PLCs


 * Professional Learning Communities **

// **What are PLCs?** via AllThingsPLC //
 "A PLC is composed of collaborative teams whose members work //interdependently // to achieve //common goals // linked to the purpose of learning for all. The team is the engine that drives the PLC effort and the fundamental building block of the organization". "In a PLC, //collaboration// represents a systematic process in which teachers work together interdependently in order to //impact// their classroom practice in ways that will lead to better results for their students, for their team, and for their school. Therefore their collaboration centers around certain critical questions: > > > > >
 * 1) What knowledge, skills, and disposition must each student acquire as a result of this course, grade level, and/or unit of instruction?
 * 1) What evidence will we gather to monitor student learning on a timely basis?
 * 1) How will we provide students with additional time and support in a timely, directive, and systematic way when they experience difficulty in their learning?
 * 1) How will we enrich the learning of students who are already proficient?
 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">How can we use our SMART goals and evidence of student learning to inform and improve our practice?"

<span style="color: #a3a455; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">**<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">//Attributes of// <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> **<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">**//Professional Learning Communities//** via SEDL <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">"The literature on professional learning communities repeatedly gives attention to five attributes of such organizational arrangements: > > > > >
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">supportive and shared leadership,
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">collective creativity,
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">shared values and vision,
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">supportive <span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">conditions, and
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">shared personal practice".


 * //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Online Resources: //**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Using Google Docs to Support Your PLC
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Building a PLC at Work: A Guide to the First Year (Free reproducibles)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">AllThingsPLC Tools & Resources
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">National Staff development Council Standards & Resources

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