Professional Learning Communities: What we are, Not what we do.

Professional Learning Communities:

What we are, Not what we do.

Presented By Lacey Hoogland

Collaborative Outcomes

• Discuss the three roles in district alignment.

• Look at the importance of non-negotiables.

• Identify what collaboration looks like.• Emphasis on student learning

Three Roles

• Strategic: Board of Education, Superintendent

• Tactical: District Administrators, Principals

• Operational: Teachers, Para’s, Instructional Coaches

Three Roles

• Cascading Effect

• Communicating through Data

• Loose & Tight Leadership

Non-negotiable

• Shared Mission, Vision, Values & Goals

• High-performing Collaborative Teams

• Intentional Collaboration

Collaboration

“Collaboration Lite puts Student Achievement on a Starvation Diet” by Rick DuFourPerson 1: column one (page 1)Person 2: column two (page 1)Person 3: column one (page 2)Person 4: column two (page 2)

Collaboration

“A systematic process in which we work together interdependently to analyze and impact professional practice to improve our individual and collective results.”

- DuFour, DuFour & Eaker

Structure

• Building Leadership Team

• Collaborative Work Groups

• Time

Collaboration“Anyone too busy to reflect on one’s practice is too busy to improve.” Robert Garmston

Student Learning

• What do you expect students to know and learn?

• How will we know when they have learned?

• How will we respond when students don’t know it?

• How will we respond when students already know it?

Marzano’s Research

Students come in at ….. Leave at the end of the year…

Average School 50% 50%Average Teacher

Highly Ineffective School 50% 3%Highly Ineffective Teacher

Highly Effective School 50% 37%Ineffective Teacher

Ineffective School 50% 63%Highly Effective Teacher

Highly Effective School 50% 96%Highly Effective Teacher

Highly Effective School 50% 78%Average Teacher

Student Learning

Learning vs. Teaching

NCA Standard 3

People Not Programs

The right kind of people breathe life into the bricks and the books. They work together to create the synergy that is

present in a successful school.

Resources Aligning School Districts as PLCs by Van Clay, Soldwedel and Many

Professional Learning Communities at Work by DuFour & Eaker

Horace Mann Elementary School Rapid City

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