the road to collaboration: setting the stage for increased student achievement
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The Road to Collaboration: Setting the Stage for Increased Student Achievement. The PLC journey of Wohlwend Elementary School. Presenters. Dave Meschke , Principal Ellen Geders , Kindergarten Teacher Jill Skaggs, Reading Specialist Meagan Ochoa, Third Grade Teacher. Presentation Outline. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Road to Collaboration: Setting the Stage for
Increased Student Achievement
The PLC journey of Wohlwend Elementary School
PresentersO Dave Meschke, PrincipalO Ellen Geders, Kindergarten TeacherO Jill Skaggs, Reading SpecialistO Meagan Ochoa, Third Grade Teacher
Presentation OutlineO Overview of WohlwendO Setting the Stage for PLCO Structures ImplementedO Focus on Student AchievmentO Question and Answer Session
Essential QuestionO How can we
improve the culture and achievement at our school?
Learning TargetO I can design a
plan to implement PLC successfully in my school.
Wohlwend Elementary Overview
Current InitiativesO PLCO PBISO Character EducationO RtIO Cooperative LearningO UBDO Transition to Missouri Learning
Standards
Setting the StageO Success of PLC hinges on
collaborationO Doesn’t happen overnightO Buy InO Ask everyone for inputO Set Common GoalO Establish Trust/Team BuildersO Allow Enough Time
Buy InO Teachers buy into change efforts that
they feel are importantO Teachers buy into changes they believe
are doableO Teachers buy into changes they believe
will be around for awhileO Collaboration-Not CompetitionO Allow Enough TimeO Broad and InclusiveO Get Outside Help
“You have to go whole heartedly into anything
in order to achieve anything worth having.”
O Frank Lloyd Wright
Building ConsensusO Fist to Five ConsensusO Everyone can support decisionO Easy way to build consensus among
diverse groupO Gives everyone opportunity to state
their objectionsO Team addresses concerns
Creating TeamsO Teams are fundamental building blocks of
PLC…engine that drives continuous movementO PLC Leadership TeamO Grade Level TeamsO Scheduling TimeO NormsO AgendasO CollaborationO Establishing Trust/Team BuildingO Celebrations
“We need to let go of the idea that heroic individuals will change schools. Instead of looking for superheroes, we need to work collectively to
help everyone be successful.”
O Dr. Richard DuFour
Vision and MissionO Teachers develop this together with a pledge
to ensure success of each studentO Share samples of vision and mission
statements from other schoolsO Voice individual visions for school communityO Use of Kagan StrategiesO Chart IdeasO Allow Enough TimeO Fist to Five ConsensusO www.KaganOnline.com
Collective Commitments
O Overlying question-How do we need to behave if we are going to become the kind of school we seek to become?
O Teacher Input-Kagan Strategies, Charting, Creating/Writing
O Student Input-Kagan Strategies, Charting
O Parent Input-SurveysO Allow Enough TimeO Fist to Five Consensus
“ A champion is someone who is willing to be uncomfortable.”
O Pat SummittO Former University of Tennessee
Women’s Head Basketball Coach
My Plate Runneth OverO Scheduling
O Common plan timeO Challenges with kindergartenO Specials: Art, Music, P.E., and Library
A.C.E Teams (Academic, Community, Environment)
O Meet once a monthO Combine with faculty meetingO Agenda, norms, and rulesO Report out last 15 minutes to whole
staffO Productive groups 6-3
What Makes a PLC Team Productive
O NormsO Provided the staff with examplesO Developed school-wide normsO Gave each team a week to develop
their own normsO Examples
Agendas
O NormsO Assign roles: 6-7O CelebrationsO BMWO Establish goals for the meetingO End with a plan of actionO Video Clip
Big Ideas: So Far…O Move slowly: small steps and due datesO Acknowledge when people are
overwhelmedO Keep in consideration times of the year,
i.e. holidays, grades, times when things are most stressful
O CollaborationO Celebrate and BMW (it really is okay)O Community
“The kind of commitment we had on our team put all kinds of emotions at stake. When you worked, played, and fought as hard as we did together, we couldn’t help loving one another.”O Pat SummittO Share stories: Kathy and movement of classrooms
Focusing on Student Achievement
Pre-Post Testing MapWhere we’ve been and where we’re goingO 2010-2011
O Started with reading and mathO Revised existing testsO Agreed upon correct answersO Artifacts
O 2011-2012O Unwrapped reading standardsO Rewrote tests using resource sheet #2O Artifacts
Pre-Post Testing Map Continues
O 2012-2013O Vertical articulationO Common core revisionsO Artifacts
O 2013-2014O Using test results to guide meaningful
differentiated instructionO Artifacts
RtIWhere we’ve been and where we’re going
O 2008-2009O Begin switch from CARE Teams to RtIO Developed an RTI leadership teamO Professional developmentO Created pyramid
RtI Map ContinuesO 2009-2010
O BenchmarkingO Set up 3 datesO Benchmarking done by RTI leadership
team and specialists
O Created intervention block (Nov.)O Trained staffO Developed SMART teams
O A team and B teamO Meeting procedureO Case manager dutiesO Artifacts
RtI Map ContinuesO 2010-2011
O Began training teachers to benchmark
O Grade level meetings focus shiftO 2011-2012
O Teacher’s responsible for their own benchmarking
O Revisited RtI procedures
Conference room walls
RtI Map Continues
O 2012-2013Achievement team organizes interventions
O 2013-2014Achievement team labeling guided reading books
No one of us can do everything…
But each one of us can do something to improve student
outcomes.
Moving Towards Achievement
Tools we picked up along the way…O 2010-2011
O GLE’sO Kagan teaching strategies
O 2011-2012O Formative assessmentsO ExamplesO Student involvementO Examples
Moving Towards Achievement
O 2012-2013O Data teamsO Slow and steadyO artifacts
O 2013-2014O Data team revisionsO Example
Your School…O Where are you in your journey to
achievement?O Where do you want to go?O How will you get there?
Think / Pair / ShareO Think / Write (3 minutes)O Share with a partner (5 minutes)
Questions?