#atplc Archive
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Thursday September 15, 2016
Sandy Carmichael, FACS teacher at Warsaw Area Career Center, Warsaw, In
Thank you for joining! Lorinda, "all things professional learning" coach in Warsaw, IN.
Jacob Cauhorn, eLearning Coach @ Warsaw Community Schools!
Love the enthusiasm building prior to this chat! Let's share & learn together!
Dan, business teacher from St. Louis.
Katie White from Saskatchewan, Canada. I work with children in my mind and heart every single day.
University of Duh! I'm borrowing that one 😆.
My dear friend! Always a joy to see you in person & on Twiitter!
Angela Luecke 6th grade making impact elementary Warsaw, IN
Happy to learn from this awesome group! Paula, instructional coach from N Houston
Choose your attitude, be there, play, and make someone's day. . FISH IT!
Welcome, Dan! Glad to learn w/ you tonight! Follow Dan & each other. You have much in common.
Chris Bonifield, Instructional Coach w/Focus on Grants and Project Management, Warsaw, IN
Jim Smith Assessment and Data, Lighthouse Learning Community, Minnesota
Keep our purpose front & center! Thank you for joining, Katie!
Sandy McClellan sixth grade
Please join LorindaKline for our Twitter chat to discuss All Things PLC. Begins in 10 minutes!
Welcome, Paula! So glad you are able to join. 1 chat or 2 tonight?
Melissa Lopez principal Michael Elementary
Tim must be lighting it up on the other side of the globe!
A1: the impact of the Ss. As well as being in my own classroom having to put everything into practice I learned.
A1) Importance of working and growing w/ my colleagues
A1) Meeting Rubee & listening to her story. ALL are meant to thrive & unwavering love will get us closer. https://t.co/wLchsDNmau
Welcome, Jim, & thank you for all your support!
A1) my colleagues project based learning and Jo Boaler!
A1: Two things: feedback from learners and co-planning and co-teaching with colleagues. Learning from others within a context
A1) the #1 influencer on my development is discussion w/ others. Seeing how they became so successful has allowed me to emulate.
A1) Knowing that differentiation isn't just for abilities, but cultures and interests too.
A1) Great mentors, observing in other Master Ts classrooms, and learning with students through experience.
A1) My students and their zest for learning
A1: Quite a while ago I heard a guy named Stiggins explain Assessment for learning. I was hooked
Applying, reflecting, & growing continuously!
A1) The biggest impact-strong desire to learn. Great books like "Teach Like a Champion" & great mentors-too many to name
A1) Knowing the difference between engagement and participation
A1: Changing from a focus on teaching to a focus on learning. Focusing on results collaboratively. Hearing DuFour profound impact.
A1 Being in charge of a school and making sure All students are learning has driven me as an instructional leader
A1) Being a part of the culture change!! Bringing others along for the ride!!
A1 My shift came when I stopped focusing on TEACHING & starting collaborating about LEARNING
A1: Also, Grant Wiggins really pushed my thinking through his writing, tweeting and blogs (I miss him.)
A2) Where the learning happens: Relevant, sustained, embedded! https://t.co/Sbl1U3tIUc
A1: Two things: feedback from learners and co-planning and co-teaching with colleagues. Learning from others within a context
A1) Role models, relationships & conversations! https://t.co/b1vIQVAO4f
A1) the #1 influencer on my development is discussion w/ others. Seeing how they became so successful has allowed me to emulate.
Great small move shift w/ a big positive impact! New filter for viewing the world.
Welcome, my friend! Thank you for joining!
Key word, "for." That is a small preposition that makes a big change in meaning! https://t.co/StcYWZJNJ5
A1: Quite a while ago I heard a guy named Stiggins explain Assessment for learning. I was hooked
A2: volunteering to present PD, and ultimately stop "lurking" on Twitter chats and participate.
Mine too! I post it randomly to remind myself how lucky I am to have amazing people that push me to grow!
A2) Collaborative teams have improved with intentional planning, listening and asking questions. Blessed to work w amazing Ts
A2: Embedding time to meet into our days, weeks and months. Making learning a priority. Working together on relevant questions.
Are you collaborative or "coblaborative" in your teams...blah blah blah?
A2) Our is our uniting force - our purpose - the internal motivation for continuous improvement. https://t.co/iXbfzNmBiU
Q2 Taking groups of my teachers to PLC conferences so they could see the benefits and why we needed to have that growthmindset, step1
A2) Remembering to make all decisions based on the students, not the teachers
So many great voices & educators in one place. Goal: follow at least 3 new wonderful educators during or after our conversation.
A2) Creating norms and this year identifying students by need; what a mindset difference!
A2)being willing to accept we have to hold each other accountable to norms & shared language/goals in ultimate goal of learning of Ss
A2) Choice words...reading and practicing.
A2: Building common assessments in collaboration, and responding to the results. Central work of the PLC
A2) Collaborative team planning subjects together, sharing resources, analyzing data, and viewing Ss as OURS...not mine and yours.
it's great when your PLC works together and has the same goals.
A2:Aligning mission/vision to learning and including Student and Parent voice in writing commitment statements to the mission/vision.
