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Warren County Schools A Professional Learning Community in Action

Warren County Schools A Professional Learning Community in Action. Superintendent’s Study Council Conference September 11-14, 2011 Presenters Dr. Jerry Hale, Director of Schools Bobby Cox, Assistant Director for Teaching/Learning. Focus of Presentation.

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Warren County Schools A Professional Learning Community in Action

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  1. Warren County SchoolsA Professional Learning Community in Action Superintendent’s Study Council Conference September 11-14, 2011 Presenters Dr. Jerry Hale, Director of Schools Bobby Cox, Assistant Director for Teaching/Learning

  2. Focus of Presentation • The focus of our Presentation is the leading indicator of 3rd Grade Reading Improvement • Goal 1: To outline our action plan to improve student learning using the Professional Learning Community process. • Goal 2: To demonstrate how we improved in the area of 3rd grade reading and all subject areas.

  3. 2010-11 District Reading Chart 3-8

  4. 3rd Grade Reading Compared to State

  5. 2010-11 District Math Chart 3-8

  6. Action Plan for Improvement • What is Improvement? Making gradual growth with all students. • Implementing the PLC process to help all students improve. • Have a laser like focus on student learning not just teaching the material.

  7. PLC Defined • What is the definition of a Professional Learning Community? • “Educators committed to working collaboratively in ongoing processes of collective inquiry and action research to achieve better results for the students they serve. Professional learning communities operate under the assumption that the key to improved learning for students is continuous, job-embedded learning for educators.” (Dufour, Dufour, Eaker, and Many, 2006)

  8. So What is a PLC? The Essential Elements of a PLC are: • A PLC is a collaborative venture. • A PLC is always focused on student learning. • A PLC distributes leadership responsibilities. • A PLC narrows the curriculum to its essence. • A PLC shares best practices as a means of improving instruction. • A PLC uses “assessment for learning”. • A PLC Improves professional practice.

  9. Four Questions that Guide the Work of our Collaborative Teams • What do we expect students to learn and be able to do? • Essential outcomes, essential standards, learning targets, pacing • How will we know if they learn it? • Common assessments, quick checks for understanding, results analysis • How do we respond when students experience difficulty in learning? • Differentiated instruction, intervention programs, RTI • How will we respond when students do learn? • Differentiated instruction, enrichment activities

  10. Improvement in Reading by Design • Early identification of reading difficulty Pre-K-Grade 2 DIBELS • Begin with Phonics based program and moving to fluency and comprehension to touch all 5 areas of reading • Put into place intervention programs to offer students more time and support to help them learn as pre readers • Constantly monitoring and adjusting student intervention to meet their individual need kid by kid skill by skill

  11. THE END  Thank You for Your Time and Attention and Good Luck on Your Journey to Help more students LEARN more! PowerPoint can be obtained at www.warrenschools.com click Education click Professional Learning Communities

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