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What is a PLC?A professional learning community is educators committed to working collaboratively in ongoing processes of collective inquiry to achieve better results for the students they serve. PLCs operate under the assumption that the key to improved learning for students is continuous, job-embedded learning for educators.-adapted from Learning by Doing

Introduction to PLCAsk for key words in definition (collaboratively, inquiry, ongoing, learning for educators)11. What are students supposed to know and do?2. How do we know when students have learned?3. What do we do when students HAVENT learned?4. What do we do when students HAVE learned the content?The Four Critical Questions of PLCs FOCUS ON:Learning rather than teaching

Results rather than intentions

Collaboration rather than isolation22Four questions that must be asked, but cannot be answered alone which is why we are moving toward a PLC.

Literacy affects all students in all academinc areas.Literacy standards for soc st, sci, and technical subjects are listed in back of ELA course of study.We must share responsibility of literate students through our PLC

3Annotation GuideONE EXAMPLE: English and history teachers are using literacy strategies in their curriculum that is lead by students. Teachers are using best practices across content areas and grade levels to strengthen literacy skills.Continuous collaboration is done through our PLC.

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Highlighting poster for sourcing historical documents5

Sample student workThoughts on paper6Professional Development: Its Time for ChangeBy Tim WalkerWhat did you find interesting about this article? What surprised you?Were there any terms that you circled and why?

Could you relate to anything stated in the article? Give an example.

Did you disagree with a statement in this article?

After reading and annotating the PLC article from NEAtoday, Spring 2013, turn and talk with your parnter.7

Please complete survey based on where you feel we are in our PLC for data on display activity.8http://www1.kdsi.org/about;kds/aritcle-platform20.htmhttp://elearning.alsde.edu/http://trojan.troy.edu/searic/workshops.htmlwww.alsde.edu/general/mega-prelim-2013.pdf

Summer professional development opportunities.Summer reading that will strengthen our PLC.9