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Why PLCs?
Why PLCs?
PLCs challenge the practice of isolation among teachers and foster the sharing of best practices. DuFour et al (2010) define a PLC as “an ongoing process in which educators work collaboratively in recurring cycles of collective inquiry and action research to achieve better results for the students they serve.” By joining together, teachers have the potential to affect great changes in their students and their school.
PLCs challenge the practice of isolation among teachers and foster the sharing of best practices. DuFour et al (2010) define a PLC as “an ongoing process in which educators work collaboratively in recurring cycles of collective inquiry and action research to achieve better results for the students they serve.” By joining together, teachers have the potential to affect great changes in their students and their school.
4 Questions Drive the Inquiry Work of a PLC:
4 Questions Drive the Inquiry Work of a PLC:
1. What is it we want our students to learn?
2. How will we know if each student has learned it?
3. How will we respond when some students do not learn it?
4. How can we extend and enrich the learning for students who have demonstrated proficiency?
PLCs offer our educators time to reflect and act upon the what, the why and the how of their curriculum and instructional practices by:
PLCs offer our educators time to reflect and act upon the what, the why and the how of their curriculum and instructional practices by:
Gathering evidence of current levels of student learning
Analyzing possible instructional strategies to build on strengths and address weaknesses in that learning
Developing common assessments to obtain precise learning data
Implementing the instruction and assessments
Analyzing changes in student learning to discover effective instructional strategies
Applying the new knowledge in the next cycle of continuous improvement
Commitments:
Participation is required in order to receive any 301 monies at the end of the school year
Full participation/engagement with your PLCs is an expectation
Participate actively in PLC with cameras on, no avatars.
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