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“Isolation is the enemy of improvement. To improve and grow, leaders must be willing to embrace vulnerability and expose themselves to a critical friend to receive authentic feedback.”

(Elmore, 2004, p.67)

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Campus Improvement

Goal Alignment

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Campus Improvement Goals

Strategy 1:

Send a team of 8-10 staff members to the Solution Tree PLC Conference in November 2024.

Strategy's Expected Result/Impact:

Improvement in rigor and engagement of lessons.

Strategy 2:

Schedule, facilitate, and attend bi-weekly grade level

PLCs

Strategy's Expected Result/Impact:

Refinement of bi-weekly PLCs and MTSS systems by

including the four critical questions of PLCs with

consistency and fidelity.

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PLC Expectations

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LT PLC Expectations

Tightly Held:

Loosely Held:

Teams will use the 4 questions to guide PLC conversations
Common forms (chosen by campus) are used to go through the PLC process in meetings
All core grade level/content teams meet every other week, at least twice a month in person, on the same day across the district to engage in the PLC process. Documented on a shared calendar.
Teachers must be present in the PLC - attendance taken (No ARDS, 504s, Staffings, or Parent Conferences during this time) Special Education teachers are a vital part of this conversation

Question pacing is determined by instructional relevance & timing
Teams will engage in the PLC questions that are most relevant to their current work (all 4 are not required every time)
Which PLC member facilitates the meeting
Knowledgeable Others (IC, Counselor, School Psychs, Paras, et al) attend when possible

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SHE PLC Expectations

Tightly Held:

Loosely Held:

Teams will develop agreed upon norms, review norms at each PLC meeting, and hold themselves and each other accountable to the norms.
Teams will align SLO goals that support the CIP Goals.
Teams will complete the PLC Agenda and share it with Admin. & Campus Instructional Staff prior to Meetings.
Teams will follow the LT Scope & Sequence, and provide feedback on the Scope & Sequence to C&I.
Teams use common data to monitor through an on-going assessment process that includes, team common formative assessments.
Teams use results of common assessment to: 1) Improve individual practice 2) Build the team’s capacity to achieve its goals. 3) Intervene or extend on behalf of individual students, esp. our most school dependent children (HALOS).

Norms developed by the team.
Teams will have flexibility on decisions within the goals, such as subject areas, strategies, instructional practices.
The PLC agenda, centered around the 4 PLC Q’s
Teams decide how they want to teach the content and skills within the scope and sequence, and which polite feedback to provide to C&I.
Teams decide which assessments to use or create.
Teams decide which research based instructional practices to use when responding to data.

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Calendars

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SHE Assessment Calendar

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January 2025

SUN

MON

MOY Math MAP (K-5)

mCLASS Reading (K-2)

LTC2/ESGI (K)

Circle (PK)

TUE

PLC Meetings

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

Week 19

Week 20

Week 21

Week 22

17

22

9

7

25

1

5

6

8

3

4

16

12

13

15

10

11

14

23

19

20

18

21

26

27

24

29

30

28

1

2

PK

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February 2025

SUN

MON

LTC3/ESGI (K-5)

mCLASS Reading (K-2)

TELPAS (3-5)

TUE

PLC Meetings

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

Week 23

Week 24

Week 25

Week 26

14

19

6

4

22

1

2

3

5

1

13

9

10

12

7

8

11

20

16

17

15

18

23

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26

27

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28

PK

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March 2025

SUN

MON

TELPAS (3-5)

STAAR Interims (Math & Sci. 3-5)

STAAR ALT2 (3-5)

TUE

PLC Meetings

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

Week 27

Week 28

Week 29

Week 30

14

19

6

4

22

1

2

3

5

1

13

9

10

12

7

8

11

20

16

17

15

18

23

24

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26

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25

28

PK

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April 2025

SUN

MON

STAAR ALT 2 (3-5)

STAAR RLA, SCI, Math (3-5)

EOY MAP (3-5)

TUE

PLC Meetings

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

Week 31

Week 32

Week 33

Week 34

19

6

4

22

1

2

3

5

1

13

9

10

12

7

8

11

20

16

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15

18

23

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25

2

28

PK

1

3

14

29

30

1

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May 2025

SUN

MON

EOY mCLASS Reading (K-2)

EOY Circle (PK)

EOY MAP (3-5)

TUE

PLC Meetings

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

Week 35

Week 36

Week 37

17

4

2

20

1

2

3

1

11

7

8

10

5

6

9

18

14

15

13

16

21

22

19

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25

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26

PK

1

12

27

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Norms & Guiding Values

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Serene Hills Meeting Norms

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Serene Hills Core Values

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SHE PLC Guiding Values

Deepening Norms

(examples inspired by Dr. Brown, Dare to Lead)

We lead with our common purpose (our campus goals) in mind.

