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Professional Learning Communities
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Blackboard Collaborate Communication Tools
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Collaborate Tools
Sliders adjust mic and speaker volume
Press to Talk and activate Video
Chat Tool
Participant Tools:
Emoticons
Step Away
Raise Hand
Polling
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Participant FeaturesAudio Setup Wizard Audio Setup Wizard
Audio & Video Settings
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Testing the Audio Setup Wizard
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Participant FeaturesAudio & Video
Volume Controls
Video On and Off
Talk On and Off
Video Preview
Keep the Talk and Video off when not speaking.
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Questions?
① Please raise your hand.
② Wait to be called on.
③ Turn on Talk (and Video!) button.
④ Ask your question.
⑤ When done, please turn off Talk button.
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Connections to Survey Results
Q9.1dTeachers work in professional learning communities to develop and align instructional practices.
Q9.1eProvided supports (i.e. instructional coaching, professional learning communities, etc.) translate to improvements in instructional practices by teachers.
Q9.1hTeachers have autonomy to make decisions about instructional delivery (i.e. pacing, materials and pedagogy).
Q2.1bTeachers have time available to collaborate with colleagues.
Q2.2bIn an average week, how much time do you devote to the following activities during the school day?
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Professional Learning Community: A Definition
A community with the capacity to promote and sustain the learning of all professionals in the school community with the collective purpose of enhancing student learning.
*Bolam, et al. 2005.
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Just because they are called
“Professional Learning Communities”
… doesn‘t mean they are.
How can we support teachers not only to be collaborative, but to help build and lead a collaborative culture focused on student learning?
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What are the four core principles of PLCs?
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1) PLCs strive to ensure student learning
• What do we want each student to learn?
• How will we know when each student has learned it?
• How will we respond when a student experiences difficulty in learning?
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2) PLCs operate in a culture of collaboration
• Have a systematic process for teachers to work together to analyze and improve their classroom practice
• Engage in ongoing cycle of questions that promote team learning and lead to higher student learning.
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Collaboration Enablers
• Focus on what students learned• Allocate time to collaborate• Less excuses for failing to collaborate
• Find a way to make it happen
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3) PLCs are led in an inquiry process
• Team leadership stimulates members to formulate and share their own perspectives on questions
• Differentiated to accommodate the different developmental and experiential levels of the members
• Facilitation• Division of labor• Materials
• Inquiry process is protected by norms to make the process structured and safe for members
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4) PLCs focus on results and data
• Identify current level of student achievement• Set goal to improve• Work together to achieve that goal• Gather evidence of progress
• Must embrace data, even if it is brutal
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Applied Learning
• Observe the short video of a PLC in action• Use the PLC Video Note Taking Guide to capture
evidence of these core principals
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What did you observe? Examples, Evidence, Language
Collaborative
Student Focused
Data Driven
Inquiry Based
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What are the developmental levels of a high functioning PLC?
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Four Levels
Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing
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Forming
• High expectations• Anxiety of fitting in• Dependent on a leader
or facilitator to create structure
• Members are polite but guarded
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Storming
• Members rebel against each other and the structures, the group, and the assigned tasks
• Jockey for power• People tempted to opt
out at this point or mentally check out
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Norming
• Overcome resistance• Develop cohesion• Emerging trust and
support• Building skills and
procedures for doing the work
• Confronting issues and not teammates
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Performing
• Work interdependently• Share leadership• Flexible, adaptive• Close• High support
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A Quick Assessment• Consider the current state of PLCs in your school• Use the graphic below to plot where PLC groups reside• If you do not know, take the time to consider what steps
you might take to assess your PLCs
ExampleForming
6th grade Language Arts (three beginning teachers)
Storming
8th grade Science7th grade Science
Norming
Foreign Languages6th Grade Social Studies
Performing
7th Grade Math6th Language Arts
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How Can I Promote PLC Development?
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Enable Trust to Develop
• Analyses from previous surveys suggests that there are a couple of important components to building trust
• Model consistency in your actions• Include the entire team in decision making processes• Commit to a clear, shared vision
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Consider Your Words
• How you speak can have a powerful impact on PLC development
• Framing questions• Active listening• Acknowledging and
Clarifying what you are hearing
• Summarizing and organizing ideas
• Ability to move between Instructive, Collaborative, and Facilitative postures
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Develop Norms
• Agreements generated by the team
• Intended for all team members to uphold
• Aligned with the function and context of the team
• Subject to change as the team’s development or task changes
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Develop an Effective Agenda
• Sent out ahead of the meeting• Posted or distributed during meeting• Have clear outcomes• Communicate norms• Assign roles of participants if needed• Allot times for each intended activity• Include next steps, timeframe and responsibilities• Include all team members in providing feedback
and input on next agenda
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