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Professional Learning Communities and Student Achievement: More Than Standardized Test Scores Ray Williams, St. Thomas University – Ken Brien, University of New Brunswick - Keith Owre, University of New Brunswick -

Introduction Pilot Study 15 Schools & 1 District Office Professional Learning Communities Culture Leadership Teaching Professional Growth & Development Student Achievement Academic Achievement Positive Involvement Resiliency

Goals Examine level of PLC operations in schools Examine 3 measures of student achievement Determine the impact of PLCs upon student achievement

Process Planning with district leaders & principals Formation of Guiding Coalition Gathering of PLC Data Training of PLC Analysis Teams Interventions Gathering of Data on PLCs and Student Achievement Data Analysis Reporting of Findings

Challenges Availability of course grades from schools Developing measures to gather positive involvement and resiliency Resources required to conduct research: o hold meetings o conduct training workshops o provide PLC interventions o Graduate student research assistance Competing systemic change Survey fatigue in schools Government policy shifts

First Level Analysis School D BarriersStrengthsNeither Culture8/151.5/156/1512.5/151/15 Leadership6/161/166/1615/164/160/16 Teaching5/160/166/1615/165/161/16 Professional Growth & Development 9.5/150/153.5/1514/152/151/15 Totals for all Instrument Items 28.5/622.5/6221.5/6256.5/6212/623/62 Percentage of Change42% Decrease56% Increase14% Decrease

PLC Culture Figure 1a - PLC Culture – 2011 School Collegiality, Trust, Commitment Support for Professional Collaboration Time to Collaborate on Student Learning Impact of Structural Factors on Collaboration Importance of Effective Communication 1a1b1c2a2b2c3a3b3c4a4b4c5a5b5c CS-74S-69S-72 S-74 B-49S-51-S-67S-68B-26S-59S-79- DS-71B-21S-57S-71-S-79B-71B-36B-21B-43B-38B-36S-54S-77B-38 HS-74S-83S-61S-70S-83S-87B-35S-65-B-45--S-70-S-57 IS-78S-64S-61B-22-B-39B-61B-42B-31B-42B-19B-50B-36B-22B-33 KS-85S-77S-92S-77S-85S-92S-77S-85S-69B-31S-69S-75S-61S-77S-61