Pinterest, 2017 The ABC’s of Professional Learning Communities and Project-Based Learning By Tammy Lance and Shelly Ramseur Gardner-Webb University CILD Conference

Meet your “super teacher” presenters: Tammy Lance is a 6th Grade ELA Teacher for Gaston County Schools Shelly Ramseur is a K-5 AIG Teacher for Charlotte - Mecklenburg Schools OnlyGFX, 2017

TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK Super Teacher Worksheets, 2015 Pinterest, 2017

The purpose of this presentation is to explore the: AGENDA The purpose of this presentation is to explore the: ttributes of PLC’s and PBL’s A uilding blocks of PLC’s and PBL’s B C ommon vision of PLC’s and PBL’s

DuFour, DuFour, Eaker & Many, 2017 “Professional Learning Communities (PLC’s) - An ongoing process in which educators work collaboratively in recurring cycles of collective inquiry and action research to achieve better results for the students they serve. Professional learning communities operate under the assumption that the key to improved learning for students is continuous job-embedded learning for educators”. Super Teacher Worksheets, 2015 DuFour, DuFour, Eaker & Many, 2017

“In Project Based Learning [PBL], students are pulled through the curriculum by a meaningful question to explore, an engaging real-world problem to solve, or a challenge to design or create something. Before they can accomplish this, students need to inquire into the topic by asking questions and developing their own answers. To demonstrate what they learn, students create high-quality products and present their work to other people. Students often do project work collaboratively in small teams, guided by the teacher”. Shutterstock, 2017

Ultimateadsrevenue, 2014 ATTRIBUTES The ATTRIBUTES of Professional Learning Communities and Project-Based Learning

PLC - Must be intentionally inviting Teachers: PLC - Must be intentionally inviting PBL - Must be organized and prepared Students: PLC - Benefit from Differentiated Instruction PBL - Benefit from a rigorous learning experience Administrator: PLC - Must allow teacher flexibility PBL - Must be open minded and results oriented (Powmanagement, 2017)

TABLET TIP#1: PLC’S and PBL’S 101 “PLC’s are the ideal environment for developing PBL lesson plans and allow for better leveraging of resources and learning scaffolding. Group brainstorming is a very effective way of generating ideas in a short amount of time and teamwork allows for the workload to be shared by several teachers. While Type I PLCs (teachers of the same discipline) can share ideas about the best ways to convey certain content; Type II PLCs (teachers in different disciplines) can generate projects that bridge across subject boundaries and as such are better at developing both problem-solving and critical-thinking skills”. (Morgan, Barroso & Huggins, 2009)

“Children are the Priority. Change is the Reality. Collaboration is the Strategy”. - Judith Billings

BUILDING BLOCKS Pixabay, 2017 The BUILDING BLOCKS of Professional Learning Communities and Project-Based Learning

(Unix Administration Guide, 2017) Teachers: PLC - Must establish relationships with students and be open minded PBL - Must allow the gradual release of control Students PLC - Must be encouraged to set goals PBL - Must be encouraged to try challenging activities Administrators PLC - Must foster team relationships PBL - Must provide relevant professional development

TABLET TIP#2: PLC’S and PBL’S 101 “PLCs are necessary to any reform effort like PBL because peer colleagues can provide non-evaluative feedback as well as socially supportive and positively pressuring environments. This kind of feedback within these environments allows teachers to challenge themselves pedagogically without fear of being evaluated while being supported to be responsible for changing their practice for student success, which is necessary within in the current data-driven decision making educational culture. However, PLCs provide a network for teachers to rely upon to change their practice to meet those reform efforts. In fact, research shows that through a PLC environment teachers are able to be more innovative and experimental pedagogically”. (Morgan, Barroso & Huggins, 2009)

ANY QUESTIONS? (Pixabay, 2017)

“If you don’t know where you are going, you probably aren’t going to get there”. -Yogi Berra

DHD Films, 2017 COMMON VISION The COMMON VISION of Professional Learning Communities and Project-Based Learning

PLC - Must ensure the success of ALL students (123RF, 2014) Teachers: PLC - Must ensure the success of ALL students PBL - Must ensure students have 21st century skills Students: PLC - Prepare students to learn from curriculum that is relevant, rigorous and relational PBL - Must be motivated and engaged Administrators PLC - Must guide staff and encourage opportunities for growth. PBL - Must ensure sound curriculum for student growth

TABLET TIP #3: PLC’S and PBL’S 101 “While PLCs can assist with any reform effort, when implementing PBL, they are especially significant due to the amount of time and resources needed to create projects, both within a discipline and even more so, between disciplines. The most effective projects are cross-disciplinary and without teachers coming together in a PLC to create projects and then reflect on the process, rigor, and effectiveness of those projects in providing student academic success once they are completed, PBL will be difficult at best to implement. Additionally, in schools that are simply trying to create within subject PBLs, the riskiness of the teacher paradigm shift in not only his or her teacher role, but the whole process of creating and implementing the PBL requires the assistance of his or her colleagues. Thus, PLCs are significantly important in the implementation of PBL”. (Morgan, Barroso & Huggins, 2009)

“Tell Me Show me, Involve me, And I’ll forget. And I may remember. And I’ll understand” -Chinese Proverb

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ANY QUESTIONS? (Pixabay, 2017)

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THANKS! Any questions? You can contact us at the following email addresses: Tammy Lance - tlance@gardner-webb.edu Shelly Ramseur - sramseur@gardner-webb.edu (Etsy, 2017)

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