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Visual & Performing ArtsProfessional Learning

Communities Workshop

+Arts PLCs

1. Please sign in

2. Register on Pdexpress if you have not

3. Introductions: name, subject, school

+ Professional Learning Communities

What are PLCs?What are they not?

Turn and talk, report out

+Activity: PLC Process

Pre-Test

Place PLC process in order of procedure (new teachers pair with experienced PLC teachers)

When done walk around tables and see if the other groups agree

+Split Groups

►Experienced PLC teachers meet with teams►Review process, results, prepare to present informally

►New to PLCs ►Meet with Jan and Robin to learn about the

PLCs and the process

+What is a SMART Goal?

►Strategic and Specific - Do you know exactly what you want to accomplish with all the details?

►Measurable - Are you able to assess your progress?

►Attainable/Achievable - Is your goal within your reach given your current situation?

►Results Oriented- Is the goal addressing an urgent need?

►Timebound - What is the deadline for completing your goal?

+SMART Goal Example:

The percentage of 8th grade students scoring above 80% on our unit exam will increase from 34% (pretest) to 90% by the end of the October as measured by our common Art I, Lesson I assessment.

+Practice Writing

Pair up with someone and write a practice SMART Goal

Share example with group

+Nuts & Bolts

Guidelines One teacher directed meeting every other month

Tentative session on Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies

Sign-in at each PLC on SPPS PDExpress form that will be provided

Keep logs of your meetings Who was there and not, how much time you met, what

you did Present PLC results at

o mid-year meeting TBDo Data Share Day TBD

Reference informationspps.org/Arts_PLCs.html

+Nuts & Bolts

Documentation (Email to JAN)

Due end December 6 Member List with SMART Goal

SEND AT THE END OF THE YEAR: Monthly SPPS Sign-in Sheet/ Generated from PDExpress Meeting Logs (Due at end of year with Data Report)

All forms can be located at spps.org/Arts_PLCs.html

+Activity: PLC Process

Post-Test

Place PLC process in order of procedure

Report out

What’s our success rate?

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Questions?

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Go forth and PLC