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Hudson Community School District

Introduction to the PLC ProcessAugust 15, 2012

What if we could show

you a process that would

enable you to work smarter;

not harder?

What if that process broke down walls?

Tony VossJeff Dieken

Mark Schlatter

What if the process enabled you to truly collaborate on

an interdependent goal with your colleagues and

provided you with a research proven way to increase student achievement?

That process is the PLC at Work!

PLC is the filing cabinet in which all other

initiatives go.

It is the dishwasher in which all other initiatives are cleaned and polished.

Three BIG Ideas

• We accept learning as the fundamental purpose of our school and therefore are willing to examine all practices in light of their impact on learning.

• We are committed to working together to achieve our collective purpose. We cultivate a collaborative culture through the development of high performing teams.

• We assess our effectiveness on the basis of results rather than intentions. Individuals, teams, and schools seek relevant data and information and use that information to promote continuous improvement.

Four Main Questions

1. What is it we want all of our students to learn?

2. How will we know they have learned it?3. How will we respond to

those who have not learned it?

4. How will we respond to those who have learned it?

Where do we go from Here?

• Sept. 12 Develop team norms• Sept. 26 What is an Essential Learning?• Oct. 10 Develop SMART Goals• Jan. 23 What are Common Assessments?• March 13 Responding when students don’t

learn• April 17 Responding when students

already know

Because we have the perfect teacher in Hudson Schools!

But it’s not just one of us…

It’s ALL of us!

What is our current culture?

• Essential questions activity

or

Raj and Sheldon vid

Collaborative culture

INSPIRATION!