Big 3 Ideas:

1. Focus on Learning (PDF) - PLC’s Focus on Learning rather than Teaching

2. Collaboration (PDF) - Teachers, administrators, parents and students work together to seek out best practices, test them in the classroom, continuously improve processes and focus on results.

3. Focus on Results - We hold each other accountable for results

Fundamental Assumptions:

• What we do makes a difference - We can make our schools more effective

• Improving our knowledge is the key to improving our schools

• Significant school improvement will impact teaching and learning

4 Critical Questions To Guide PLC’s:

Question 1- What Knowledge And Skills Do We Expect All Students To Learn?

• Power standards (PDF), learning targets, pacing considerations

Question 2- How Will We Know That Students Have Learned It?

• Common assessments, formative assessments, benchmark assessments, quick checks for understanding, results analysis (PDF)

Question 3- How Will We Intervene When Students Do Not Learn?

• Differentiated instruction, lab class, after school programs, school day intervention programs, Pyramid of Interventions,  RTI

Question 4.  How Will We Extend Or Enrich Students That Are Above Level?

• Differentiated instruction and extension activities, enrichment opportunities