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Professional Learning Action Team

Professional Learning Action Team. September 2013 DO NOW! On a note card write down One success of your CLT today One challenge your CLT today faced today One way the Professional Learning Action Team can support the work of CLTs.

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Professional Learning Action Team

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  1. Professional Learning Action Team September 2013 DO NOW! On a note card write down One success of your CLT today One challenge your CLT today faced today One way the Professional Learning Action Team can support the work of CLTs

  2. MISSION: The mission of the Parkway School District is to ensure all students are capable, curious and confident learners who understand and respond to the challenges of an ever-changing world.

  3. Strategic Plan Goals • Goal #4: Develop and support strong professional communities that utilize data, knowledge, experience and research to improve practice and accomplish goals. • Goal #5: Recruit, employ, develop and retain an exceptional staff dedicated to and representative of Parkway’s diverse community.

  4. NORMS • Mission Driven Agenda • Opportunity to share, be heard and understood • Stay on topic , stay productive and be an active participant • Utilize protocols to ensure productive discussions, reach consensus and facilitate the work of the team • Demonstrate professional courtesies (start/end on time, avoid side talk) • Be nice! (positive attitudes, respect others, presume positive intent) • Be accountable to school and Professional Learning Action Team Review the Norms – What questions do you have? What should we keep? What should we delete?

  5. EU and EQ EU: The Professional Learning Action Team’s purpose is to ensure all certified staff members participate in high quality professional learning focused on achievement for all students. EQ: How can the Professional Learning Action Team contribute to Mission Accomplished 2016?

  6. Agenda • The Work of Collaborative Teams (Reflections on Delayed Start) • Collaborative Team Implementation of the Agreements • Professional Learning Website • New Opportunity for District In-Service Credit (Discussion and Vote for Approval) • Professional Learning Calendar 2013 - 2014 • Professional LEARNING Action Team – Book Study with Action

  7. The Work of Collaborative Teams • Number Off 1 and 2 • Take Your “Do Now” Card with You • 1s Form a Large Circle • 2s Find a “1” for a partner (form an “inner circle”) • Partner 1 – Share your success and listen to the success of your partner • Partner 2 – Share your challenge and listen to the challenge of your partner • Partner 3 – Share your idea and listen to the idea of your partner • Turn in your cards and return to your seat.

  8. Collaborative Team Implementation of the Agreements • Goal: Create a guide for collaborative teams and a “look for” document for administrators. • EQ: How do we ensure the fidelity of our collaborative teams? • Objective: Generate as many ideas as possible that would indicate an “effective” team. • Next Steps: Use the document with your own team on October 2nd.

  9. Brain Storm • Five Minutes – Jot down as many ideas of evidence of effective for each of the Agreements • Post your thoughts • Divide Into Groups by Poster • Sort post-its into categories • Label your categories • Share Out

  10. Next Steps • Observable evidence typed into document • Document sent to all PLAT members • PLAT Members use with collaborative team at the October delayed start (complete following the late start (probably not during)) • Purpose – What is really evidence of effective for the Agreements • PLAT Members decide what should stay or what should go at the October meeting based on their experience • PLAT Members determine “next steps” for the document at the October meeting

  11. The Professional Learning Website • Professional Learning Opportunities • MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) Online Learning Opportunity for In-service Credit • EdCamp St. Louis • Salary Credits (Approved by PLAT) • Window September 7th – September 30th (Courses start in October) • Window January 3rd – January 30th (Courses start in February) • Professional Learning Action Team

  12. Professional LEARNING Action Team • The Will to Lead, The Skill to Teach (Goal #4) • The Ten Minute Inservice (Goal #5)

  13. Professional Learning Calendar 2013 – 2014

  14. Future Meeting Dates4:30 – 6:00 PM (ISC) • October 2nd • November 6th (EdCamp with Library/Media Specialists) • December 4th • January 8th • February 5th • March 5th • April 2nd • May 7th (New Reps with Experienced Reps)

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