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The Why Behind the Work

PLC Overview

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Signal Word: Guaranteed + Viable

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About Us...

Missi Thurman Andrea Sande Ali Hurd Meagan Kimball

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Check-in

If you were going to walk out on a stage, what would your theme song be?

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  • Build shared understanding of what guaranteed and viable curriculum is and why it is needed.
  • Discuss the elements of the data team process.
  • Reflect on readiness factors and the different pieces of PLC work.
  • Provide an opportunity to ask and answer questions.

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OBJECTIVES FOR THE DAY

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The Challenge We Face

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Newsflash!

This is not what is happening in most schools!

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The Reality for Most

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The Danger of...

All talk, no action or ineffective action won’t get us to justice!

Equity Lens

Trauma Informed Practices

Awareness Building

Culturally Informed Practices

System Wide Needs Assessment

Social Emotional Learning

Inclusion

Ensuring Equitable Access

Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum

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Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum

What is it and how do we get there?

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The Why?

“A guaranteed and viable curriculum is the single most important initiative a school or district can engage in to raise student achievement.”

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What Works in Schools: Translating Research into Practice

Marzano, 2003

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L2 Matrix

Understanding Antecedents of Excellence

Achievement of Results

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Lucky

Losing

Ground

Leading

Learning

Overall, where is your school functioning now?

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Solution Tree: Dufour 4 Questions

  1. What do we want students to know and be able to do?
  2. How will we know if they learned it?
  3. What will we do if they have not learned it?
  4. What will we do if they have learned it?

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Learning by Doing, pg 36

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Turn and Talk: How does what you do with student data match up with this?

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Three Types of Curriculum Maps

Projection Map

Where are we going?

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Unit Map

How are we going to get there?

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Backward Map

How did it go?

Do differently/same next time?

Teacher Generated @ Building Level

Teacher Generated @ District Level

Teacher Generated @ Building Level

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“Curriculum mapping is not one more thing on our plate… it is the plate!”

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Roadmaps to Learning

Common Core State Standards

Identify desired results.

(Targets)

Determine acceptable evidence. (Assessment)

Plan learning experiences and instruction. (Strategies and Lessons)

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Trajectory for the Work

Projection Mapping

Data Team Cycles

Summative Assessments

Unit Mapping/ Backwards Mapping

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Readiness Factors

  • Awareness of Team Dynamics
  • Norms - Including a decision rule, How do we resolve conflict? What do we do when norms aren’t followed? (Not if!)
  • Roles - Who is responsible for what? Facilitator, time keeper, recorder etc
  • Running Agendas - plans out multiple meeting in advance

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Coordinating, Cooperating, Collaboration

COLLABORATION

“Let’s make something new.”

COOPERATION

“Let’s make this better.”

COORDINATION

“Let’s get this done.”

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Team Reflection

With your team, fill out the graphic organizer in the packet.

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Questions?

Thoughts?

Concerns?

Dear Facilitator . . .

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Thank You

Your feedback is important to us.

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Please fill out the survey.

We read every response!

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