Conference Room)
December 4, 2013
January 7, 2014
Agenda
February 4, 2014
Agenda
March 4, 2014
Agenda
April 8, 2014
Agenda
May 7, 2014
Agenda
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