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PLC’s, MTI, and Differentiation

A System for Success

in Roseburg Public Schools

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The classroom teacher monitors student achievement to determine when it is most effective to teach

something.

This definition fits which of the district initiatives?

A. PLC (Professional Learning Communities)B. MTI (Multi-Tiered Instruction)C. Differentiated InstructionD. All of the Above

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How does it all fit How does it all fit together?together?

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Pit crew= PLC team

Driver=Teacher using

Differentiation

Vehicles= MTI System

Track=The Road to StudentStudent Success

Crowd=Parents and the Community

The The systemsystem, the , the teamteam, and the , and the teacherteacher are all working toward are all working toward student success using student success using standards, standards, assessment, assessment, andand instruction instruction..

Support for All LearnersSupport for All Learners

Standards: Assessment:

Instruction:

Unwrapping, Core Standards, aligning with

curriculum, essential questions, vertical

alignment

Formative, Summative, Common, Universal Screening & Progress Monitoring

Deprivatization of your practice, healthy core,

coaching, “Best Practices”, Studio

Classroom, research/evidence based curriculum, resources…..

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Critical Questions of Teaching and

Learning

• What exactly do we expect all students to learn?

• How will we know if they’ve learned it?• How will we respond when some students don’t

learn it?• How will we respond when some students have

already learned?

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Where do they Connect?• What exactly do we

expect all students to learn?

• How will we know if they’ve learned it?

• How will we respond when some students don’t learn it?

• How will we respond when some students have already learned?

• Standards• Core Program• Alignment

Documents

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Where do they Connect?• What exactly do we

expect all students to learn?

• How will we know if they’ve learned it?

• How will we respond when some students don’t learn it?

• How will we respond when some students have already learned?

• Universal Screener• Progress Monitoring• Common Formative

Assessments• In-program assessments• MAP and OAKS

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Where do they Connect?• What exactly do we

expect all students to learn?

• How will we know if they’ve learned it?

• How will we respond when some students don’t learn it?

• How will we respond when some students have already learned it?

• Differentiation• Decision rules• Protocol • Interventions

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Where do they Connect?• What exactly do we

expect all students to learn?

• How will we know if they’ve learned it?

• How will we respond when some students don’t learn it?

• How will we respond when some students have already learned it?

• Differentiation

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PLC Essential Characteristics

(Team)

Focus on learning and collaborative culture with your team

Data-based decision making

Action experimentation (is your system willing and able to respond)

Collective inquiry into best practice and current reality

MTI Fundamental

Elements(System)

Focus on collective responsibility and teaming as a system

Universal screening and progress monitoring

Systematic interventions and decision rules

Healthy core program and interventions

Differentiation

(Individual Teacher)

Focus on creating appropriately different learning experiences for each student

Apply assessment results to your instruction

Alter your content, processes, products, and learning environments

Monitor the results and begin again Improved Student Learning - The Common Thread

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You are in the Driver’s Seat.

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What is your role?What is the role of your team?What is the role of the system?