professional learning community 2019-2020

Professional Learning Community 2019-2020

Our Mission: To provide the highest quality education, where learning, leadership, service, and research-based practices ensure equitable and meaningful opportunities for all students.

Our Goal: 100% of collaborative teams will score at developing or higher on the Professional Learning Communities at Work Continuum: Building a Collaborative Culture through High Performing Teams.

2019-2020 Collective Timeline

Date Action 9/9/2019 PD East/West: EL

PMSA: TBD By 9/16/2019 All teams take the Professional Learning Communities at Work Continuum:

Building a Collaborative Culture through High Performing Teams to establish baseline data.

Each Week Team leader posts agenda and notes in team folder. By 9/16/2019 All teams establish norms and one or more SMART goals for the school

year. By 10/14/2019 Teams collaboratively identify at least one essential standard per semester

for the team to track, assess, and monitor.

Team leaders submit request for PD hours for quarter one. By 11/04/2019 Teams develop and administer at least one common formative assessment.

Teams will collaboratively analyze results and develop a plan of action that addresses the following questions:

• What do we do for the students who didn’t learn it?• What do we do next for students who did master the learning?

Team leaders post CFA analysis results and plan in team folder. 11/18/2019 PD East/West EL:

PMSA: TBD

By 12/18/2019 Team leaders submit request for PD hours for quarter two. 1/13/2020 PD: EL online module By 3/10/2020 Teams develop and administer at least one common formative assessment.

Teams will collaboratively analyze results and develop a plan of action that

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addresses the following questions: • What do we do for the students who didn’t learn it?• What do we do next for students who did master the learning?

Team leaders post CFA analysis results and plan in team folder. By 3/17/2020 Team leaders submit request for PD hours for quarter three. 4/14/2020 PD: East/West EL

PMSA: TBD By 5/5/2020 All teams take the Professional Learning Communities at Work Continuum:

Building a Collaborative Culture through High Performing Teams to establish end of year data.

By 5/12/2020 Team leaders submit request for PD hours for quarter four. By 5/19/2020 All teams celebrate successes and identify areas for improvement.

Required Professional Learning

In support of improving instruction to students with English Language needs and in alignment with our Technical Assistance Plan, the following professional learning will take place during team time on 4 Mondays through-out the year. These sessions will occur in content area departments facilitated by EL/Bilingual staff at Proviso East and Proviso West.

1. EL PD: 9/9/20192. EL PD: 11/18/20193. EL PD 1/13/20204. EL PD 4/6/2020

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Collaborative Team Meeting Agenda

Team Name

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SMART Goal(s) Team Norms

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Materials to bring to meeting:

Expected Outcomes:

Topic for Discussion Who? Estimated Time

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Opening: Review norms; Assign recorder to take and submit minutes, Assign time keeper, etc.

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Next Meeting Ideas Group 5 minutes Create agenda for our next PLC

DuFour’s Questions that guide our work

1. What do we expect our students to learn?2. How will we know when they have learned it?3. What will we do for students who didn’t learn it?4. What will we do next for students who did?

Expectations for Agendas and Minutes:

Agendas: • should be posted at least a day in advance.• should include goals or expected outcomes.• should include specific topics for discussion with estimated times listed.• should include meeting norms agreed upon by team.• should use the format shown above.

Minutes: • should be typed in the minutes column of the agenda.• should be posted within 2 days.• should be read by all PLC participants.

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Norms and SMART Goals

All teams will establish norms and one or more SMART goals for the school year by September 16, 2019.

Why?

• Explicit team norms help to increase the emotional intelligence of the group by cultivating trust,a sense of group identity, and a belief in group efficacy (Druskat & Wolff, 2001).

• Inattention to establishing specific team norms is one of the major reasons teams fail(Blanchard, 2007)

• Collegial support and professional development in schools are unlikely to have any effect onimprovement of practice and performance if they are not connected to a coherent set of goalsthat give direction and meaning to learning and collegiality (Elmore, 2003, p 60).

Resources

Learning by Doing pages 71-74 (norms) & 89 – 103 (SMART goals)

Sample Norms template (attached)

Team SMART Goal-Setting Plan (attached)

Collaborative Continuum (attached)

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Collaborative Team Norms

Team Members: Date:_______________

Norms Light: (ex. How often we meet, start and stopping time, participation, paraphrasing when we want to ensure we understood the other perspectives, presuming positive intent, silence is considered disagreement, look for ways to celebrate the work, use technology only to support the process, follow written agendas, how differing opinions will be handled, etc.)

