Consider the questions posed throughout the video....
Discussion/Active Participation:
Let's focus on your grade level team today...get together with them and decide how do you:
Ensure students learn?
Build a culture of collaboration?
Stay focused on results?
Visit the website: http://go.solution-tree.com/PLCbooks/Reproducibles_BPLC.html When you scroll down, you will find reproducibles. Please choose and print at least 3 handout which would be most useful for improving your PLC group. Be able to explain why you chose that option and what you hope it will do for your team and the students.
Group Sharing:
Share out your discussions and reproducibles gathered in the discussion/active participation
Reflection: (watch for recap of questions/confusions on the wiki!)
What have you learned/taken away from today's seminar?
What is most useful? What are you still confused about?
Seminar #1: Building Your PLC
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Remember, you may post questions/comments/ideas in real-time during seminars by accessing and posting on: http://todaysmeet.com/nfeldmannPD
*This seminar will be shorter than others, as it will be more of a discussion rather than a hands-on experience unlike the other four seminars*
Hook: (funny video....just to get the conversation started)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CsGao_i1BM&feature=related
What is a Professional Learning Community - PLC? What does it mean for you and your students?
Discussion about working PLC's. What should they include?:
Read an article from Edutopia: www.edutopia.org/professional-learning-communities-collaboration-how-to
Video of a PLC in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWUoceQsZ3A&feature=related
What do your “PLC” meetings consist of?
What does your PLC team do well, what do you need to work on?
Video/Demonstration:
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?title=What_is_a_professional_learning_community_&video_id=24803
Consider the questions posed throughout the video....
Discussion/Active Participation:
Let's focus on your grade level team today...get together with them and decide how do you:
Ensure students learn?
Build a culture of collaboration?
Stay focused on results?
Visit the website: http://go.solution-tree.com/PLCbooks/Reproducibles_BPLC.html
When you scroll down, you will find reproducibles. Please choose and print at least 3 handout which would be most useful for improving your PLC group. Be able to explain why you chose that option and what you hope it will do for your team and the students.
Group Sharing:
Share out your discussions and reproducibles gathered in the discussion/active participation
Reflection: (watch for recap of questions/confusions on the wiki!)