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Welcome to Angel Fire Retreat Southwest Plains Regional Service Center

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Summer ‘07 Day 1 – Using Data to Lead Change Day 2 – Leading Change By Understanding Self and Others

M & M Activity

Questions to Answer: Orange -- Leadership Highpoint of the Year Brown -- Leadership Challenge for ’06-’07 Red -- Last educational book or article read Blue -- FREE DISCUSSION Green -- Favorite Hobby Yellow -- Family Joy

Professional Learning Communities P L C Kelly Gillespie, Executive Director Southwest Plains Regional Service Center PO Box 1010, 900 West Lark Avenue Sublette, Kansas or Fax Cell Phone

Rick and Becky DuFour Professional Learning Communities at Work Wichita Airport Hilton Wichita, Kansas April 23-24, 2007 Registration fee for SWPRSC members $325/person, reduced rate of $275/person for teams of 4 or more Registration fee for non-members is $400/person, Reduced rate of $350/person for teams or 4 or more

Resources for PLC

PLC idea is built upon: “All children can learn.”

PLC School Aggressive and Systematic identifying and solving problems (road blocks) as they emerge.

Three Themes of PLC’s PLC Theme #1 A collaboratively developed mission, vision, values, and goals. Fundamental purpose of school is Learning.

PLC Theme #2 Collaborative teams »Work interdependently »Common goals

PLC Theme #3 A commitment to continuous improvement and a constant focus.

PLC’s shift focus of a building from Teaching to Learning.

PLC Foundation 1 leg = mission 1 leg = vision 1 leg = values 1 leg = goals COLLABORATIVELY DEVELOPED

Mission Statement driven by these three Core Questions - 1. What do we expect students to learn? 2. How will we know when they have learned it? 3. How will we respond to students who aren’t learning?

Goals Specific Measurable Attainable Results Oriented Time Bound

What systems are in place in your school to monitor each student’s learning?

PLC Theme #2 Collaborative Culture

Need to consider: Embedded Team Time

“Collective Inquiry” Goal of Collaborative Team

Value of Every Team Member

Leadership in a PLC Different from Traditional Role

Strong Leadership Role Facilitator Clear Communicator Give up Power Build Shared Knowledge Establish Current Reality Strong Leadership Role Facilitator Strong Leadership Role

Leaders of PLC: Must “Set-up” Collaboration to be Successful resources parameters interdependent focus monitoring/reporting

Leaders of PLC: Sustain Vision Maintain high expectations for collaborative team

Leaders of PLC: Lead teachers to develop common assessments to frequently measure student progress.

How do we begin? Round-Table Topic Tomorrow