PLC JOURNEY

 Equity of Voice  Active Listening  Safety to Share Different Perspectives  Confidentiality

Read each of the four School’s Vision Statement Identify by lettering your individual page: A. Which statement best describes the school you attended as a child ? B. Which statement best describes where you currently work? C. Which statement best describes where you would like to work? D. Which statement would you like for your own or special child in your life to attend? Share with your table PLC one insight you gleaned from this quick activity or how you could use this with your staff.

Guiding Questions for PLC Discussion  How does Big Idea 1, focusing on learning impact your position?  Discuss one change that will need to occur or be reinforced in your school to embrace a highly collaborative culture.  Give two examples of results that a PLC could focus on at your building and why?  Does student performance in your school correlate to achievement on district and state assessments? How do you monitor this relationship?  Give a positive example of a teaching team responding to the needs of students who are not achieving at expected levels. Should response be consistent across your school and why?  Create an icon for each of the PLC 3 Big Ideas

DateIndicator/ Goal WISE TaskNotebook Product Resources 8/15/11 (90 min) Enhance Knowledge of PLCs for District Leadership and Principals  EEIIC -6.01, 6.02,6.08, 6.11  EEIIIB – 8.06;  EEIIIC Prior to Aug. 15:  Read article “What is a PLC?”  Complete and electronically submit Likert Scale “Where is your school on the PLC Journey?”  Survey (Ticket out of Aug. 15 meeting) Bring :  Completed graphic organizer, “What is a PLC?” (Prior to Aug. 15)  Learning by Doing, DuFour, 2010  Building a Professional Learning Community at Work: A Guide to the First Year, Graham and Ferrier  Professional Learning Communities: Tulsa Public Schools, PowerPoint on PD website  c.info c.info  Optional Training: Mission, Vision, Norms Aug. Fulton, 7:30-8:30 or 4:30-5:30

 WISE Plan – PLC design format and implementation  Identify your Leadership Team who will be working in a PLC to continue the Site Improvement Plan development.  Review the new data with your team and begin entering your new data.  Review your existing plan considering your new data.  Training for WISE will be the first week in October.  WISE Coaches, School Improvement and School Accountability will be working with your teams for support

Step by Step Directions for Utilizing District E-Books:  In the TPS website URL, insert the word destiny over www to read  Scroll down and select TPS Teachers’ Professional Library  Select Gale Virtual Reference Library (allow time for search screen to fully load)  Select the “plus” sign by the Education option (3 rd option on the list)  Select the book’s title  To download or read, click on the book’s table of contents and select a chapter  In the “tools” box, select the download feature with the “save” icon  Select the PDF format type for downloading  Read, print or save your chapter  Or use the Basic or Advanced Search box to search the whole collection

REFLECTION  Take two minutes to complete the reflection survey  Take this sheet and leave with Liz or Jean at the exit doors