1. 4th period at Altadeña Middle School
PRIDE Hour
4th period at Altadeña Middle School

2. Professional Learning Communities (PLC)
You and your student will be hearing this term several times this year. It is not a new education initiative, it is a school culture.
PLC is a powerful way of working collaboratively that profoundly effects the rise in student learning.
So how are we going to do this…

3. As a member of a PLC
There are four questions we, as teachers, will be asking this year:
What do we want students to learn?
How do we know if the students have learned?
What do we do if students haven’t learned?
How do we respond if they already know it?
Question 1 & 2, will be done through teaching and assessment.
Question 3 & 4 will be done in our PRIDE hour. We will be looking at student data to determine if your student needs re-teaching or if your student already knows it, an enrichment activity.

4. Pride Hour – New to Altadeña
First 2 weeks will be structured learning, such as
Study skills
Teach-to behaviors
Learning styles
Student handbook review
PRIDE program
Student math and ELA pretesting.

5. Pride Hour – New to Altadeña
For the rest of the quarter, your student will be in one of the following:
an enrichment class, extension of core learning
an intervention class, such as re-teaching, extended time, filling in gaps
*This time is to ensure that ALL students are learning and mastering the state/district core standards.
*This class will be fluid throughout the year, meaning students will be moving in and out of classes due to their learning needs.
*This class will be a pass/fail grade based on participation and work completion of activities.