PLC TIPS AND TRAPSGALILEO LEADERSHIP CONFERENCEAUGUST 8, 2012

Katie Fitzpatrick marykate.fitzpatrick@fraserk12.org

Heather Rumley RumleyH@wwcsd.net

FLUFFY AGENDA Who are we Key Working Agreements (KWA) or Norms Parking Lot Who you are What is a PLC Begin to transform your meetings Setting a fluffy agenda and KWA SMART goals Test Data Unit Planning Review

WHO ARE WE Katie Fitzpatrick Heather Rumley

Wayne-Westland at John Glenn HS

Secondary math teacher

Department chair Secondary Math

Content Leader Mother of 3 cats and

1 dog

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KWA

Start and end on time

Stay on task/topic

Parking Lot for other ideas

No judgment

Listen and share air time

Minimize distractionsElectronicsSide conversations

PARKING LOT Sticky notes Include your email if we do not get a chance

to answer your question

CHECK-IN YOUR REALITY

Poll everywhere….

ARE YOU READY TO TAKE A TRIP ON THE PLC BUS?

PLC Questions Used to Guide Your Meetings

1.What do we expect students to learn (essentials)?

2.How will we know if they have learned it?

3.What do we do with struggling students?

4.What do we do with the students who have learned already?

5.What methods of instruction are working best for all of our students?

WHAT MEETINGS HAVE BEEN

More than Tuesday at 2:00 Everyone invited to participate Common goal

BEGIN TO CHANGE THAT STATE OF MIND

Grading papers Talking Reading Cell phone games

HOW TO BEGIN THAT TRANSFORMATION

KWA

Re-Direct

Code Word

?CHECK-IN? KWA OR NORMS

*Do you have KWA’s or Norms for your meetings?

*Do the members of your team follow them?

*Pick 2 code words and share them with your neighbor

STILL HEADING TO THAT TRANSFORMATION

Fluffy agendaGet it out there and visible

SMART goals S pecific, strategic M easurable A ttainable R esults-oriented T ime-bound

?CHECK-IN? SMART GOALS

*Do you use SMART goals?

WHY SMART GOALS? Goals are something that you want to

achieve in the future

SMART goals assist in “getting focused” on what to focus efforts toward

SMART goals help define exactly what the “future state” looks like and how it will be measured

SMART goals show others how their work “aligns” and relates to the focus of the school

GOALS ALLOW TEACHERS TOO…. more rapidly identify those students who

need help.

challenge the students in the middle to reach a little bit higher.

move students who have mastered the materials on to new skills and competencies.

have quick feedback which allows continuous adjustments to instructional strategies.

SMART GOAL EXAMPLES: 80% of all sixth grade students will score a 4

or higher on a 6 point MEAP rubric when responding to a personal narrative prompt.

80% of first grade students will read at a level 16 or above by the end of first grade.

80% of third grade students will score an 80% or higher on the third grade math essential summative assessment

80% of eighth grade students will increase their lexile score by 100 points by the end of eighth grade.

SMART NON-EXAMPLES:

80% of fourth grade students will score a 4 or higher on the writing MEAP.

First grade students will improve listening skills.

80% of seventh grade students will use a child-friendly writing rubric.

?CHECK-IN? REVISE GOAL

Every student will show evidence of one year of growth in mathematics.

YOU KNOW THE WHY NOW LETS WORK MORE

TOWARDS THE WHAT AND HOW

SO WHAT DO YOU TALK ABOUT?

“Data should be used as a means to an

end,not as a means

to a grade”Steve Tunnicliff Carman- Ainsworth Assistant Supe

FAST FORWARD TO YOUR FIRST COMMON ASSESSMENT Invite everyone to bring their test results

Non-judging environment

Begin with the positive

Share top 3 questions

Identify commonalities and differences

Discuss and document

?CHECK-IN? TEST DATA DISCUSSION

*Identify your first assessment this year you will use this process

*Make note of 2 concerns you have

CONTINUING WITH SAME TEST DATA Share bottom 2 questions

Team leader shares results first

Everyone share results

Record information for review

Look for commonalities and differences

COMMON MISSED QUESTIONS Analyze the question and decided what to do

Isolated topic Instruction for next year Note in valuable location

Continuing skill Re-teach & re-assess Communicate info to all involved

CONTINUING WITH TEST DATA

NON-COMMON MISSED QUESTION Put yourself out there

Ask for volunteers with higher results

Share and record strategies used

Thank all that offer support

Proceed through the rest of the low results

?CHECK-IN? TEST DATA DISCUSSION

*Look at your previous concerns, share one (or add an additional one) with your neighbor

EXAMPLE DATA DISPLAYS

ELEMENTARY GOAL TRACKING

SAMPLE HS LEARNING DATA REPORTUS HISTORY – 11 ESSENTIALS – 5 TEACHERS

Y AXIS = SCORESX AXIS = PERFORMANCE ON EA ESSENTIAL BY TEACHER

0102030405060708090

100

1 EO 2 EO 3 EO 4 EO 5 EO 6 EO 7 EO 8EO 9 EO 10 EO 11 E

FRASER EXAMPLE USING DATA DIRECTOR TRACKING TEAM LEARNING DATABY ESSENTIAL AND BY TEACHER

Standard/Cluster Teacher 1 Teacher 2 Teacher 3 Teacher 4 Average

cause and effect 96% 100% 98% 98% 98%

compare/contrast 76% 84% 77% 85% 81%

inferring 80% 83% 84% 86% 84%

character 70% 74% 63% 71% 68%

setting 88% 86% 95% 93% 92%

plot 84% 96% 98% 98% 96%

theme 63% 62% 73% 74% 71%

word study 89% 86% 87% 88% 87%

fragment 68% 65% 60% 75% 67%

run-on 54% 57% 45% 44% 48%

compound sentence 19% 28% 21% 23% 23%

pronoun/ant. agreement 32% 35% 41% 31% 35%

subject/verb agreement 68% 67% 69% 67% 68%

capitalization 87% 79% 84% 86% 85%

usage (homonyms) 91% 92% 89% 88% 89%

Class Average 76% 76% 75% 77% 76%

UNIT PLANNING Ask for tips from the pro’s

Read section heading or topics

Record and distribute all ideas

Obtain permission before including names

SIL

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CE Hear crickets?

No eye contact?

Sally-Show-Off has learned to talk without breathing

No worries

UNIT PLANNING

UNIT PLANNING - GET THE BALL ROLLING

Online resources Jig-saw and discuss the merits

Personally ask each person to bring something to the next meeting (this helps with Sally too)

Pick your favorite topic and talk about it

Pick the most difficult Then brainstorm as a group strategies

WHY TEST DATA & UNIT PLANNING Talk about teaching and learning

Share ideas

Lessen individual workload

Encourage each other and celebrate

?CHECK-IN? UNIT PLANNING

*Write down 2-3 of your own strategies that you will share with your peers for your first unit this year

Don’t miss the bus

OUR MIP’S Fluffly agenda, SMART goals and KWA’s

Code word or re-direct

Put yourself out there

Test data 3 positive and 2 negative

Invite everyone to participate & share/distribute ideas

One’s ordinary is another’s extraordinary

PLC IS MORE THAN A

MEETING

Find out how your world can change by taking part

DON’T LET THIS BE YOUR SCHOOL… YOUR MEETINGS…YOUR CLASS… YOU

?CHECK-IN? YOUR CURRENT PLC

REALITY

*What are we great at?

*What do we need to get better at?

*What do we need to start doing?

*What should we stop doing?

*What should we celebrate?

KATIE FITZPATRICK & HEATHER RUMLEY