Building Leadership Building Leadership Teams 2010-11Teams 2010-11

Driving Continuous Improvement Throughout the School!

Session #3January 11th, 2011

HousekeepingHousekeeping……AgendaLunch & BreaksFuture Meeting

◦ March 29th, 2010 8:30am – 3:00pm (location TBD)

2010-11 Key 2010-11 Key tasks/Timelinestasks/Timelines

Formation of the Building Leadership Team◦Now! Further developed in the 2010-11

yearCreation of a school Plan on a Page

◦1st Draft by November 16th, 2010Creation of a School Improvement Plan

◦1st Draft by January 11th, 2011School Balanced Scorecard

◦1st Draft by January 11th, 2011Build a PLC foundation

◦During the 2010-11 year; Implementation 11-12

What Who Due/When

Finalize the school’s Plan on a Page (include mission and SMART goals)

BLT 1-11-11 (Next Mtg.)

Create 1st draft of the School Improvement Plan BLT 1-11-11 (Next Mtg.)

Share PLC information with all staff BLT 1-14-11 (SI Day)

Post your school’s data center and 1st draft of balanced scorecard

BLT 1-11-11 (Next Mtg.)

Attend next meeting on January, 11th and be prepared to share/report:Final copy of the school plan on a page1st draft of the School Improvement PlanA photo of your school’s data center1st draft of your school’s scorecardSteps taken to build a PLC foundation at your school

BLT 1-11-11 (Next Mtg.)

““To Do” List From Last To Do” List From Last MeetingMeeting

Building Leadership Team Session #3 January 11th, 2011 - Weaver Ridge/Carlyle Room (main floor)

8:00am – 11:30pm

Time Item 7:45 – 8:00 Social/Morning Refreshments 8:00 – 8:10 Welcome, Housekeeping, Agenda 8:10 – 9:15 Workshop Agenda Items

Review 2010-11 Key Tasks ACTIVITY: Review BLT Norms ACTIVITY: The World Café (Quality Tool); District Sharing

o Teams will be prepared to share progress on the following: Plan on a Page final copy 1st draft of school scorecard/data center 1st draft of the school improvement plan

ACTIVITY: Continue working on the School Improvement Plan and the School Data Center/Balanced Scorecard

9:15 – 9:30 Break 9:30 – 10:30 Sharing Professional Learning Community information with all teachers

ACTIVITY: Review the PLC “core” presentation and customize to meet the needs of your school

Team Time/Planning for any of the following activities: Planning your school’s PLC presentation on January 14th School scorecard/data center School improvement plan Next steps for your BLT

10:30 – 11:30 Team Planning 11:30 – 12:30 Lunch/Dismiss Teachers Not Participating in Afternoon Sessions 12:30 – 3:00pm RTI Workshop

Building Leadership Team Next Steps/To Do List

What Who Due/When Share PLC information with all staff BLT 3-17 or 3/18 (SI Day) Finalize the School Improvement Plan BLT 3-29-11 (Next Mtg.) Finalize your school’s data center and balanced scorecard BLT 3-29-11 (Next Mtg.) Attend next meeting on March, 29th and be prepared to share/report:

Final copy of the School Improvement Plan A photo of your school’s data center Final copy of the school’s balanced scorecard Steps taken to build a PLC foundation at your school Next steps to prepare for PLC implementation in 2011-12 Plans for the April 15th SIP day (Planning for PLCs)

BLT 3-29-11 (Next Mtg.)

Characteristics ofCharacteristics ofHigh Performing High Performing SchoolsSchools

1. Common mission, vision, values and goals.

2. Ensuring achievement for all students with systems for prevention and intervention.

3. Collaboration focused on teaching and learning.

4. Using data to guide decision-making and continuous improvement.

5. Gaining active engagement from family & community

6. Building sustainable leadership capacity.

Effective Teams Make Collective Commitments to Each other…-Building Leadership Team Norms

Review your team BLT norms before we begin our work today!

Sharing Across the Sharing Across the DistrictDistrict

Tool: The World Café◦1 or 2 people stay behind to provide an update on your school’s progress

◦All others will disperse to other tables to hear from other schools (take notes!)

◦Groups will not rotate, but will listen to one other school share their progress

◦Meet back at your own team to debrief and share what you learned

District Sharing of Progress

Presenting School: ______________________________

Plan on a Page Data/Scorecard School Improvement Plan Preparing for PLCs

Progress: What progress has been made? How far along is your school?

Process: How did your team approach this task? What process was used?

Plus/Delta: What went well? What would you do different? What did your team learn?

Next Steps: What are the team’s next steps? What are your plans moving forward?

