PLCs and Beyond JoDee Marcellin, Ed.D.
What are the 4 Questions of PLCs?1. What do we want students to learn?
2. How do we know students have learned it?
3. What do we do when students don’t learn it?
4. What do we do when students learned it/already know it?
“In a PLC, collaboration represents a systematic process in which teachers work together interdependently in order to IMPACT THEIR CLASSROOM
PRACTICE in ways that will lead to better results for their
students, for their team, and for their school.”
--Rick DuFour
PLC Foundations1. Shared mission, vision, values, goals
2. Collective inquiry into best practices and current reality
3. Collaborative teams
4. Action oriented: Learning by Doing
5. Commitment to continuous improvement
6. Results oriented (evidence of student learning)
4 Cs of PLC
1. Collaboration
2. Common Assessments
3. Common Instructional Practices
4. Collective Prevention/Intervention
The Six Circle Lens
Sustainable change occurs when the sub-systems below the green line are addressed
as well as those above.
Structure
Operations Strategy
Information
Identity Connections Relationships
The place of usual first recourse to improve schools
• Temporary • Difficult • Transitory
ALRTs
ILPs
Leadership Team
PAC
Site PLC
RtI PLC
Admin PLC
Cohort Training
It’s a PLC World
PLC Observations