1. PLCS Professional Learning Communities

2. PLC Activity  Volleyball Not Ping Pong  Article  Affirmations/Misunderstandings  The PLC Continuum  How Will We Respond?  Action: www.allthingsplc.infowww.allthingsplc.info

3. It’s Volleyball, not Ping Pong!  1. Get into teams for volleyball (6)  2. Identify the ‘server’.  3. Must ‘volley’ the ball to at least two other team members before the ball comes back.  4. There will be six minutes in the first period of plan

4. Servers starts.  1. “What I know about PLCs are…..”  2. “I wonder if schools districts using PLCs ….”  3. “I know PLCs are not….”  4. “………………”  End your statement, with a ‘volley to another team member by stating his/her name.

5. Affirmations/Misunderstandings  Under Affirmations list what you know to be true about a Professional Learning Community  Under Misunderstandings list how you or your schools misinterpret/misuse a true Professional Learning Community

6. The PLC Continuum 12345671234567 TRUE PLCTEACHER GROUPS

7. How Will We Respond?  Teacher 1: Struggler Ability -less rigorous content  Teacher 2: Struggler Motivation –fails and teaches responsibility  Teacher 3: Struggler Self Esteem–promotes due to concern for self esteem  Teacher 4: Struggler –uses supplemental strategies and extra learning opportunities until student becomes proficient

8. The PLC Continuum 12345671234567 TRUE PLCTEACHER GROUPS

9. Action http://www.allthingsplc.info/  Consider one of your schools on the continuum  State the misunderstanding/problem  Find tool or resource that may help address problem  Be prepared to share Nov.21