• PLC Working Together Summary

    Professional Learning Community Key Elements

  • 1. Complete the Team Information section for EACH PLC meeting.

    2. Complete ONLY those sections you work on during your PLC time.

    3. Please check the boxes WITHIN the sections you address during your team meeting as a quick summary of your actions.

    There are two ways to record the notes from your meeting:

    a. You can record notes for each element within this form. All notes will be sent to you immediately after submitting them, along with any attachments you upload.

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    b. You can record your notes separately and attach them at the end of the form. The attachment will be sent in the email along with your team's Working Together Summary.

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    • TEAM INFORMATION 
    • FIRST, select Elementary, Junior High or High School, THEN SELECT YOUR SCHOOL:*
    • Date of Meeting:*
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      2 digit month, 2 digit day, 4 digit year
    • PLC Practices:

    • PLC Agenda Example

      PLC Agenda for Turnaround Schools

    • CELEBRATIONS 

    • Share any celebrations.

    • 1. We spent time identifying and/or agreeing on the standards we will focus on 

    • What standard(s) do we all agree to be teaching toward?

    • Clarity of Focus

    • Resources:
      The following resources may help you in clarifying your instructional focus.

      • Utah Core Standards
      • Early Childhood Core Standards (Preschool)
      • District Elementary Curriculum Maps and Pacing Guides
      • District Elementary Literacy Curriculum maps and Pacing Guides
      • District Secondary Curriculum Maps and Pacing Guides
      • Dynamic Learning Maps: Essential Elements (SPED)
      • PLC Elements Word Document A word document with the 5 PLC critical elements that teams can use to document their work in the five elements.
      • PLC Elements Reflection Sheet: Contains guiding statements for each critical element of PLCs.
    • 2. We spent time reviewing data and/or creating common formative assessments 

    • What will we take as evidence that students have learned it? 

    • We created a CFA.
    • We reviewed the following data to better understand student learning.

    • Resources:

      The following resources may help you in creating common formative assessments and in data analysis:

      • Common Formative Assessment Planning Template
      • Data Analysis Protocol 1
      • 10 Day Data Challenge
      • SchoolCity
    • 3. We spent time planning and/or sharing instructional strategies 

    • How will we plan effective Tier 1 instruction?
      (Tier 1: All students receive quality, whole class instruction. ALL students receive Tier I interventions, also know as “Best Practices.” Tier I instruction will be successful with 80- 90% of the student population. )

      • Note: While teachers need to exercise their individual creativity in the classroom, teams support each other by developing and sharing effective instructional practices together.
    • Tier 1 Instruction

    • Things we all agreed to incorporate in our instructional  lesson plan.

    • Resources:

      The following resources may help you in designing effective Tier 1 instruction.

      • Lesson Design Template
      • Curriculum Maps
      • Checks for Understanding
      • Large group/small group routines
      • Scaffolded instruction
      • Utah State Core resources
      • Depth of Knowledge 
      • Key vocabulary
      • SIOP
      • WiDA Can Do Descriptors
      • Go Math
      • Wonders
    • 4. We spent time identifying the intervention needs of our students 

    • How will we respond when students do not achieve mastery?

    • Interventions

    • We all agreed to incorporate the following intervention(s).

    • Intervention Resources:

      The following resources may help you in designing effective interventions.

      • Florida's Positive Behavior Support
      • Intervention Central
      • What Works Clearinghouse
      • Research-based Academic Intervention Chart
      • RtI Intervention Manual
      • RtI in Secondary Schools
      • EdReady Utah-Secondary Math
      • SERP Word Generation-Academic Language Development Gr.4-8
      • Student Support Data Guide (Green Form)
      • PBIS World
    • 5. We spent time identifying the extension needs of our students 

    • How will we respond when students have already reached mastery?

    • Extension/Enrichment

    • We all agreed to incorporate the following       extension(s).

    • Extension and Enrichment Resources:

      The following resources may help you in designing extensions and enrichment for your advanced learners:

      • Project-Based Learning
      • Elementary Language Standard Extensions
      • Elementary Reading Informational Text Extensions
      • The Elements of Reasoning and the Intellectual Standards 
      • Mensa for Kids Lesson Plans
      • NEWSela.com 
      • Differentiated Instruction for High Level Learners 
      • Educational Resources for Gifted
    • Assignments, Future Agenda Items and 'Other' 

    • Occassionally, teams address other items while teaming. Indicate below any additional items your team worked on.

    • TEAM REFLECTION: 
    • Reflection questions utilized by Turnaround schools:
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    • PLC Observation Tool

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    • OPTIONAL: Attach any other documents you may need to share with your administrator or team.

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