Copyright Jigsaw Learning 2012 CTM Cycle

Collaborative Team Meeting Cycle Collaborative Team Meetings are intended to be scheduled every 5-6 weeks, with the purpose to examine individual student needs and appropriate responses by the collaborative team. In

a grade-level team model, grade level teams use their embedded planning time in the other weeks to engage in the core work of a professional learning communities model. Below is an

example of this cycle in practice.

Week 1 Grade Level Planning Time

• Teams establish norms, priorities, SMART goals at the start of the

year (including who chairs and records each meeting) • Keeps brief notes at each meeting (template provided to team) • Stores all grade level resources (including planning resources and

meeting notes) on a grade level site (Google Docs, Dropbox, Sharepoint, etc.)

Planning Time Focus Examples:

• Developing common long range plans • Developing/refining curriculum maps • Developing common assessments • Examining instructional practices related to student learning

Involves: Grade level teachers

Administration (as requested)

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Grade Level Collaborative Team Meeting

• Follows a formalized process, with notes and a list of responsibilities recorded (and printed for each team member following the meeting)

• Starts with celebrations then moves to student analysis and discussion

• Utilizes visual scoreboard, with all students posted on the board • Utilizes data to inform the conversation

As a result, interventions occur on a five-week cycle, being revisited at each collaborative team meeting

Involves: Grade level teachers

Administration

Learning Support Staff

All Support Staff working at that grade

level

• Collaborative Team Meeting schedule established at the start of each school year in the

annual staff planning calendar.