Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:43 PM, MARY KRAMER wrote: > We have SATs but they are different. Our SATs are single students, not > groups of students. > In PCLs we talk about anchor lessons and how to group students. We might > discuss a student that needs to go to SAT. Usually we focus on a strategy > and look at research or a book like RWM and what we are going to use to > anchor the lesson and what we want as an outcome. What are we going to look > for? How do we know that students have achieved the strategy? > Mary > > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 4:31 PM, wrote: > >> 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=txtlnkusdown0027) >> ___ >> 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. >> >> > ___ 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities
We have SATs but they are different. Our SATs are single students, not groups of students. In PCLs we talk about anchor lessons and how to group students. We might discuss a student that needs to go to SAT. Usually we focus on a strategy and look at research or a book like RWM and what we are going to use to anchor the lesson and what we want as an outcome. What are we going to look for? How do we know that students have achieved the strategy? Mary On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 4:31 PM, wrote: > 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=txtlnkusdown0027) > ___ > 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. > > ___ 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities
YES, I THINK WE ARE GOING TO START WITH A NEEDS ASSESSMENT ...FIND OUT ABOUT THE (OOOPS SORRY CAPS LOCK again) to find the degree of communication anxiety amongst university students, then we are going to come up with an intervention and maybe even start a student center for oral communication (like our writing center). -Original Message- From: MARY KRAMER To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Sent: Wed, Jun 24, 2009 3:24 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities Our focus is always based on student data. So, I may ask for strategies to improve a certain student or group of students in inference questions. We might look at phonics data and decide what interventions should be made and how students should be grouped. Hope this helps. Mary On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:23 AM, wrote: CAN ANYONE SHARE SOME OF THE SPECIFIC TEACHER QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GENERATED...(OOOPS SORRY CAPS LOCK)...are PLCs taking it a step further and conducting action research? -Original Message- From: cnjpal...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wed, Jun 24, 2009 8:16 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities I guess planning is one way you could do a PLC...but I think you lose the inquiry when you do it this way. We let the teachers generate questions of interest related mainly to students...we look at student data and research ways to improve learning. There must be lots of ways to do PLC. Jennifer In a message dated 6/24/2009 6:57:06 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mrsjro...@aol.com writes: 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=txtlnkusdown0027) ___ 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. ___ 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities
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 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=txtlnkusdown0027) ___ 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities
Our focus is always based on student data. So, I may ask for strategies to improve a certain student or group of students in inference questions. We might look at phonics data and decide what interventions should be made and how students should be grouped. Hope this helps. Mary On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:23 AM, wrote: > CAN ANYONE SHARE SOME OF THE SPECIFIC TEACHER QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN > GENERATED...(OOOPS SORRY CAPS LOCK)...are PLCs taking it a step further and > conducting action research? > > > -Original Message- > From: cnjpal...@aol.com > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Sent: Wed, Jun 24, 2009 8:16 am > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities > > > > > > > > > > > > I guess planning is one way you could do a PLC...but I think you lose the > inquiry when you do it this way. > We let the teachers generate questions of interest related mainly to > students...we look at student data and research ways to improve learning. > There must be lots of ways to do PLC. > Jennifer > > In a message dated 6/24/2009 6:57:06 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > mrsjro...@aol.com writes: > > 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=txtlnkusdown0027) > ___ > 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities
CAN ANYONE SHARE SOME OF THE SPECIFIC TEACHER QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GENERATED...(OOOPS SORRY CAPS LOCK)...are PLCs taking it a step further and conducting action research? -Original Message- From: cnjpal...@aol.com To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Wed, Jun 24, 2009 8:16 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities I guess planning is one way you could do a PLC...but I think you lose the inquiry when you do it this way. We let the teachers generate questions of interest related mainly to students...we look at student data and research ways to improve learning. There must be lots of ways to do PLC. Jennifer In a message dated 6/24/2009 6:57:06 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mrsjro...@aol.com writes: 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=txtlnkusdown0027) ___ 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.
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=txtlnkusdown0027) ___ 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities
Hi Jennifer, Yes, but I think the original intent of PLC's is what you describe below. Elisa Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Dalhousie Elementary Calgary, Canada The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart. Helen Keller Visit my blog, A Teacher's Ruminations, and post a message. http://waingortgrade2spanishbilingual.blogspot.com/ I guess planning is one way you could do a PLC...but I think you lose the inquiry when you do it this way. We let the teachers generate questions of interest related mainly to students...we look at student data and research ways to improve learning. There must be lots of ways to do PLC. Jennifer ___ 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities
I guess planning is one way you could do a PLC...but I think you lose the inquiry when you do it this way. We let the teachers generate questions of interest related mainly to students...we look at student data and research ways to improve learning. There must be lots of ways to do PLC. Jennifer In a message dated 6/24/2009 6:57:06 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mrsjro...@aol.com writes: 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=txtlnkusdown0027) ___ 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.
