March 10, 2015 1:50-3:30pm Banked Time PD Department Chair

Grounding (2 min.) Strength……..Growth Dept Chair - Pair-Share Strength and Weakness in relation to PRIDE

Purpose and Outcome Purpose: Continue progress on Steps 1, 2, and 3 of the PLC Cycle Start Step 4 of the PLC Cycle-Planning Rigorous Lessons Outcome: Complete Step 3 ..SMART GOAL(s) Plan and Implement Rigorous Lessons with PLCs Department Chair

Reflection on the last PLC Meeting (5 mins.) What did your PLC accomplish last meeting? What could you have done differently to improve? What are your next steps? Dept Chair – PLC Think, Pair, Share

STEP 4: Plan Rigorous Lesson and Teach it Dept Chair

DuFour’s Guiding Questions of a PLC What is it that we expect students to learn? How will students learn it? How do you know your students learned it? HOW WILL YOUR PLC ARRIVE AT COMMON COMMITMENTS FOR EACH QUESTION? Department Chair - PLC Discussion

ELEMENTS TO ADDRESS What is it that we expect students to learn? Content/Standards PLC Steps 1-3 (SMART, Essential Standards, etc) RWAC Graphic How will students learn it? Learning Strategies/Student lens TLF Focus Elements How do you know your students learned it? Common Formative Assessments Common Summative Assessments Listed are elements to be considered when designing rigorous lessons (step 4)

Resources for Step 4 on smartjaguar.com

Preparing for Upcoming PLC Meeting What are the next steps for your next PLC meeting? PLC member commitments Items to bring/research Continue to update Dropbox, Google Docs, Wikispace, etc. Upcoming Date 3/16/15PLC Lead 3/24/15Banked Time & Faculty Meeting