Presenters To Share…Presenters To Share…Provide an update on:

◦1.) School’s Plan on a Page◦2.) School scorecard and data center◦3.) 1st draft of the school improvement plan◦4.) Any PLC information that your team has

shared with the rest of the staffShare the following for each item above:

◦A.) Progress to date◦B.) Process used to address the task◦C.) What worked well? What would you

change if you had to do it again?◦D.) Next steps

Return to School BLT Return to School BLT GroupGroupProvide a summary:

◦What where the common themes that were shared by schools?

◦What was unique or specific to a school?

◦How did your school’s information compare to the other schools?

◦What did you learn from others that could be used in your school’s future efforts?

2010-11 Key 2010-11 Key tasks/Timelinestasks/Timelines

Formation of the Building Leadership Team◦Now! Further developed in the 2010-11

yearCreation of a school Plan on a Page

◦1st Draft by November 2nd, 2010Creation of a School Improvement Plan

◦1st Draft by January 11th, 2011School Balanced Scorecard

◦1st Draft by January 11th, 2011Build a PLC foundation

◦During the 2010-11 year; Implementation 11-12

PLC Implementation 2011-PLC Implementation 2011-12122010-11 Year

◦Develop BLT’s with the capacity and understanding of the PLC model

◦BLT’s to set and communicate direction for future implementation of PLC next year

◦Help all staff understand the PLC concept and prepare for full implementation

2011-12 Year◦Implement PLCs at all schools and across

the District and implement a time/schedule change

◦Provide templates, tools and examples for PLC team use (share best practices for PLC)

Moving Forward Moving Forward With Professional With Professional Learning Learning CommunitiesCommunities

Building Leadership Teams Building Capacity for the Implementation of PLCs in 2011-12

January 11th, 2011

AgendaPLC Outcomes for 2010-11

Review what we have learned about PLC’sNovember 16th information and work

Focus on Results: Making Connections between District, Building and PLC Goals

PLC Question #3 and the RTI connection

Plan for sharing of PLC information- Jan 14th

PLC OUTCOMES for 2010-11All teachers will:

Be able to describe a PLCIdentify & define a Collaborative TeamIdentify/ describe the characteristics of

effective teamsKnow which teams they are members ofDevelop team normsEstablish 1 team SMART goal & Action

Plan for 2011

2011-2012 PLC Work

Quest. #1: What do we want our students to learn?

Quest. #2: How will we know if each student has learned it?

Curriculum Maps which identify the course

Standards Content Skills

Develop, administer, and analyze a common formative and/or summative assessment

http://dunlapcusd.rubiconatlas.org

•Discussed the relationship between the BLT and the PLC teams

•Described what PLC’s look like and how they are unique from what we have experienced

•Provided examples of PLC team structures

•Described characteristics of high performing PLC teams

•Identified current status and future needs in regards to the critical questions

7 steps to Building High-performing Teams1. Embedded Collaboration through teams

(types of teams)2. Time for teams to collaborate 3. Focus the work of teams on the “critical

issues/questions”4. Monitor the work of teams through

products5. Establish team norms6. Identify team SMART goals7. Provide teams with relevant student

achievement data

PLC Nov.16th, 2010 Team NotesElementary Teams:

Grade level (Horizontal) / Specials BBT (SST-WW) BLT (Vertical) SE/ Title One/ Interventionists Subject area (Building- WW)

Middle School Teams: Spartan Learning Community (Interdisciplinary) Content (Vertical): within building and among other

buildings (6-8, 8-12, K-6) Grade level (Horizontal) Interdisciplinary, including PE and Explore teachers Team Leaders (Vertical/ horizontal) BLT (vertical/ horizontal)

DHS: BLT (vertical/ horizontal) Department Teams (vertical/ horizontal) Course Specific (vertical/ horizontal)

Team ActivityRead PLC Overview

Where is your team in the sharing process?1. Planning stages2. Informal sharing of a few key PLC ideas3. Have presented information to all staff on the

characteristics of PLC up to this point4. Other- describe

How does this compare with what we already do?

What will be new for our staff?

LBD Chapter 6 and DVD Program 4

District Leadership TeamDistrict SMART Goals

Building Leadership Team

Building SMART Goals

PLC TeamsGrade Level / Department / Course SMART Goals

Student SMART Goals

A Results Driven Culture

Making Connections: District to SchoolRead “Linking school goals to district goals,”

p. 158

Identify and discuss examplesBroad to specificHow does this compare our district and

school goals?

Chapter 6: Learning by Doing

District School

Goal #1: To continually improve student growth and achievement

Wilder-Waite students will be taught the reading curriculum with integrity and fidelity resulting in achievement of the grade level target scores on reading tests at the end of each theme.

 Goal 1:  Students at Dunlap Valley Middle School will compile a writing portfolio containing a proficient writing sample from each class by May 1st.  Proficiency will be determined by a content appropriate rubric.

What was the building goal?What was an example of a PLC goal?

