Departmental PLC Meetings

 1) Shared Mission (purpose), Vision (clear direction), Values (collective commitments), & Goals (indicators, timelines, & targets) – All Focused on Student Learning

 2) A Collaborative Culture with a Focus on Learning – Fundamental Building Block  3) Collective Inquiry into Best Practice & Current Reality – Build Knowledge  4) Action Orientation: Learning by Doing – Avoid Paralysis by Analysis & Overcome Inertia with Action

 5) A Commitment to Continuous Improvement – Perpetual Learning  6) Results Orientation – Purposeful Improvement

 1) What do we expect the students to learn? Goals Expectations Learning Objectives  2) How do we know that they are learning? Formative Assessment – rehearsal Summative Assessment – the big show

 3) What do we do if they already know it? Tier II Differentiation  4) What do we do if they do not know it? Reflect on Tier I Implement Tier II Reteach/Retest

 Components to our Curriculum Maps Standards Learning Targets Vocabulary Sequencing/Duration Essential Guiding Questions Literacy Incorporation Resources

 Timeline By the End of August:  Standards identified, separated into units, and sequencing/duration established. By December 2014:  Learning Targets and Vocabulary for ½ the units By May 2015:  Learning Targets and Vocabulary for rest of the units Next School Year: Input essential guiding questions, literacy strategies, and resources.

 Timeline Finals must be done soon, due to PGES requiring pre and post assessments. This school year, for year long courses, you will need ONE common unit assessment in the fall, and ONE common unit assessment in the spring. For semester courses, the common final and one unit assessment the first semester, and another unit assessment the second semester. Next School Year: all unit assessments.

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