Principal+2012-PLC+notes+and+schedules


 * 1/22/13**
 * AS PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION / REPORT, PLEASE INCLUDE ALL PRODUCTS THAT YOUR TEAM CREATED and USED DURING THE UNIT.**

Your team should prepare a 30 minute presentation /report that addresses the following questions. Please fill out this form in advance.

1. What were the intended outcomes of the unit you taught? Please present the outcomes in student friendly language such as “I can…” statements.

2. How did your team determine these specific learning targets/outcomes as essential to the unit?

3. How much calendar time did your team devote to this unit?

4. How did your team check to see if students had the prerequisite skills for success in the unit? Please list those specific skills.

5. How did your team check for student understanding as part of the formative assessment process in the class (Steps 2 and 3 of the PLC //Teaching- Assessing – Learning// cycle) as you were teaching the unit? Be specific.

6. How did your team assess student proficiency during and at completion of the unit? Please provide a copy of the assessment instrument(s) that were used.

7. What mathematical tasks did your team use to build conceptual understanding and procedural fluency?

What Standards for Mathematical Practices were featured in the tasks?

8. List the specific proficiency expectations students were to demonstrate for each learning target/ outcome for the Unit?

9. Stage 5 of the “Cycle” requires your team to use student proficiency results at the end of the unit in order to improve your team’s instructional performance

- What questions of student performance did you consider? - What did you learn as a result of the assessment? And how will (did) you respond in the next unit?

We are looking forward to discussing the //Teaching-Assessing-Learning// Cycle in action with your team!
 * Once again, during your presentation /report please include all of the products that you created or used for this unit.**

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__** PLC- August 20, 2012 **__

1. Finalize team norms 2. Write your smart goal 3. Look at first 6 weeks of Math Standards and agree on the guaranteed curriculum. 4. Look at previous grade level stands and determine pre-requisite skills needed for students to move forward in learning the guaranteed curriculum 5. Write a short pre-assessment based on the prerequestite skills

Items due by end of day. Post to wikispace.

** PLC Cycle 9/4/12 **
 * Establish norms
 * Agree on the guaranteed curriculum with your team (weeks 1-6)
 * Write a pre-assessment on standards from previous grade needed to master first six weeks guaranteed curriculum
 * Establish WIN groups based on pre-assessment (weeks 2-6)
 * WIN groups should be given formative assessments frequently and regrouped as they master content.

The above items have already been completed and are posted on the PLC wikispace

Write a summative assessment for the first 6 weeks guaranteed curriculum. The results of this assessment will be used to set up WIN groups for weeks 7-12. Agree on the guaranteed curriculum for weeks 7-12. You may/may not choose to use the key standards.
 * Next steps:**


 * Remember that the guaranteed curriculum you select is the basis of WIN groups. You still teach all the standards on the map during core instruction.**


 * PLC Cycle 9/17/12**

Our second six week cycle begins on 10/1/12. Please refer to the curriculum map for weeks 7-12 starting on 10/1/12. Your current PLC work should be around.... 1) Completion of your first summative assessment to be given at the end of week 6. Remember we are supposed to give MPA #1 per the district. 2) Agree on your teams guaranteed curriculum for weeks 7-12. 3) The summative you give will be analyzed and WIN groups will be based on that analysis. So...you will teach the new curriculum for weeks 7-12 during core instruction. During weeks 7-12 your WIN groups will be based on the guaranteed curriculum (analysis of summative) of the guaranteed curriculum from weeks 1-6.


 * Remember to review your norms at each PLC meeting and hold each other accountable to what you agreed on*


 * WIN groups are fluid and should change frequently based on daily formative assessments***

Summative assessment for weeks 1-6 Guaranteed curriculum for weeks 7-12
 * Items due on wikispace by 9/21/12 include....**

DOK Wheel




 * WIN CYCLE 10/1/12**
 * PLC** **Update - Expectations**
 * Today begins week 7**


 * 1) PLC's** **should have on their Wikispace**


 * guaranteed curriculum for weeks 7-12 (mutually agreed upon - 2 to 3 standards). I **expect** to see those on each grade level wikispace by Tuesday PM (10/2/12) . I will be contacting your team directly if they are not posted by that time.


 * 2)** This week you should be doing data analysis on your first summative assessment. Your WIN groups will now be based upon the data from that assessment. WIN groups will now be remediation/enrichment of your guaranteed curriculum from weeks 1-6. Finally, you should be beginning to write your common assessment to be given at the end of week 12 so that another cycle of WIN will begin on week 13.

** PLC Progress Checklist – Due by end of day 10/8/12 ** _ Finalize guaranteed curriculum for weeks 7-12. Post to your page on wikispaces.

_Determine formative assessments for WIN groups to allow for fluid groups (frequent movement of kids as they master WIN group content).

Complete SMART Goals. Post them in their grade folder on WIkispaces. (2 goals: long term and short term – including a current reality. Results of first common assessment can be utilized for a short term goal)- see 3rd grades example _Complete Team Building Worksheet. Post them in their grade folder on WIkispaces. _Read chapter 4 and complete the following task: // During collaborative team time: Look at your upcoming unit and using Figure 4.3 (K-2 book page 112, 3-5 book page 118) align your learning targets with your assessment instruments and tasks // Grade Level_ __Team sign off:__ . __.__

__**PLC Update 11/12/12**__ The following items should be posted to your wikispace:


 * guaranteed curriculum weeks 13-18
 * common assessment for weeks 6-12

WIN groups should be changing to reflect the analysis of your common assessments. WIN groups should now focus in intervention and enrichment opportunities around your guaranteed curriculum from weeks 6-12.

A few things....

Do not forget to included writing opportunities (short answer and ER) in your WIN time Check out achievethecore.org