DVD SMART GOALS

School PLC Teams

Read: “Linking team

goals to school goals,” p. 159

“Focusing on results, not activities,” p. 159

Why does having a team goal meet the definition of a collaborative team?

What question does an effective team goal answer?

Team SMART Goal WorksheetReview Examples on pages 164-170

Individually

Discuss as a Team (Handout: Goal Worksheet)Do the goals meet the SMART Definition?How are the goals aligned with the district and

school goals?What do the action plans have in common?What products were used as “Evidence of

Effectiveness”?

School PLC TeamPlace example on poster

paper…

Be prepared to share

Building Goal:

PLC Team Goal:

School ExamplesPLC Team Examples

Wilder-Waite students will be taught the reading curriculum with integrity and fidelity resulting in achievement of the grade level target scores on reading tests at the end of each theme.

__ grade students will achieve an average of ___% on reading theme tests.

PLC Goal Student Goal

3rd grade students will achieve an average of 85% on reading theme tests.

How will your students connect to the PLC/ Building/ and District Goals?

Student A (I) will achieve an average of 90% on reading theme tests.

District Leadership TeamDistrict SMART Goals

Building Leadership Team

Building SMART Goals

PLC TeamsGrade Level / Department / Course SMART Goals

Student SMART Goals

A Results Driven Culture

How will we respond when some students do not learn?

DVD Program 2: Question 3

Current StatusIdentify where your school is on the rubric on

p. 106

Pre-InitiatingInitiatingImplementingDevelopingSustaining

What is a System of Intervention?Read “What do we mean by system of

intervention?” pp 99-100 Discuss what this means for your school:

“… ensures every student in every course/grade will receive additional time and support for learning”

“.. a schoolwide responsibility rather than the sole responsibility of the individual teacher.”

Team Reading/DiscussionRead “Part Three, Here’s Why” pp 101-105

Discuss:

Why is a system approach needed?

What is the PLC/ RTI Connection?

How will your PLC teams strengthen/support your current intervention system?

What is the paradigm shift for teaching/learning?

Tips for Creating Systematic InterventionsAs a team jigsaw the information on pp 108-

112

Each team member Reads an assigned tipShares the information with the group

Team Discussion What do these Tips mean for your school?

Guiding QuestionsAs a team, answer the “Guiding Questions”

on pp 113-114

Action Plan Provided as needed (p. 107)

PD Action Plan for Jan. 14th Template

PLC OUTCOMES FOR 2010-11All teachers will:January-

Be able to describe a PLCIdentify & define a Collaborative TeamIdentify/ describe the characteristics of

effective teamsMarch-Know which teams they are members ofDevelop team normsEstablish 1 team SMART goal & Action Plan

for 2011

Action Plan for Staff SharingProfessional Development Action Plan

Content •Define a PLC, What does it look like? How is it unique from what we have done?•Identify & define a collaborative team•Identify/describe characteristics of effective teams•Recognize types of PLC structures

Activities

Resources PLC Video: Program 1 and 3; Team Examples HO A, Collaborative Team Def. p. 11; 7 Steps to High Performing Teams, p. 18; Critical Questions, p.19; Team Structure, p. 12; Critical Issues, p. 49; Dunlap examples HO B; PLC Continuum; Guiding Questions; PD Action Plan HO D

Time

Brainstorm and PlanDescribe how you will share/ present the PLC

information

Use Template/ laptop to capture your thoughts

November PPT and handouts available in your table folder

Next Steps/To Do Next Steps/To Do ListList

What Who Due/When

Share PLC information with all staff BLT 3-17 or 3/18 (SI Day)

Finalize the School Improvement Plan BLT 3-29-11 (Next Mtg.)

Finalize your school’s data center and balanced scorecard BLT 3-29-11 (Next Mtg.)

Attend next meeting on March, 29th and be prepared to share/report:Final copy of the School Improvement PlanA photo of your school’s data centerFinal copy of the school’s balanced scorecardSteps taken to build a PLC foundation at your schoolNext steps to prepare for PLC implementation in 2011-12Plans for the April 15th SIP day (Planning for PLCs)

BLT 3-29-11 (Next Mtg.)

Building Leadership Team Workshop – Participant Feedback

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1. Overall, the workshop was well organized. 1 2 3 4 5

2. The program included an effective level of participation and involvement. 1 2 3 4 5

3. Facilities and accommodations

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4. This workshop provided the necessary ingredients for us to have an effective learning experience. 1 2 3 4 5

5. We will be able to use the information

and/or skills acquired through this workshop to improve our effectiveness as a Building Leadership Team. 1 2 3 4 5

6. Plus/Delta comments: Plus

(What did you like about today’s workshop?)

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7. Please list any topics you would like to see addressed at Building Leadership Team workshops. 8. Because of today’s workshop, our team will:

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