Leading PLCs at Work Districtwide: From Boardroom to Classroom; Eaker, Hagadone, Keating, Rhoades (p 10)
Strong high performing PLC's align the work district wide across 4 teams:
School Board/Superintendent
District-Level & Principal Teams
School-Level Principal/Grade Level/Content Team Leaders
School Grade Level/Content Teams
The Four Pillars serve as the foundation for changing the school culture. Each campus should should establish each of the 4 pillars as a critical foundation to being PLC strong.
The Guiding Coalition focuses to create and monitor the importance of the collaborative work completed throughout the school.
Leadership Team vs. Guiding Coalitions
Effective Practices for Guiding Coalitions
Tools for Creating a List of Members
The "Bookshelf" Continuous Improvement Cycle
Adapted from: Common Formative Assessments, Ainsworth and Viegut
(Priority standards, essential standards, power standards, learning progression, proficiency scales, clarifying standards, what standards look like in student work, high-quality instructional materials, instructional strategies and engagement, and rigor)
Identifying Essentials Unwrapping Standards AR Reports & HQIM
R.E.A.L Criteria Deconstructing Standards Learning Progression
Essential Standards Chart Unwrapping Based on Rigor Progression Template
Proficiency Scale Deconstructing Standards Lesson Plan Template
Culture of Mastery Webb Hess Matrix Guides Proficiency Scale Template
(Benchmark Assessments, Pre-Assessment, Common Formative End of Unit Assessments, In-Unit Quick Checks for Understanding, Interim Assessments, and Results Analysis)
DOK Assessment Tool System of Assessment Protocol Data Meeting
DOK Question STEM Analyzing CFA Data Why Formative Assessment?
Assess Learning Cycle Data Protocol Building a CFA
CFA Team Planning Data Analysis Protocol Blank TACA Form
Developing Assessment Data Analysis Team Learning Team Data Template
(Differentiated Tier 1 Instruction, Teacher Interventions connected to Tier 1 Instruction, Team Interventions Connected to Tier 1 Instruction, and the RTI/MTSS Process)
What is Differentiation Intervention Chart Effective Instruction Strategies
Tier 1 Interventions Intervention Practices Effective Group Work
Teach Intervene Model Multimodal Activities Mindset and Differentiation
Intervention Rubric Using Flexible Time Importance of Differentiation
Analyze CFA Data Pathways for Question 3 Ensure Successful Interventions
(Differentiated Instruction and Rigor)
Students & Blooms Higher Order Thinking Rigor & Relevance
Differentiation Strategies Math Enrichment Blooms Sentence Stems
Deeper Student Responses Personalized Learning Verbs Change Domain