Instead of avoiding tough conversations, we have crucial conversations through honesty and productive feedback. We take breaks and circle back when crucial conversations become unproductive and require more processing time.

We proactively address fears and feelings before reacting to challenges and problematic behaviors.

We actively hold ourselves accountable and self-reflect without shame or blame. We are self-aware.

We lead with curiosity and understand that curiosity and knowledge-building grow together; the more we know, the more we want to know.

Though we do not admire the problem, we stay with problem identification and solving before rushing into ineffective and unsustainable solutions.

We take risks and understand that to do the opposite stifles growth and inspires perfectionism and fear.

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Grade-Level PLC Agendas

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Instructions for Agenda Slide

Team Leads:

Open your own Grade-Level PLC Agenda Slidedeck (embedded in the following slide).
Once in your slidedeck, please make a DUPLICATE of the PLC Meeting Agenda (located on the slide following these instructions)
Remove the “DRAFT: Duplicate this slide” text box.
Fill in the following components no later than the Friday PRIOR to the upcoming PLC.
Team Norms
Date
Goal of Meeting
PLC 4 Essential Questions Addressed
Materials to Bring
Task/Topics to be Discussed*, Who Leads, and Time Allotment (*See the PLC Topics list –a non-exhaustive list of topic ideas– for PLCs that do not immediately follow a standardized assessment)
Ensure the PLC Agenda is complete by the end of your PLC Meeting time
Share your PLC Agenda with your team, Keegan, Lorraine, Bridgette, & Meagan.

Scribe: Fill in the following team components

DURING the PLC

Follow-Up Actions
Questions/Other Notes/Needs from Admin

Other Notes:

The Team Leader is the facilitator/norms facilitator

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Team Norms:

Agenda Item:	Team Member Responsible:	Time Allotment:	Follow-up Actions:
Review Team Norms:	Team Leader	2 minutes
Student Centered Celebrations:		3 minutes
Task / Topic 1:
Task / Topic 2:
Task / Topic 3:
Task / Topic 4:
Questions / Other Notes / Needs from Admin:

Date:	Members Present: A B C D E	Goal of the Meeting: PLC 4 Essential Questions to be Addressed: What do our students need to be able to know and do? (Planning PLC) How will we know that they have learned it? (Assessment / Data PLC) What will we do when they haven’t learned it? (Intervention PLC) What will we do when they already know it? (Enrichment PLC)	Materials to Bring:

PLC Meeting Agenda

DRAFT

Duplicate this Slide

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PLC Agenda by grade level

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Dig into District Resources
Unpack TEKS using the Solution Tree Unpacking Tool
Analyze student work samples to assess mastery
Look at testing data to identify needs
Use data to organize SAIL time
Use data to develop flexible groups
Design of units / lessons
Create common assessments
Refine Accelerated Learning
Talk about students who may need to be added to MTSS
STAAR Interim (3-5)
Circle (PK)
PK Small Groups
PK My Math Academy
PK My Reading Academy
Plan for enrichment
TDEC writing sample analysis

January 28: PK: Circle Data Dig, K: ESGI (LTC2) Data Dig, 1-5: MOY Math MAP & mCLASS Reading Data Dig

February 18: K- Math MAP & mCLASS Reading Data Dig, PK, 1, 2: Team-Generated PLC Focus (see PLC Topics/Ideas list for ideas); 3-5: Interim Reading Data Dig

February 25: PK-5 LTC3/ESGI Data Dig (TDEC Focus)

March 11: PK-2: Team-Generated PLC Focus (see PLC Topics/Ideas list for ideas); 3-5: Interim Math Data Dig

April 8: ALL: Team-Generated PLC Focus (see PLC Topics/Ideas list for ideas)

April 22: PK: Circle Data Dig, K: ESGI (Optional LTC4) Data Dig, K-5: MOY Math MAP & mCLASS Reading Data Dig

May 13: ALL: EOY MAP Math & mCLASS Data Dig

PLC Dates:	Team-Generated PLC Focus Ideas:

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H.A.L.O.S.

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H.A.L.O.S.

See your grade-level slidedeck and the

Google Drive Folder with all grade levels

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Lesson Plans

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Lesson Plans

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Solution Tree PLC Resources

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Solution Tree PLC Resources

PLC Conference Resources:

SIG
PLC Team Discussion Pathways
Breakout Session 1: Timothy D. Kanold -- Your Physical and Mental Wellness: Thriving at Work and at Home!

Padlet Resources

C&I Hub PLC Resources:

Developing Team Norms

Goal Setting

Common Assessment Development

Data Analysis Protocols

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Solution Tree PLC Resources

Exit Tickets

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Additional Resources

Data Dig Resources

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