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The School District Of Osceola County, Florida
• Adults without a high school diploma are twice as likely to be unemployed.
• Dropouts make up nearly 70% of US inmates.
• A dropout’s life expectancy is 9.2 years lower than that of high school graduates.
• The average 45-year-old dropout is in worse health than the average 65-year-old high school graduate. Source: Henry Levin,
Columbia University
So....
Keeping The End In Keeping The End In Mind….Mind….
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What Can We Do What Can We Do Together To Change Together To Change
These Statistics?These Statistics?
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Administrators And Teachers Working Together To…Administrators And Teachers Working Together To…
give studentsthe best of the best
encourage eachother to achievemore professionally
ensure that
ALL students
are successful
share knowledge
and
teaching strategies
look at the datato make instructional
decisionsincrease student successes
increase graduationrates
maximize theirefforts
bring out the
best in ALL
children
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Professional Learning Professional Learning Communities…..Communities…..
•Have the support of their administrators
•Have clear and common goals
•Have a regular agreed-upon meeting time
•Use data to drive instruction
•Work collaboratively to plan and revise lessons
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Professional Learning Communities…..Professional Learning Communities…..
•Ensure that students learn
•Focus on results
•Create a culture of collaboration(and actually collaborate)
DuFour, Richard. 2004. “What Is A Professional Learning Community?”
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A Professional Learning Community Is A Professional Learning Community Is NOT……NOT……
• just one more thing to add to our already-busy schedule.• a book-of-the-month club or study program.
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A Professional Learning Community A Professional Learning Community Is NOT……Is NOT……
• one more program from the district or state that they want us to implement. “Here we go again!”• a sure-fire system that worked at a school in Texas.• a bandwagon program that will go away.
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The Traditional School The Traditional School StructureStructure
Teachers are dispersed into isolated classrooms
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The Pseudo PLC StructureIndividual classrooms organized into isolated groups
on an infrequent basis.
Team 6
Team 5
Team 4
Team 3
Team 2
Team 1
pseu-do: adjective, 1.not actually but having the appearance of; pretend; false; sham.2.almost, approaching, or trying to be.
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The PLC Structure
A cohesive school organized into Interdependent Collaborative
Teams.Team 6
Team 5
Team 4
Team 3
Team 2
Team 1
Vertica
l D
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eHorizontal Dialogue
Horizontal Dialogue
Horizontal Dialogue
Horizontal Dialogue
Horizontal Dialogue
Horizontal Dialogue
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It’s A Shift,
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Tiger Woods
He works in a foursome, but he is truly independent. No matter which foursome he is with, he does not collaborate, help or encourage them. Tiger wants to get all the glory.
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Michael Jordan
In the pros, Michael earned many individual accolades including league MVP. But of all those accolades, his greatest desire was to win the World Championship. It wasn’t until he began to collaborate with his teammates that the ultimate goal was attained.
Forming Collaborative GroupsForming Collaborative Groups(PLCs)(PLCs)
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Creation Of Collaborative Creation Of Collaborative TeamsTeams
The fundamental question in organizing the team is:
Do the people on this team have a shared responsibility for responding to the learning of their students?
Step 1Step 1
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Possible Team Structures:Possible Team Structures:
• All teachers teaching the same grade level
• All teachers teaching the same course
• Vertical teams (K-2/3-5 or Spanish I-IV)
• Similar Responsibility Teams (Guidance, Special Area
‘Job Alike’)
(Vital components of PLC’s are common assessments and the 4
critical questions. To maximize effectiveness, groupings of
teachers need to be teaching the same standards to create
common assessment and have focused discussion on standards. )
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Team FacilitatorsTeam FacilitatorsYou are:
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An EncouragerPositive
The Trail Guide
A Celebrator
A Listener
Looking Ahead
A Team Member A Team Builder
and
No Pressure!!!!
Administrators should be in constant communication with facilitators to provide the following in order to guide the group:
- suggested agenda items
- occasional relevant research article for teams to discuss
- supporting the “people” issues
“Is your team coming to consensus?”
“Is everyone arriving on time and coming prepared?”
“Is the team seeing results from collaboration?”
“How can we (administration) support you?”
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Step 2Step 2Develop Team NormsDevelop Team Norms
The Standards Of Behavior by Which We Agree To Operate While We Are In This Group
(Refer to NORM reproducibles)
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Effective teams review the
norms as their first agenda item at each
meeting. (1 min.)
Step 3Step 3
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(Refer to SMART Goals reproducibles)
At the end of each nine weeks, teams should begin the next phase of writing SMART Goals.
(i.e. On our October Monthly Writes 63% of our students scored 4 or above. By the January Writes, 88% will score a 4 or more.)
Even more important than setting the goal…How will we accomplish this goal? Small groups, focused-writing groups…
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(Refer to reproducible #133)
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Increase the percentage of students scoring at or above level 3 in Reading by 10%.
Our Reality: 61% of our currently-enrolled 10th grade students scored an achievement level of three or higher on FCAT Reading last year.Source: ODMS report DEM0050Subtests of least growth include: Main Idea -12% and Comparisons -7%.Source: ODMS report CAR0010
Students will be identified who need assistance in the two subtests. Source: ODMS report CAR0025
Entire team End of August List of students who will be assigned to one of the two groups.
All high schools will improve their school performance by at least one letter grade.
Each day, students will be grouped and instructed for 25 minutes in the subtest of greatest need. Develop common formative assessments.
Seacrest School Reading Gladiators Jeanne Winston
Marge Blankston, Adam Markey, Paul Croft, Sheila Stone
2009/2010 District Goals for Osceola County Public Schools Click Here
Common formative assessments will be administered every two weeks.
Number of students demonstrating proficiency in the subtests of instruction based on assessment results.
2009/2010 Osceola County Public Schools Improvement Plans Click Here
Our Goal: Increase the percentage of students scoring proficient in the two subtest categories to 80%.
Entire Team
http://www.osceola.k12.fl.us/Superintendent/documents/SuptGoals20092010final.pdf
http://www.osceola.k12.fl.us/depts/ResearchEvalAcct/SchoolImprovementPlans.asp
1.What is the instructional focus?
2.What are the instructional strategies?
3.How will we know when they have learned it?
4.How will we respond when they need remediation or enrichment?
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PLC Meets
Focus
Using data,the team
creates a lessonplan and acommon
assessment
Strategies
Teacher instructs using effectivestrategies from
the team’s focusmeeting
PLC Meets
Assessment
The teamconductscommon
assessmentthen meets
to analyze dataand discussstrategies
Response
Teacher remediatesor enriches
basedon the
pre-determinedproficiency
level
The Team CycleThe Team Cycle
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If we continue to take in data as we have always taken in data,
Then we will continue to think as we have always thought.
If we continue to think as we have always thought,
Then we will continue to believe as we have always believed.
If we continue to believe as we have always believed,
Then we will continue to act as we have always acted,
Then we will continue to get what we have always gotten.
An Act Of Futility
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Achievement
Teamwork
Shared Knowledge
College-boundstudents
We Can All Make A Difference In The Life Of A Child
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Art TweediePLC District CoachThe Office Of Research, Evaluation & Accountability817 Bill Beck BoulevardKissimmee, FL 34744407-870-4932Internal [email protected]
Contact InformationContact Information
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