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Allegan Area Educational Service Agency Professional Learning Communities Solution Tree – Paul Farmer - February 22-23, 2016 Professional Learning Paul Farmer Communities @pfarmersr pcfplc@gmail.com Allegan Area Educational PLC Twitter Chat Service Agency #ATPLC Thursdays 9-10 PM EDT February 22-23, 2016 solution-tree.com | 888.763.9045 Professional Learning Communities  Inner and Cross District Networking Agenda  Homework check in  Assessments, data, in-class interventions  What’s working? What’s Not?  Troubleshoot problem areas  Develop consistency in your school  Draft a journey with timelines to move your school forward solution-tree.com | 888.763.9045 Session Learning Targets Participants will… …engage in discussion on their assessments, data, in class intervention strategies, along with developing standardized expectations for all members at their school site. Today’s work will include:  Reviewing each other’s assessments, assessment data, and in- class intervention efforts (homework from Nov 2015)  Charting What’s Working and Not Working  Networking with your district’s schools and others  Troubleshooting problem areas with others  Drafting a list of non-negotiables for your school  Draft a list of action items including point people, timelines, anticipated evidence the work is being done, and the metric used to determine success. solution-tree.com | 888.763.9045 1

Allegan Area Educational Service Agency Professional Learning Communities Solution Tree – Paul Farmer - February 22-23, 2016 Homework Assignment February 22-23, 2016  Bring a copy of an assessment with each question aligned to specific targets  Bring the data from one CFA tallied by question, by target, and by student  Classroom or pyramid of interventions solution-tree.com | 888.763.9045 In regards to your assessment development respond to the following questions  What process did you use to identify the skills on the assessment?  Where did you find the questions or what did you use to create the questions and the assessment?  What did you learn by tallying the scores by target/skill and by student?  Do you feel all the questions are still quality questions after reviewing the results? solution-tree.com | 888.763.9045 Compare Your Responses  If you have copies of your assessments and related materials, please provide the people in your group with copies.  Discuss and record things you have in common  Record differences in your responses to the previous prompts  Identify specifics you may consider doing differently in the future solution-tree.com | 888.763.9045 2

Allegan Area Educational Service Agency Professional Learning Communities Solution Tree – Paul Farmer - February 22-23, 2016 Report Out  What was reaffirmed during your discussion and comparisons?  What are your “take-aways” as a result of this networking experience?  If you were to do this in the future with people from your school and/or district what examples would you like to see? solution-tree.com | 888.763.9045 solution-tree.com | 888.763.9045 solution-tree.com | 888.763.9045 3

Allegan Area Educational Service Agency Professional Learning Communities Solution Tree – Paul Farmer - February 22-23, 2016 solution-tree.com | 888.763.9045 solution-tree.com | 888.763.9045 solution-tree.com | 888.763.9045 4

Allegan Area Educational Service Agency Professional Learning Communities Solution Tree – Paul Farmer - February 22-23, 2016 Your Intervention Efforts  When will or did you start using the intervention strategies?  What indicators are used to identify a student needing additional support in your class?  What strategies do you feel will or do work best with most of your students?  When do you let the student know your concerns?  List methods used to inform the student of your concerns?  When do you inform:  Your team  Parents  Guidance  Administration  Do the members of your team share and implement these strategies? solution-tree.com | 888.763.9045 Compare Your Intervention Strategies  If you have copies please provide the people in your group with a copy of your intervention efforts  Discuss and record things you have in common  Record differences in your interventions  Identify specifics you may now consider doing differently. solution-tree.com | 888.763.9045 What are the The Three Big Ideas of PLC at Work? 1. A Focus on Learning 2. A Collaborative Culture 3. A Focus on Results DuFour, DuFour, Eaker, & Many , 2010, Learning by Doing, Second Edition p. 11 solution-tree.com | 888.763.9045 5

Allegan Area Educational Service Agency Professional Learning Communities Solution Tree – Paul Farmer - February 22-23, 2016 Four Critical Corollary Questions 1. What is it we want our students to learn? (essential, guaranteed, and viable curriculum) 2. How will we know if each student has learned it? (frequent, team-developed, common formative assessments) 3. How will we respond when some students don’t learn it? (timely, directive, systematic intervention) 4. How can we extend and enrich the learning for students who have demonstrated proficiency? (timely enriched content, extended activities) solution-tree.com | 888.763.9045 DuFour, DuFour, Eaker, & Many , 2010, Learning by Doing, Second Edition p. 119 solution-tree.com | 888.763.9045 Expectations Four Critical Corollary Questions Question 1 What do we want all teachers to know and be able to do? Question 2 How will we know if each teacher has learned it and demonstrates the expectation? Question 3 How will we respond when some teachers don’t? Question 4 How will we respond when teachers meet or exceed expectations? solution-tree.com | 888.763.9045 6

Allegan Area Educational Service Agency Professional Learning Communities Solution Tree – Paul Farmer - February 22-23, 2016 Non-Negotiable The minimal expectation for the teams and when necessary individual teachers, is for each skill to be unwrapped and posted for others to see. All essential skills must be communicated to students in student friendly language. solution-tree.com | 888.763.9045 solution-tree.com | 888.763.9045 The PLC Journey Roadmap Clarify “What is a professional Learning Community?” 1. Develop a relentless focus on learning 2. Establish why becoming a professional learning 3. community is important Set aside systematic time and support for learning 4. Build the foundation for a professional learning 5. community Focus on results to inform and improve professional 6. practice Align district/school policies, practices, and 7. procedures with the learning mission Facilitate adult learning 8. Build collaborative teams that focus on learning 9. 10. Strive for continuous improvement Adapted From: The Journey to Becoming a Professional Learning Community, 2009, Janel Keating, Robert Eaker, Richard DuFour solution-tree.com | 888.763.9045 7

Allegan Area Educational Service Agency Professional Learning Communities Solution Tree – Paul Farmer - February 22-23, 2016 Articles to Consider Sustaining and Maintaining: No One Answer  http://bit.ly/1Pq1Cwq Revitalizing Your PLC  http://bit.ly/1TbKA7C Assessing your School’s PLC Progress  http://bit.ly/1Ruz0on The Time and the Commitment to Collaborate at the Elementary Level  http://bit.ly/1TpV0Sr PLC Master Schedules Provide Time for Collaboration and Interventions During the Day  http://bit.ly/1QkK2qR solution-tree.com | 888.763.9045 Sustainability Efforts  Every leadership position has a back up person  Team notebooks and records  Start and stop dates for new initiatives  End of year checkout system  Summer communication  Hiring practices  Clarified cycle of events that include reflection and evaluation of efforts solution-tree.com | 888.763.9045 Thank you! Paul Farmer @pcfarmersr #ATPLC PLC Twitter Chat Thursdays 9-10 PM EDT pcfplc@gmail.com solution-tree.com | 888.763.9045 8