Assessment is the most powerful tool at your disposal to support or destroy student learning
How great is it that we live those words so well-not just our school but community. No binders on a shelf
A2) Honest open discussion about Ss needs and Ts strengths
As a co-moderator for the I love this tweet.
A2) Owning all our kids and their growth#weareinthistogether
A2) Realizing that PLC is a process of collaboration-not a checklist to ever be completed.
. Yes! Interdependence! Celebration is underrated.
3 big ideas: focus on learning not teaching, collaboration related to learning & accountability https://t.co/8UnrF6fjfi
A2 celebration is key, every small gain that changes practice. Now back to running for my next flight...
A2) Principal coaching from Dick Dewey, change the team meetings to when the principals can attend them & essential standards chart.
This is true, but I really wince when I see the word destroy. Can't let that happen
Owning it is a shift. No excuses mentality. Belief!
BAMM. Once you do this there is no going back. https://t.co/jnuh0vVI7X
this is our goal for our PLCs this year. It's going to make a huge impact
A2) Had a T declare that we were off topic today at PLC.
Gotta duck out, but will check back in a bit.
What gets monitored & receives feedback grows.
Aligning the team on grading practices and have teachers bring student evidence
A3) Focus on learning NOT grades
So true! It is a continuous improvement mindset & process!
A3) Stop grading everything that moves. Focus on helping S's track their progress.
A3 having the work done, no zeroes, consequence of not doing the work is...doing the work
Ambiguity leads to low standards
A3) trying to focus more on feedback conversations rather than simply the score that goes with an assessment.
A3 Grading for mastery when mastered, the power of YET & celebrating reasons for growth
A3: Formative assessment that leads to instructional agility, strong feedback, one-to-one conferring, goal-setting. Formative is key
A3) Guiding Ss to monitor their own growth !
A3: Improving diagnostic/formative assessment based on Dylan William.Analyzing letter grades for a focus on learning not compliance.
A3) ALL about student learning
Love to know more about your commitments!
Was just about to say this but you beat me to it. Lots of assessment is good-when it is formative https://t.co/lc2CoYGGRy
A3) Stop grading everything that moves. Focus on helping S's track their progress.
giving students a voice and focusing on their strengths
A3) Make failing harder than passing
A3) Giving Ss choices gives them ownership and passion to
Earn
Making a difference in lives together! Needing each others' strengths to make the biggest positive impact! https://t.co/Ez5So09W47
A2) Collaborative team planning subjects together, sharing resources, analyzing data, and viewing Ss as OURS...not mine and yours.
A3 Had an open conversation w/ team leaders on the purpose of grades& what was our goal for students. Read Rick Wormeli.
Do you have a BHAG for your school? Big Hairy Audacious Goal!
Small move; big impact! https://t.co/mis16PiXCn
A2) Creating norms and this year identifying students by need; what a mindset difference!
Dissected mission by each sentence and each stakeholder group wrote their commitments to supporting and living it.
Students can become so good at self-evaluation with practice. Great life skill!
A3) Identified essential learning targets with scales that allow students to know the rigor level required to be proficient or better
A3. Students tracking their own growth on learning standards & teachers replacing grades when mastery takes place.
What assessment practices will ENHANCE student learning? Love that word enhance, a great frame?
The "linchpin of the PLC process" as Rick DuFour says! https://t.co/uHYiqKBqd2
A2: Building common assessments in collaboration, and responding to the results. Central work of the PLC
Love this! Caring enough. Purpose driven.
There's our favorite 3 letter word: Yet. https://t.co/PwnsvYLdWR
A3 Grading for mastery when mastered, the power of YET & celebrating reasons for growth
Q4) Asking yourself q's: Who is getting the cognitive workout? How have I constructed learning S's will seek to pursue?
Tell us more about how you have given students ownership.
A4) trying to find the best way to communicate with students to break down learning process. How to grow and build w/ Ss
A4) Inquiry based learning; begin w/ student exploration and see more dendrites growing!!
boarding now. Thanks for the inspiration during my brief check-in
Q4 Tying feedback to actionable next steps - response required
A4 Conferring w/ learners & setting goals, collaborating on action steps & tracking progress. PRICELESS impact!
Reflecting on the lesson, ensuring teachers are teacher the essential knowledge and connecting it to real life
A4) Scanning room at all times to connect EVERY S. Cold Calls, No Opt Out, every voice & opinion matters
Would you explain instructional agility? Making sure we all have a common vocabulary here.
A4) Eliminating the ineligibility list and instituting a promoting academic success practice! Focusing on the positive!!!
SO thankful I work in a culture where we educators believe our students can -and will - achieve! !
Love this Chris--so true!!
Q3) Differentiating lessons to engage students by incorporating their individual interests
A4: Same subject team planning in scope/sequence & data-driven instructional decisions including intervention by teacher/team/school.
A3) Looking at "grades" as learning opportunities and teaching points rather than an ending mark.
A4) Asking students for feedback on instruction. What helped them? What didn't?
