2. Goals Build common understanding Identify ways that a PLC leads to increased student learning Imagine your districts future with operating PLCs Identify next steps

3. Agenda KWL Correct Misconceptions PLCs by the numbers Some reading Some videos Group Work Look ahead

4. Perspectives 1.Teaching 2.Learning 2

5. Characteristics 1.A Focus on Learning 2.A Collaborative Culture with a Focus on Learning for All 3.Collective Inquiry Into Best Practice and Current Reality 4.Action Orientation: Learning by Doing 5.A Commitment to Continuous Improvement 6.Results Orientation 6

6. Big Ideas 3

7. 1.Ensuring that Students Learn 2.A Culture of Collaboration 3.A Focus on Results 3

8. Big Ideas Form a triad. Divide article into thirds according to big ideas Get with like # Read, discuss in like groups Return to triad and share Discuss how the big ideas are evident in day-to-day basis in your school 3

9. Critical Questions 4

10. 1.What do we expect our students to learn? 2.How will we know they are learning? 3.How will we respond when they don’t learn? 4.How will we respond if they already know it? 4

12. identify & agree on priorities common assessment collectively look at student work collectively do something about it

13. 5 th grade example: subtraction common warm-up/ bellringer piles of papers based on common thinking regroup students for flex time at end of the day

14. Lessons 1.Shape the Culture 2.Hard Facts are Often Distorted 3.Importance of Action; Learn by Doing 4.Power of Common Assessments 5.Importance of Timely Information 6.Importance of a Systemic Response when Students Aren’t Learning 12

15. Lessons 7.Guide the Work of Teams 8.Widespread Leadership 9.Classrooms are Learning Communities 10.Need for a Common Language 11.Use the Current Context 12.The Power of Stories 12

16. Barriers 1.What might be some of the potential barriers? 2.What might be done to overcome them? 3.What can we learn from past change initiatives that might help with this one? ?

17. Cultural Shifts 1.Fundamental Purpose 2.Assessments 3.When Students Don’t Learn 4.Work of Teachers 5.Focus 6.School Culture 7.Professional Development 7

18. Passion and Persistence 