Mission, Vision & Collective Commitments
Mission, Vision & Collective Commitments
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"If the primary goal of schools is to ensure high levels of learning, then educators need to see the mission, vision, values, and goals as tools for motivating, inspiring, and guiding the actions of learners."
Brown & Ferriter. (2021). You Can Learn: Building Student Ownership, Motivation and Efficacy with the PLC at Work Process.
"Everyone in the school needs to
have a shared belief in
the school’s mission and vision."
Examples:
Examples:
Collaborative Teams Should Reflect on Their Purpose and Align to the Campus Mission and Vision
Collaborative Teams Should Reflect on Their Purpose and Align to the Campus Mission and Vision
Teams should reflect on their purpose at the beginning of the year and when new teachers join the team mid-year. Leadership teams must help to ensure there is time to re-establish processes and procedures every year.
Resources and Activities:
Resources and Activities:
Mindset of Collaboration & Continuous Improvement
Mindset of Collaboration & Continuous Improvement
A Collaborative Team is a group of educators that work together through an ongoing process of collective inquiry in order to improve teaching skills and academic performance of students.
“Collaboration is a systematic process in which we work together interdependently to analyze and impact professional practice in order to improve our individual and collective results.” -DuFour, DuFour, & Eaker, 2002
Groups Vs Team
Groups Vs Team
Groups can all be working towards a common goal
Teams are working towards the common goal interdependently
Shifting the Culture
Shifting the Culture
Cycle of Continuous Improvement
Cycle of Continuous Improvement
Teams organize themselves and continuously updates work products and processes using the cycle of continuous improvement.
Structuring a Master Schedule & Collaborative Space
Structuring a Master Schedule & Collaborative Space
The goal is to provide every team with uninterrupted time to collaborate within a space that allows for conversations, sharing and modeling.
Elementary Schedule Considerations
Elementary Schedule Considerations
How do you ensure time is valued for each subject?
Are teams able to split by content area?
Many Elementary campuses have been able to provide teams with about 135 minutes of Collaborative time throughout the week
What systems are in place to avoid ARDs, 504 meetings during the team’s collaborative time?
Secondary Schedule Considerations
Secondary Schedule Considerations
Are shared conferences scheduled outside of lunch period to ensure leadership can attend and provide support?
Are shared conferences within a department allowing specialists or other support staff to support each team adequately?
How are teachers with more than one prep being provided time to collaborate?
What systems are in place to avoid ARDs, 504 meetings during the team’s collaborative time?
Space Considerations
Space Considerations
Setup of room promotes collaborative conversations.
Chairs/tables are facing each other like that of a round-table
Lighting is bright and inviting to keep team engaged and focused
Easy access to resources such as projector, whiteboard, poster paper, writing utensils, etc.
Ideal, but not required - dedicated space to keep posters, collaborative work or data on the wall
PLC is a Process!
PLC is a Process!
The essence of the PLC process is captured in three big ideas:
The school’s purpose is to ensure all students learn at high levels.
Helping all students learn requires a collaborative and collective effort.
To assess our effectiveness in helping all students learn we must focus on results— evidence of student learning—and use results to inform and improve our professional practice and respond to students who need intervention or enrichment.
― Richard DuFour, Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work
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