Four Q

uestio

ns T

hat

Driv

e th

e W

ork o

f a

PLC

Wh

at is it w

e w

an

t ou

r stu

den

ts to le

arn

?

How

will w

e kn

ow

if each

stu

den

t has le

arn

ed

it?

How

will w

e re

spon

d w

hen

so

me stu

den

ts do n

ot le

arn

it?

How

can

we e

xte

nd

and

en

rich

the le

arn

ing fo

r stud

ents w

ho

have d

em

onstra

ted

p

roficie

ncy

?

Gro

up

Norm

s

Have re

spectfu

l co

mm

un

icatio

n a

s allie

s

Be a

ctively

involv

ed

Focu

s on e

stab

lished

goals

Assu

me th

e b

est o

f my

colle

ag

ues

Th

ou

ghtfu

lly in

volv

e o

thers

Avoid

textin

g a

nd

em

ailin

g

Utilize

ele

ctron

ic device

s for

activ

ities re

late

d to

the se

ssion

on

ly

Pro

toco

ls for

Eff

ectiv

e

Advoca

cySta

te y

ou

r assu

mptio

ns (H

ere

is wh

at I

thin

k)

Describ

e y

ou

r reaso

nin

g (H

ere

are

som

e

reaso

ns w

hy I a

rrived

at th

is con

clusio

n)

Giv

e co

ncre

te e

xam

ple

s (Let m

e e

xpla

in

how

I saw

this w

ork in

an

oth

er sch

ool)

Reveal y

ou

r persp

ectiv

e (I a

cknow

ledg

e

that I a

m lo

okin

g a

t this fro

m th

e

persp

ectiv

e o

f a v

ete

ran te

ach

er)

An

ticipate

oth

er p

ersp

ectiv

es (S

om

e

teach

ers a

re like

ly to

questio

n…

..)

Ackn

ow

ledg

e a

reas o

f un

certa

inty

(Here

is one issu

e y

ou

could

help

me th

ink th

roug

h)

Invite

oth

ers to

questio

n y

ou

r assu

mptio

ns

(Wh

at is y

ou

r reactio

n to

what I sa

id? In

w

hat w

ays d

o y

ou se

e th

ings d

iffere

ntly

?)

Pro

toco

ls for

Eff

ectiv

e In

qu

iryG

ently

pro

be u

nd

erly

ing

log

ic (W

hat le

d y

ou to

that co

nclu

sion?)

Use

nonag

gre

ssive la

ng

uag

e (C

an

you h

elp

me u

nd

ersta

nd

your

therin

king

here

? )

Dra

w o

ut th

eir th

inkin

g (W

hich

asp

ects o

f what y

ou h

ave

pro

pose

d d

o y

ou fe

el a

re m

ost

signifi

cant o

r esse

ntia

l?)

Check fo

r und

ersta

nd

ing

(I’m

hearin

g th

at y

our p

rimary

goal

is…)

Exp

lain

your re

aso

n fo

r inq

uirin

g

(I’m a

sking

ab

out y

our

assu

mp

tion b

eca

use

I feel…

.. )