Q1: We all have some kind of experience with PLCs. How would you describe yours in five (5) words?
If you are not a member of any specific PLC, use the words you’ve heard from teachers and colleagues in your school or district. #akedchat
Q1: We all have some kind of experience with PLCs. How would you describe yours in five (5) words?
If you are not a member of any specific PLC, use the words you’ve heard from teachers and colleagues in your school or district. #akedchat
#akedchat Supportive, Collaborative, Data-Focused, Student-Centered, Uplifting. (This was thinking of my team from LA). We could do better PLCs here, now.
Q1: We all have some kind of experience with PLCs. How would you describe yours in five (5) words?
If you are not a member of any specific PLC, use the words you’ve heard from teachers and colleagues in your school or district. #akedchat
A2: Clarity of goals, friendly and trusting environment, teachers willing to share, action planning, regular evaluation, and using of learning cycle as a framework for the ongoing work. #akedchat
A2: A good PLC needs to be: doing things that are relevant to the members, inclusive, and productive. If folks don't feel like they get something useful out of it, they won't stay. #akedchat
#akedchat PLCs need to agree on how to act/function. Team members should be professional and be willing to share ideas. Regular meetings with structure help keep things on task.
Q3: Based on this article (https://t.co/JPNy9EPZDh), accountability makes a difference in creating a successful PLC. If you work in a PLC, to whom do you feel accountable? #akedchat
A3: In our school PLC, we have sign-in sheets to give to admin to ensure attendance. We share our meeting notes to the whole school - I can see what any dept is doing in PLC, which is great! I personally feel accountable to my peers & my students. #akedchat
Q3: Based on this article (https://t.co/JPNy9EPZDh), accountability makes a difference in creating a successful PLC. If you work in a PLC, to whom do you feel accountable? #akedchat
It sounds like things are going the right way in your school. The accountability is not part of the original PLC vocabulary, but it is very important. #akedchat
A4: Some of the ways to lead could include: showing teachers how their team goals correlate to school/district goals; setting up expectations for adult learning; encouraging collaboration among teachers; and having clear expectations for student outcomes. #akedchat
A2: PLC teams need to respect each other & move the work forward. Too many times I've watched PLCs think that they respect each other only to show through actions that they do not. #akedchat
A4: I think principals can help give structure to PLCs, encourage collaboration between groups, and help create the infrastructure pieces that make it happen. #akedchat
Q5: After a while, many groups become disengaged and turn their meetings into complaining sessions. Where do you see the biggest obstacles to maintaining high energy and enthusiasm in a PLC group? #akedchat
A5: I would include the lack of purpose, lack of understanding of connection between the team goals and the district goals, missing leadership, or simply too many ongoing initiatives and demands on teachers’ time. #akedchat
Students! I feel that when we meet as a PLC we all feel accountable to our students. Our PLC values the time to go over data, strategies, activities, what works and isn't working, etc. We are meeting with the purpose of improving our craft as educators. #akedchat
A5: I think groups need to have a purpose/goal for each meeting (planning a new lesson, etc.) Keeping focused on a good thing they hope to accomplish really cuts back on unstructured complaining. No goals = lots of free time to whinge. #akedchat
Q5: After a while, many groups become disengaged and turn their meetings into complaining sessions. Where do you see the biggest obstacles to maintaining high energy and enthusiasm in a PLC group? #akedchat
Q3 @unruhAK#akedchat are these PLC’s tied to Teacher Evaluations typically? Are they mandated? Is it the Principals responsibility to form/ck in? It seems too often T’s go to trainings individually and learn individually more often than not due to lack of subs/lack of funding
A4: #akedchat I feel 1st Principals need a PLC to them transfer those community goals & expectations to staff to congregate & collab in developing strong Teacher PLC’s. Our Principal is 2 yrs new. It’d be great to have these teams. SPed used to have these but funding disappeared
A6: We could make PLC teams more effective by bringing focus back on learning for students AND teachers, by renewed commitment to continuous improvement, and by intense focus on results. #akedchat
A6: I really think that "nothing succeeds like success" is true. Give your team a micro-success: small goal that is doable in 1 session. Celebrate it. Set another goal for next time & see if it helps folks be more inspired to bring their energy & ideas to the PLC. #akedchat
A5 #akedchat Consistency in schedule, firm agenda, daycare for staff & food 😊they’re usually after hrs whixh means family conflicts. Inclusion of TA’s, support staff not just teachers-whole team effort & all should be includ.’d. We used to rotate classrooms to get new ideas!
Totally agree...I also think empowering people by having them share their successes with the whole group. We can always learn from each other. #akedchat
Have a "positive pause". Have the group discuss a positive moment that happened in their classroom. We would take turns talking about what is working (activity, project, lesson). A show and tell type of discussion. This usually engages the group. #akedchat
What a nice idea - sharing success stories. Not only does it get things going in a positive direction, it shares good ideas others can benefit from! #akedchat