Dylan William is one of my gurus. Show a video of his at every Peer-to-Peer Learning practice! https://t.co/T2xnVfJouP
A3: Improving diagnostic/formative assessment based on Dylan William.Analyzing letter grades for a focus on learning not compliance.
A4) con't: developing a common language of learning using domain 1 of the Marzano teacher evaluation model!
Good to reinforce the point!
Focus on tier 1 instruction
A4 identifying those essential standards &making sure kids master them before they move to the next gradelevel, Formative assessment
A4. If it's worth the time to teach & assess,then it's worth it to provide timely, specific, & differentiated feedback.
The ability to make instructional adjustments "in the moment" based on FA info-allows us to respond to student needs
What gets celebrated gets repeated. https://t.co/3bf0MYgIkH
A2 celebration is key, every small gain that changes practice. Now back to running for my next flight...
Student-led conferences, co-creation of scales, self reflection through journaling. https://t.co/3zBqVZPNmZ
Tell us more about how you have given students ownership.
Yes. At the heart of it. Has definitely been my experience. Kindness & candor.
A4: Inviting students into the conversation about learning and instruction because the learning journey, ultimately, belongs to them
A small move as district having a big impact! https://t.co/ajXYHDEvQf
A2) Providing full release days (Data Days) 3 times a year for collab teams to deepen trust & improve practice of 4 PLC ?s.
Everything we do conveys our beliefs. And what we believe tends to be what happens. https://t.co/91ROEjI4y3
A3 having the work done, no zeroes, consequence of not doing the work is...doing the work
A5) Focus more on the application of the process than the algorithm
A5: Conversation and observation. Assessment and learning are a dialogue within a broader relationship.
Love this for educators, too. We are all on our way; we are all works in progress. https://t.co/2MhVUY3BBK
giving students a voice and focusing on their strengths
Instructional agility-this is support learning and fill the holes of achievement gaps before they are huge. https://t.co/Zhv0EXyYgb
The ability to make instructional adjustments "in the moment" based on FA info-allows us to respond to student needs
A5) Love listening to students respond verbally at end of class to "What did you learn today?"
Short formative assessments that include student showing their thinking in writing and with pictures
A5: Daily frequent checks for understanding ongoing in class as per Schmoker every 8-10 minutes as part of instruction.
Thank you! Very good internalization strategy.
A5 Using data for reflection & guide to meet Ss by name & need. Conversations about continued learning
We are more likely to hit the target when we know what the target is.
A5 Intentional observation of learning, collecting this data and responding.
A5) Team designed common formative assessment questions aligned to each of the skills embedded in their essential standards
A5: moving to google forms has helped me analyze data closer and figure out where to focus my curriculum.
A5) Conferencing with Ss is my favorite formative assessment. Check in, encourage, challenge, repeat.
A5) Make the learning as visible as possible in order to better know how to respond.
Using the data to guide intervention, enrichment and future learning. Make instruction specific to student learning
Tell us more, Jim! What evidence of student learning might we notice, look for?
A2 collaboratively creating a playbook of team protocols to share among all teams.
A5 Ss take standards based "Competency Checks" roughly once a week. Ts then implement PLC ?s 3 & 4 the next day.
Listeni to student convos, look at student work in progress. take notes, provide feedback, look for common problems
A2 providing every team uninterrupted collaborative time every day.
You are bringing the learning tonight! Doing my best to keep up w/ you! Will need to go back & read, reread!
Curious about this playbook. Tell us some more!
trying to play catch-up myself. So much good information tonight!
A6) I am blessed to be involved with our Learning Crews. Collaborative support for our new Ts. Great conversations & learning
Thank you. I am grateful for the opportunity to learn from all.
it's been great growing my PLN with Twitter. Now I'm on the verge of my second chat to moderate.
How are your T's responding to Q4? We are working to grow here.
A6- The admin team at my school is making the CLT a priority. Actively participating in the meeting.
A6) Continuing the summer conversation w/ anyone who will listen of and
A6) learning from colleagues through Twitter chats 😊
A6: staring my doctorate, making a PDP, establishing classroom goals/norms, and helping mentor a student teacher.
A6) Professional coaching to improve communication, laser like focus on supporting the work of "doing" PLC rather than just being one
Looking for evidence of learning, on our way, not there quite yet & responding well to the evidence. https://t.co/vvXOBOjjmf
Listeni to student convos, look at student work in progress. take notes, provide feedback, look for common problems
A6: Continue to help all focus on learning in the face of new accountability/political decisions. It is all about student learning.
A6: I am part of a PLC actively pursuing an answer to the question " What is culturally responsive pedagogy?"
PD w/ staff common assessment, giving the gift of time to collaborate, helping them set norms& goals, assign jobs, an effective PLC
A6 Listening to the voices that truly matter- my students.
A6 This is my new project, combining formative assessment design with feedback, using Improv https://t.co/wSQOuOSkor
A6) Engineering a systemic process of formative assessment & growing forward.
Frequent team developed common FORMATIVE assessments.
A6) Helping us have better conversations on the things that matter most!
Check out Design in 5 and Common Formative Assessments. Great stuff. https://t.co/us17LU4hMv
Frequent team developed common FORMATIVE assessments.
