District Leadership Team District SMART Goals

District Leadership TeamDistrict SMART Goals

Building Leadership TeamBuilding SMART Goals

PLC TeamsGrade Level / Department / Course SMART Goals

Student SMART Goals

What is the connection between BLT’s and PLC’s?

Professional Learning CommunitiesGoals for today:•Understand the relationship between the BLT and the PLC teams

•Describe what PLC looks like and how it is unique from what we have experienced

•Provide examples of PLC team structures

•Describe characteristics of high performing PLC teams

•Identify current status and future needs in regards to the critical questions

What does a PLC look like?View All Things PLC video clip

Listen for 5 elements

Complete a T-Chart ◦What is looks like◦How its unique from what we

do/have done?

What is a PLC?

Look Like… How is it unique from what we do/have done?

CollaborativeEssential knowledgeMonitor learning-

formative assessments

Systemic Interventions

Enrichment opportunities

Handout A

Cultural ShiftsView video clip and refer to your t-chart

Working Collaboratively

Focus on Results

Learning Centered

Handouts pp 28-30LBD pp 11-14

Making Connections

What are your building’s priority areas?

Reflection…Where is your school?

Mark on the continuum

X

Session #1Worksheet

H

Summarize key findings!

What are key opportunities for improvement?

PLC Culture Summary

A Shift in Fundamental Purpose Key Strengths Key Opportunities Action/ Ideas?

A Shift in Use of Assessments Key Strengths Key Opportunities Action/ Ideas?

A Shift in the Response When Student’s Don’t Learn

Key Strengths Key Opportunities Action/ Ideas?

A Shift in the Work of Teachers

Key Strengths Key Opportunities Action/ Ideas?

Session #1Worksheet I

PLC Culture Shift SummaryPoster presentation:List your top 3 PLC Culture Shift

areas to address at your school

Identify a spokesperson to share your poster!

The Collaborative TeamWho is it?

What will it look like?◦Loose/ Tight

What are the responsibilities?

ATP video: Collaborative Culture

Collaborative Team DefinitionA group of people working

interdependently to achieve a common goal for which members are held mutually accountable. Collaborative teams are the fundamental building blocks of PLCs.

Handout p. 11

7 steps to building High-performing Teams1. Embedded Collaboration through teams2. Time for teams to collaborate 3. Focus the work of teams on the “critical

issues”4. Monitor the work of teams through

products5. Establish team norms6. Identify team SMART goals7. Provide teams with relevant student

achievement data

Possible Team StructuresHorizontalVerticalInterdisciplinaryLogical linksDistrict or regional teamsElectronic teams

Handout p. 12 and ATP video

Team StructuresBrainstorm

Building teamsDistrict teams

(Flip chart)

Use the team definition as a guide

7 steps to building High-performing Teams1. Embedded Collaboration through teams2. Time for teams to collaborate 3. Focus the work of teams on the “critical

issues/questions”4. Monitor the work of teams through

products5. Establish team norms6. Identify team SMART goals7. Provide teams with relevant student

achievement data

Time for CollaborationBuilding the time into the

schedule◦District Leadership Team

How often will teams meet?

Which teams will meet?

7 steps to building High-performing Teams1. Embedded Collaboration through teams2. Time for teams to collaborate 3. Focus the work of teams on the “critical

issues/questions”4. Monitor the work of teams through

products5. Establish team norms6. Identify team SMART goals7. Provide teams with relevant student

achievement data

Focus on Critical Questions What do we want our students to

learn?How will we know if each student

has learned it?How will we respond when some

students do not learn?How can we extend and enrich

the learning for students who have demonstrated proficiency?

Handout p. 19

Team Examples

Looks Like Sounds LikeWhat type of team

structure?

How are the teachers responding to each other?

Which critical questions are they addressing?

Handout B

7 steps to building High-performing Teams1. Embedded Collaboration through teams2. Time for teams to collaborate 3. Focus the work of teams on the “critical

issues”4. Monitor the work of teams through

products5. Establish team norms6. Identify team SMART goals7. Provide teams with relevant student

achievement data

Team Products

What products are the teams using?

Essential OutcomesCommon AssessmentsSMART Goals

7 steps to building High-performing Teams1. Embedded Collaboration through teams2. Time for teams to collaborate 3. Focus the work of teams on the “critical

issues”4. Monitor the work of teams through

products5. Establish team norms6. Identify team SMART goals7. Provide teams with relevant student

achievement data

Critical Issues for Teams

Handout p. 49

Identify which critical question each statement addresses.

Dunlap Examples

Groups TeamsProvide examples

when we have formed groups and for what reason

Provide examples of when we have formed teams who have addressed the critical questions

Current StatusIdentify where your school is on the continuum

Handout pp 82 & 83Where are we as a district? (Dot activity)

What do we have? What do we need?

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Critical Question 1Handout C

What do we have in place? What do we need?

Critical Question 2

What do we have in place? What do we need?

Critical Question 2

What do we have in place? What do we need?

Critical Question 4

Guiding QuestionsComplete Guiding Questions

Handout pages 90 & 91

Action Plan for Staff Sharing

Professional Development Action Plan

Content

Activities

Resources

Time

Handout D