1. Effective Implementation of Professional Learning Communities
La Grande School District
Oregon Data Conference
August 2012

2. Presented by: Larry Glaze Superintendent Mike Berglund School Board
Jerry Mayes Title I Coordinator
Mike Gregory Elementary Principal
Taunya Barnett PLC Leader, 3rd Grade
Jillian Chandler 3rd Grade Teacher

3. Getting Started (First Year)
Board
Administrators
Team Leaders
Certified/Classified Staff

4. Implementing PLC's (Second Year)
Calendar
Two Year
District PLC Leadership
Monthly Debriefings
District PLC Meetings

5. Implementing PLC's (Year Two Continued)
Board Leadership
New Mission Statement:
In the La Grande School District we believe every student can learn and deserves a safe, motivating, and challenging school environment.
Therefore, it is the mission of the La Grande School District to provide a learning environment where educators work collaboratively to ensure that students maximize their learning. To accomplish this mission we will use best practices and data to ask and answer:
· What do we want students to learn?
· How will we know what students have learned?
· How do we respond when they don’t learn?
· How do we respond when they do learn?

6. Board Leadership (Year Two Continued)
Book Reads/Board Meetings
PLC Visits in Each Building
Board PLC Presentations
PLC Stipends for

7. Implementing PLC's (Year Two Continued)
Administrative Leadership
Monthly PLC Administrative Meetings
Book Reads
Monthly PLC Leadership Meetings in Buildings

8. Celebrating Success! Greenwood Grade 3 PLC

9. Taking PLC's to the Next Level (Year Three)
Stay Focused on Goal of "All Students Learning"
Initiative Creep
Focused Staff Development Plan for

11. Greenwood Elementary Planning For High Performing PLC's
District Training
DuFour Conerence
Visit Schools That Are Rockin it!
Janel Keating
Scheduling Work Sessions
Inclusion Training

12. Non-Negotiables Be on time, Monday 7:45-8:45
Focus on standards- Math Power Standards (CCS?)
Follow team norms
Team Facilitator Responsibilities: Agenda at least one day before PLC meetings, assign roles for members, use team norms, post and turn in minutes to building administrator by next day

13. Core and Intervention Blocks
Schedule Revamped in May 2011
Planning and Alignment to the Standards
Research and Consultation
PLC is the "Engine" That Drives Interventions
Serves All Students
45-60/30
Accountability for Staff & Students

14. All Hands on Deck! "Flooding" in Paras and Specialists
Intervention Groups
Planning During PLC Time
Placements Fluid Based on CFA's (Common Formative Assessments)
Ongoing Para Training

15. Inclusion Resource Room Groups Very Large in Previous Years
Small Groups Taught By Most Trained Staff
Meeting the Individual Needs Based on Data
Behavior Has Improved- Office Referrals Down
Parents Are Very Pleased!

16. What Next? Collecting Data- Initial Promising Common Core Integration
Parent Involvement and Education
Continue to Master PLC, Interventions, Inclusion, PBIS, RTI
Continue Time and Focus on Professional Development
The PLC Time has Been Critical!!

17. Without Data, You Are Just Another Person With an Opinion
A 3rd Grade Team's Perspective

18. School Wide Schedule Weekly PLC Time Built In (one hour/week)
Daily Core & Intervention
Tier III Intervention for Math, Reading, & Behavior

19. PLC Big Ideas Learning is the Purpose- NOT Teaching
A Collaborative Culture is Essential
Assessing Results Using Data

20. Standards and Learning Targets
State Standards Identified
District Team Created Power Standards
Learning Targets
Where are they going?
How will they get there?
"I Can" Statements

21. PLC Process Collaborative Teams Power Standards
Monitor Learning Using CFA's
Provide Additional Time for Students Based on Needs

22. Data Driven Instruction
Student Data Example
80/80
Groups Formed Based on Needs
PLC Team Variations

23. 3rd Grade Improvement Student & Staff Accountability
Purposeful Instruction & Learning
OAKS Growth
Student Success

24. La Grande School District Oregon Data Conference August 2012
Questions???
La Grande School District
Oregon Data Conference
August 2012