1. 2014-2015 Professional Learning Communities Update Board Meeting September 23, 2014 Kevin. L. O’Gorman, Chief Academic Officer Rodney Thompson, Superintendent

2. PLC Timeline  April 2, 2014: 24 school-based and district-based team members were trained to observe PLCs (simple random sample)  July, Summer Leadership: Principals, APIs, and Instructional Coaches were trained in PLC foundational practices  2014-2015: Targeted Professional Development based on observational data  AAIS working with targeted schools  Instructional Coaches working with targeted teams

3. System Changes  Principal Visitation Forms (quarterly)  PLC Observations  Drive professional development  Early Release  School level training  ½ time for training and ½ time for teacher work

4. PLC Self-Assessment

10.  Teacher  Counselor  Dean of Instruction  Dir. Of HS Redesign  Dir. Of PD  Teacher  Instructional Coach  Program Dir. For English Learners R OBIN S HRODE D AVID H OLDEN

11. AAIS BUILDING INSTRUCTIONAL CAPACITIES THROUGH EFFECTIVE PLCs Content Teams Interdisciplinary Teams

12. T HE T EACHING F OR U NDERSTANDING TM P LANNING C YCLE 3. Identify the long term take-aways. 4. Block and sequence the concepts and skills. 5. Design the summative and formative assessment. 6. Purposefully plan instruction and responses to formative assessment data. 7. Teach, assess, analyze, and adjust. 1. Identify the most critical standards. 2. Deconstruct the standards.

13. QUESTIONS ?