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#1 Ensuring that Students Learn

Published on Mar 17, 2016

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#1 Ensuring that Students Learn

  • Shift of focus on teaching to a focus on learning
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Four Crucial Questions

  • What do we want each student to learn?
  • How will we know when each student has learned it?
  • How will we respond when a student experiences difficulty in learning?
  • How will we respond when a student already knows it?
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Strategies

  • Timely
  • Based on intervention rather than remediation
  • Directive
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Example Directive

  • Every 3 weeks, student receives a progress report
  • Teachers talk with student to try to resolve the problem
  • School notifies parents
  • Student attends tutoring center
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#2 A Culture of Collaboration

  • A systematic process in which teachers work together to analyze and improve their classroom practice.
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Removing Barriers to Success

  • Move from intended curriculum to implemented and attained
  • Move from expectations to teach to knowing when each student has learned
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#3 A Focus on Results

  • Working together to improve student achievement becomes the routine work of everyone in the school.
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Results-oriented

  • The results-oriented PLC not only welcomes data but also turns data into useful and relevant information.
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Characteristics of PLCs

  • Shared mission, vision, values
  • Collective inquiry
  • Collaborative teams
  • Action orientation and experimentation
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