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=txtlnkusdown0027) ___ 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities
June, We have staff development for our entire staff once a week. It is led by the literacy strategists and the principal. Sometimes we spend half of our time studying a book. This year the k-2 group read RWM. We have PLC's once a week in grade levels that is led by either the literacy strategist or the principal. All of our meetings have a focus. We practice the focus and come back and discuss what we have learned. It has helped all of us to become better teachers. Mary On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 2:18 PM, wrote: > > June > We have had successful implementation of PLCs in my school. They are formed > in grade levels with a member of the school's instructional leadership > team as facilitator. The facilitator begins each year by helping each team > establish ground rules. Then, on a half-size chart tablet the team lists > questions or concerns related to students or instruction. The facilitator > tries > to help the team decide upon one question they want to research. THe team > decides upon how they will work to resolve their question...it could be > outside reading, bringing in an outside person as a resource...Each team > is > required to keep a chart tablet with minutes from each session and they > meet > every two weeks for 45 minute sessions. The tablet is used not only to > keep > the PLC focused, but as a way of sharing what is going in with other grade > levels. > Jennifer > In a message dated 6/19/2009 7:31:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > mrsjro...@aol.com writes: > > I know that some of you have been involved in PLC's in the past. Would you > > share your experiences? I am moving grade levels next year and the team > that I am joining is piloting PLC's in our building - maybe the district > - not > sure about that. I am trying to learning as much as I can before we > return > to school. > > Thanks, > > June > > > > **An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy > Steps! > ( > http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222377052x1201454391/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=Jun > eExcfooterNO62) > ___ > 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities
This is exactly how we have been doing it for the past two years. I would like to have cross-grade level PLC's, I believe the conversations will be more meaningful and we can always share what we're doing with our team at our bi-monthly meetings. Elisa Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Dalhousie Elementary Calgary, Canada The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart. Helen Keller Visit my blog, A Teacher's Ruminations, and post a message. http://waingortgrade2spanishbilingual.blogspot.com/ June We have had successful implementation of PLCs in my school. They are formed in grade levels with a member of the school's instructional leadership team as facilitator. The facilitator begins each year by helping each team establish ground rules. Then, on a half-size chart tablet the team lists questions or concerns related to students or instruction. The facilitator tries to help the team decide upon one question they want to research. THe team decides upon how they will work to resolve their question...it could be outside reading, bringing in an outside person as a resource...Each team is required to keep a chart tablet with minutes from each session and they meet every two weeks for 45 minute sessions. The tablet is used not only to keep the PLC focused, but as a way of sharing what is going in with other grade levels. Jennifer In a message dated 6/19/2009 7:31:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mrsjro...@aol.com writes: I know that some of you have been involved in PLC's in the past. Would you share your experiences? I am moving grade levels next year and the team that I am joining is piloting PLC's in our building - maybe the district - not sure about that. I am trying to learning as much as I can before we return to school. Thanks, June **An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222377052x1201454391/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=Jun eExcfooterNO62) ___ 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities
June We have had successful implementation of PLCs in my school. They are formed in grade levels with a member of the school's instructional leadership team as facilitator. The facilitator begins each year by helping each team establish ground rules. Then, on a half-size chart tablet the team lists questions or concerns related to students or instruction. The facilitator tries to help the team decide upon one question they want to research. THe team decides upon how they will work to resolve their question...it could be outside reading, bringing in an outside person as a resource...Each team is required to keep a chart tablet with minutes from each session and they meet every two weeks for 45 minute sessions. The tablet is used not only to keep the PLC focused, but as a way of sharing what is going in with other grade levels. Jennifer In a message dated 6/19/2009 7:31:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mrsjro...@aol.com writes: I know that some of you have been involved in PLC's in the past. Would you share your experiences? I am moving grade levels next year and the team that I am joining is piloting PLC's in our building - maybe the district - not sure about that. I am trying to learning as much as I can before we return to school. Thanks, June **An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222377052x1201454391/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=Jun eExcfooterNO62) ___ 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities
I am participating in an oral communication PLC at the university leveldoes anyone have any knowledge of authors or books that might help me to plan ways to embed oral communication into the higher education curriculum? -Original Message- From: Michelle TeGrootenhuis To: 'Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group' Sent: Sat, Jun 20, 2009 10:24 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities My experience with PLCs is that they work wonderfully on a VOLUNTEER basis. Don't MANDATE them. -Michelle TG www.mrstg.com ___ 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.
Re: [MOSAIC] Professional Learning Communities
My experience with PLCs is that they work wonderfully on a VOLUNTEER basis. Don't MANDATE them. -Michelle TG www.mrstg.com ___ 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.