Norms Heavy: (ex: How soon before a unit will the common formative assessments be created? How soon after formative assessments are given are they to be graded? How many formatives will be co-graded to ensure inter-rater reliability? Will papers be traded to grade to remove bias? How long after the assessment will results be compared? How long after results are compared will a plan for intervention and extension be implemented? Will students be traded for a day or two for immediate intervention and extension days after CFA?)

When our norms are broken, we will:

We will notify administration when:

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Teams collaboratively identify essential standards for the team to track, assess, and monitor for the school year by October 14, 2019.

Why?

Collaborative study of essential standards promotes clarity among teachers. It also forms the basis for common formative assessments.

Resources

Learning by Doing pages 112-130

Essential Skill template (attached)

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Essential Skill for the Unit of Study – Worksheet Complete this form prior to starting a unit that has an essential skill in it.

Purpose: To determine as a collaborative team in the unit of study what is essential for students to know and be able to do, what is nice to know, and what the team is willing to sacrifice.

Questions to guide the team:

1. Does the essential have endurance? Do we really expect our student to retain the knowledgeand skills over time as opposed to merely learning it for a test?

2. Does it have leverage? Will proficiency in this standard help the student in other areas of thecurriculum and other academic disciplines?

3. Does it develop student readiness for the next level of learning? Is it essential for success inthe next unit, course, or grade level? - Adapted from DuFour, DuFour, Eaker, Many, & Mattos, Learning By Doing (2016), p. 116

Resources to help in making decisions:

• Standards • Unified district curriculum• Former lesson plans (what was taught vs. intended)• Unit books• State test samples • Item Analysis • A list of prerequisite skills that colleagues at the next course or grade level have established as essential for success at that level

Essential to know in this unit: (think: not more than 10 essentials per half year)

What do we want all students to know and be able to do?

Nice to know:

Willing to sacrifice:

Collaborative Team:____________________

Unit___________________

Date___________________

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Teams develop and administer at least one common formative assessment. Teams will collaboratively analyze results and develop a plan of action that addresses the following questions:

• What do we do for the students who didn’t learn it?• What do we do next for students who did master the learning?

Resources

Learning by Doing pages 133 – 160

Protocol for Team Analysis Prior to Teaching a Unit (attached)

Protocol for CFA Analysis and Planning (attached)

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Team CFA Analysis and Plan

Team Name

Date

The following analysis is based on our team’s CFA of the following essential learnings.

Areas of Challenge

1. According to the data, in what areas did students struggle across all or most classes?

2. What do we believe is the cause?

3. What strategies were used by teammates whose students performed well?

4. For students who need additional time and support to achieve at or above proficiency, whenwill we provide that time and how will we provide support?

Areas of Strength

According to the data, in what areas did students do well across all or most classes?

What do we believe is the reason for these results?

What is our plan to enrich, extend, and/or celebrate the learning for students who are highly proficient?

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Teacher CFA Analysis and Plan

Name

Date

The following analysis is based on our team’s CFA of the following essential learnings.

Areas of Challenge

1. According to the data, in what areas did my students struggle?

2. What strategies were used by teammates whose students performed well?

3. Which of these strategies will I try?

4. For students who need additional time and support to achieve at or above proficiency, whenwill I provide that time and how will we provide support?

Areas of Strength

According to the data, in what areas did my students do well?

What strategies will I share with colleagues?

What is my plan to enrich, extend, and/or celebrate the learning for students who are highly proficient?

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Request for PD Hours for Collaborative Team Work

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Team Leader

Quarter ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4

My collaborative team engaged in work focused on Dufour’s four questions for PLCs:

1. What do we expect our students to learn?2. How will we know when they have learned it?3. What will we do for students who didn’t learn it?4. What will we do next for students who have mastered the learning?

Check all that apply

☐ I have attached the attendance log and sign-in sheets.

☐ I have attached the evaluation forms.

The following documents are up to date and in the team folder.

☐ Norms

☐ SMART Goal(s)

☐ Agendas and notes for each meeting

☐ CFA Analysis and Plan (required for quarters 2 and 3)

______________________________________________ ________________________________ Team Lead Signature Date

______________________________________________ ________________________________ Administrator Signature Date

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