LINK | ACTIVITY |
Success at the Core | Step One: PLC Grade level facilitator will need to use the link at the left to register. Once you have registered select the link below to view the video. |
Step Two: In facilitating student-centered discussion, you invite students to learn by talking and listening to each other. As peers share their thoughts, they build content knowledge, gain critical-thinking skills, and grow more self-confident. |
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Facilitating Student Centered Discussions Activity Guide | Step Three: Review the activity guide for the Facilitating Student Centered Learning and a a group discuss the quetions. |
PLC Online Grade Level Minutes | Step Four: At the end of the session have your recorder complete the online grade level PLC form. Link to the form is on the left. |
LINK | ACTIVITY |
Involvement Thinking |
Activity one is a ten minute excercise designed to help participants define involvement thinking through the use of two discussion questions. |
Mastery Objectives |
Activity two is a fifteen minute presentation on how to write a mastery objective. |
Five Kinds of Thinking Model | Provides an interactive professional development model of Five Kinds of Teacher Thinking, includes pdf activities, video and slide rocket presentations. |
PLC Online Grade Level Minutes | This online form should be completed after each grade Level PLC |
LINK | ACTIVITY |
Activity one is a ten minute excercise designed to help participants define coverage thinking through the use of two discussion questions. |
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Activity two is a ten minute activity designed to help participants differentiate between doing activities and thinking activities. |
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Essential Question Activity Guide | During the scheduled session please review essential questions, discuss student centered instructional strategies, materials being used and unit starting points. |
Math Reflection Form |
Math teachers at the end of your scheduled PLC please complete the reflection form. |
RESOURCE LINKS | DESCRIPTION |
Common Core Units | This is a direct link to USD 443 Common Core Units of study for grade 6 - 8. |
Guide to Essential Questions | This document provides classroom applications to the essential question |
TIME | LINK | ACTIVITY |
05 Min. | Grade Level PLC Form |
Assign a recorder and download PLC Form. Please post the form in the teachers shared drive at end of meeting. |
05 Min. | Video Link | Watch the video of Commissioner DeBacker on Common Core |
10 Min. | DCMS Instructional Goals | Review Student Centered Instructional Goals |
15 Min. | Common Core Units | Review Common Core Unit One, discuss correlations of content, and integration of standards. |
RESOURCE LINKS | DESCRIPTION |
Grade Level PLC Form | This form should be completed after each grade level PLC and stored on the teacher shared drive. |
DCMS Instructional Goals | Link to Marzanos 9 Instructional Practices that are correlated to DCMS student centered goals. |
PLC Action Plan Agenda 2012 - 2013 | Use action planning guide to review data, set SMART Goals and action plans. |
Common Core Units |
Link to Math and English Language Arts Units for grades 6 through 8. (Includes Gap Analysis) and State Standards Pacing Guides |
Benchmark Data Resources | |
Video Link ESEA Waiver | Diane DeBacker, ESEA Waiver, Kansas State Department of Education |
GRADE LEVEL COMMON CORE PLC TEAMS
The purposes of content area teams are to maintain unity of curriculum, instruction, assessment, and to align and implement the Common Core units of study in ELA and math within each grade level. Content area teams by grade levels have been developed to support the monitoring of summative and formative assessments for individual students, systematically reviewing individual student performance rates as well as strategies for differentiated instruction. Individual grade level content area common core PLC’s will meet every Wednesday. Every core teacher will participate in PLC meetings with content area and grade-level colleagues. Teachers will be expected to sign in. Instructional coaches will attend the monthly building PLC leader meetings.
These meetings will be conducted by instructional coaches, PLC leaders and building administrators will set the agenda to ensure three major purposes for instructional improvement are being met. These three major purpose for instructional improvement will include;
Teachers will coach and support the implementation of Common Core standards and student center instructional practices in their classrooms.
WEDNESDAY GRADE LEVEL COMMON CORE PLC SCHEDULE
Subject |
Grade |
Time |
Teacher |
Room |
6 |
10:39-11:20 |
Penner, Keck, Sandoval, ELA coach* Larsen, Legg *Q1 & 3: Busch, Ontiberos; Q2 & 4: Lovitt |
501 |
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7 |
8:27-9:08 |
Black, T. Small, Kolsky, ELA coach*,Johnston, Brandenburg, Beach *Q1 & 3: Cooper, VanNahmen; Q2 & 4: Kinkelaar |
104 |
|
8 |
1:35-2:16 |
Wright, Duree, Young, ELA coach*, Ramos, Lee *Q1 & 3: Herndon; Q2 & 4: Hejny |
207 |
|
6 |
11:23-12:04 |
Marcellus, Bakke, Kline, Math coach*, Pelton, Marino *Q1 & 3: Lovitt; Q2 & 4: Busch, Ontiberos |
504 |
|
7 |
12:07-12:48 |
Lapka,* Nystrom, Hughes, Math coach*, Schaffer,* Engelking *Q1 & 3: Kinkelaar; Q2 & 4: Cooper, VanNahmen |
112 |
|
8 |
2:19-3:00 |
Self, Mercado, Lesser, Math coach*, Hiers, R. Small *Q1 & 3: Herndon; Q2 & 4: Hejny |
204 |
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678 |
9:11-9:52 |
Brinkley, Ahern,* Hamilton, Stateler, West, Sellens, Holeman, Jacobs, Dick |
307 |
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678 |
9:55-10:36 |
Martin, Bennett, Herter, Montandon, Amaro, Steib |
402 |
*Connect, P.E. and SpEd teachers will rotate quarterly to the common core PLCs.