1. March 10, 2015
1:50-3:30pm
Banked Time PD
Department Chair

2. Grounding (2 min.) Strength……..Growth
Dept Chair - Pair-Share Strength and Weakness in relation to PRIDE

3. Purpose and Outcome Purpose:
Continue progress on Steps 1, 2, and 3 of the PLC Cycle
Start Step 4 of the PLC Cycle-Planning Rigorous Lessons
Outcome:
Complete Step 3 ..SMART GOAL(s)
Plan and Implement Rigorous Lessons with PLCs
Department Chair

4. Reflection on the last PLC Meeting (5 mins.)
What did your PLC accomplish last meeting?
What could you have done differently to improve?
What are your next steps?
Dept Chair – PLC Think, Pair, Share

5. STEP 4: Plan Rigorous Lesson and Teach it
Dept Chair

6. DuFour’s Guiding Questions of a PLC
What is it that we expect students to learn?
How will students learn it?
How do you know your students learned it?
HOW WILL YOUR PLC ARRIVE AT COMMON COMMITMENTS FOR EACH QUESTION?
Department Chair - PLC Discussion

7. ELEMENTS TO ADDRESS What is it that we expect students to learn?
Content/Standards
PLC Steps 1-3 (SMART, Essential Standards, etc)
RWAC Graphic
How will students learn it?
Learning Strategies/Student lens
TLF Focus Elements
How do you know your students learned it?
Common Formative Assessments
Common Summative Assessments
Listed are elements to be considered when designing rigorous lessons (step 4)

8. Resources for Step 4 on smartjaguar.com

9. Preparing for Upcoming PLC Meeting
What are the next steps for your next PLC meeting?
PLC member commitments
Items to bring/research
Continue to update Dropbox, Google Docs, Wikispace, etc.
Upcoming Date
3/16/15PLC Lead
3/24/15Banked Time & Faculty Meeting