What you define as PLCs in my state are SATs (student assistance teams) or RtI groups. Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel
-----Original Message----- From: hccarl...@comcast.net Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:28:05 To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group<mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities This sounds more like trying to integrate the subjects to help students see connections. This is a common practice at junior high so that students see how the different subjects are related. I see PLCs as more like Jennifer stated. You use data to identify an area that needs to be improved. Then, all teachers identify strategies or practices for their individual area to work on. Progress monitoring is a regular part of this to see if the intervention is actually working. The progress monitoring is not to evaluate teachers but rather who is the inervention working for. If it is not working, what other strategies should be in place to help the student/s make progress. Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: mrsjro...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 5:56:21 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities I am moving to a new grade level in the same school and my new team is piloting PLC's in our building. From my understanding, this is the way it will work. Our team consists of 5 teachers. One each language arts, math, science, social studies and 1 special education teacher (me). Our team leader, the science teacher, has had some training in structuring the PLC's so this is what from my understanding is to take place. Prior to the beginning of school, we are to have our curriculum maps broken down into basically three week blocks. The first three weeks will primarily be procedures and content review. So at the beginning of the year. we will be meeting daily for a while to start with planning our second three week block. We will bring our materials, activities, assessments and everything we plan to use to the table and then the five of us will work together to evaluate, make recommendations, and support each other as we develop every thing for this second 3 week block. There is a framework from which we work - don't have mine yet but I am trying to obtain information about it.So basically while we are teaching one three week block we will be in the planning and refining for the next three week block. Does this explanation make sense? Jennifer and others - does this sound familiar? June Grade 7 Language Arts / Special Needs KY **************Check all of your email inboxes from anywhere on the web. Try the new Email Toolbar now! (http://toolbar.aol.com/mail/download.html?ncid=txtlnkusdown00000027) _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
