1. PLC Plan V. Nicole Amason University of Houston-Victoria

3. 4A High School

5. Four Senior English Teachers

6. Four Junior English Teachers

7. Four Sophomore English Teachers

8. Four Freshman English Teachers

9. Special Ed Language Arts Teacher

11. Where are we?

12. Team Assessment Indicators of a Professional Learning Community Team AssessmentCopyright©2007 by Timothy Berkey Directions: Record the number listed on the rubric that best indicates the degree to which your team is matching the PLC indicator. 0 1. Demonstrates a shared vision defined by goals and expected results. 1 2 3 4 5 Never Almost Never Sometimes Almost Always Always Comments: ________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 2. Achieves repeated short-term gains over extended periods of time and reports these to students and parents. 1 2 3 4 5 Never Almost Never Sometimes Almost Always Always Comments: ________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 0 3. Uses trial and error to discover more effective ways to differentiate instruction and improve learning. 1 2 3 4 5 Never Almost Never Sometimes Almost Always Always Comments: ________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 0 4. Engages members in ongoing diagnosis and treatment of student learning problems. 1 2 3 4 5 Never Almost Never Sometimes Almost Always Always Comments: ________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

13. What Are Our Priorities? Timothy Berkey

14. In groups or 2 or three, think of a time when you were a member of a high performing team. List the attributes. Think of a time when you were on a low performing team. List the causes. Defining a High Performance Team

15. A real team whose members are deeply committed to one another’s growth and success. Willing to place our priority on teaching and learning Have a strong commitment to our mission Understand the need for change Vision of our PLC – High Performance Team

16. Teachers as Instructional Leaders Copyright 2007 Timothy Berkey

17. Refined Vision Copyright 2007 Timothy Berkey

18. We will meet as a department weekly on Tuesdays during second period Meeting Times:

19. All meetings will be held during second period Monday – Freshman Teachers Wednesday - Junior Teachers Thursday – Sophomore Teachers Friday – Senior Teachers Meeting Times:

21. They will last no more than 45 minutes

22. The group will set the agenda for the next meeting at the end of the first

23. The focus will be on student improvement

24. Student behavior can be discussed at a different time

26. The Team will disaggregate data to find the students’ weakness

27. The Team will design a plan to attack the areas of student need

28. The Team will report back successes and failures

29. The Team will work together to find solutions

31. The data will be disaggregated

32. Curriculum will be developed to focus on areas of weakness at the beginning of the year

34. The data will be disaggregated and analyzed to monitor student learning and drive instruction

35. We will use the data to adjust instruction as necessary

37. We must bring the slow learner up to grade level

38. We must add growth to the middle learner

40. We will work as a team to develop differentiated lessons

43. Requires skillful school and district leaders who guide continuous instructional improvement. (Leadership)

44. Requires resources to support adult learning and collaboration. (Resources) http://www.nsdc.org/standards/index.cfm

46. Uses multiple sources of information to guide improvement and demonstrate its impact.

47. Prepares educators to apply research to decision making.

48. Uses learning strategies appropriate to the intended goal.

49. Applies knowledge about human learning and change.

50. Provides educators with the knowledge and skills to collaborate. http://www.nsdc.org/standards/index.cfm

52. Deepens educators' content knowledge, provides them with research-based instructional strategies to assist students in meeting rigorous academic standards, and prepares them to use various types of classroom assessments appropriately.

53. Provides educators with knowledge and skills to involve families and other stakeholders appropriately. http://www.nsdc.org/standards/index.cfm

55. Increase the number of students who attain the college readiness standard on the TAKS test

57. Building Goals: Student Improvement

58. Building and District Goal: An Exemplary Performance RatingOur results WILL transform the goals into a reality!