mstp plc facilitator’s training linda harvieux cristy bloch
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Fortune Cookie Warm-Up
How does your fortune relate to your experience working in a team?Professional learning communityGrade-level or content-area teamLeadership team
Agenda
Introductions and structure “Evolution of the Professional Learning Community”
Technical vs Cultural Change First and Second Order Change
The Role of the PLC Leader and The Four PLC Questions
Structure of the PLC Agendas Learning Logs Weekly plan
Professional Learning Communities
PLC’s operate under the assumption that the key to improved learning for students is continuous, job-embedded learning for educators.
DuFour, et. al, 2006
What’s Different About a PLC?
Read, “Evolution of the Professional Learning Community.”
Discuss the article using the “talking chips” strategy
In small groups list differences between a PLC and a “traditional team meeting”.
List on chart tablets
Roadblocks
Using the set of road signs on your table, reflect on the roadblocks you have experienced in the past.
“What barriers have you experienced in implementing your PLC?”
Brainstorm solutions.
Teamwork
Teams bring together complementary skills and experience that exceed those of any individual on the team.
Scheduling
How will your team schedule your 4 – 1 hour meetings? Ideas, suggestions, support from leadership
The Four Questions
What is it we expect the students to learn? How will we know when they have learned it? How will we respond when they don’t learn? How will we respond when they already know it?
-DuFour, DuFour, Eaker 2008
Six Characteristics
Shared Mission, Vision, Values, and Goals
Collective Inquiry Collaborative Culture Action Orientation and Experimentation Continuous Improvement Focus on Results
Technical Change (First Order)
Developing TeamFull participation Rotating jobsCollecting and sharing data
The Principal/Leader’s Role
Initiate structures and systems Pose the right questions Model what is valued Celebrate progress Lead for change
In order to influence change…
Change in values, beliefs, practiceChange in student achievement
*In reality….Change in practiceChange in student achievementChange in beliefs
Thomas Guskey
Group Process Facilitator
One who contributes structure and process to interactions so groups are able to function effectively. A helper and enabler whose goal is to support others as they achieve exceptional performance.
Group Process Facilitation
A way of providing leadership without taking the reins. A facilitator’s job is to get others to assume responsibility, to take the lead, and engage in meaningful collaboration.
-Facilitation At A Glance
Group Process Facilitators: Do not have all the answers, are not content experts Stay neutral, if you must move out of facilitator role and into role as participating
member of group identify that move. Are responsible for room set up that supports effective teams Listen; demonstrate that you are by using verbal and non verbal cues. Paraphrase or clarify for the benefit of all members of the group. Watch the time (or appoint a timekeeper) Play “ping pong” redirect questions by sending to others rather than answering
yourself Use humor – appropriate humor! Call and identify sidetracks Encourage all group members to acknowledge dysfunctional behaviors as they
occur! Park it sheets – record all sidetrack items Use the imaginary spell check button – spell creatively
Facilitators At A Glance
Processes for Groups
Everyone participate: Round Robin, Talking Chips
Set the stage Focus Attention: How do you feel about being here today?Check in: Something positive that happened in your professional life since the last meeting?
Check the group to see where it’s at: Round Robin
Check for agreement: Thumbs Up, Fist to Five
Get unstuck:Look for commonalities, agreementIdentify polar points – What would it take for this to work for you?Take a break – get up and stretchMove on and come back to issueCheck to see if it can hold until the next meeting. Perhaps the group needs more information.
A team is people doing something together.
The something that a team does isn’t what makes it a team. . .
the together part is.
Facilitator Role Process
The Job of a Facilitator is… The Job of a Team Member is…
The Job of a Facilitator is not… The Job of a Team Member is not…
Developing Norms
What are norms and why are they important?
Who should set the norms?
How should we enforce our norms?
Norms
Non-NegotiablesDefine essential learnings and use common
assessmentsEveryone participates and works toward the
common goal – achievement for all studentsTeams make individual norms and honor their
team norms-adapted from
DuFour, et. al.
Team Agenda and Log
Guides the meetingNormsTopicsQuestionsReflections
Provides information for next meetingsFor next time…
Meeting Reflections/The Log
What was the focus of our discussion? What did we learn about teaching our
content? What did we learn about our students?
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