Common+Planning+Time

** Common Planning Time--- **
Combined math and lang arts to plan at the same time. Social studies and science have common planning time twice a semester district-wide. Bring in student work, good and bad, once a week to PLC. Discuss different levels of learners. Also meet separately with Literacy and Math.

JPS MathSci- Don't present a problem if you can't find a solution. NORMS. We are there to find solutions.

Pull data from CWT to create agendas for PLCs. Teachers also get input for agenda.

Facilitators meet once a week with principals after PLC meetings to discuss what could be on the next agenda. Cooperative learning? Differentiated instruction? Tech infusion. Provide training during PLC time which is 40 minutes. Video themselves teaching.

During PLC's ask teachers what strategy they are using and they teach the other teachers at a staff meeting. ???

Focus Walkthrough- Look at a key strategy. Each person on the leadership team is looking at a different focus. 10 people in one room. Principal meets with the teacher to discuss what the group talked about. Math-sheet with all the things the math teacher should be doing...one for science, one for literacy.

More Peer Observations.

Explain what CWT to teachers so "we can learn as we go."

Intervention team meets every nine weeks.

RTI-Counselors, coaches, nurse, ESL, Sped, etc. all are involved. Bring a large variety of data and set the child up for a plan. Combine family services with PLC meetings for RTI. TAT-Teacher Assistant Team-to review student who has been in intervention for years---counselor and principal or assistance principal are included. Have evidence on what you did for the student. This happens at Tier 3.

Utilize entire staff to DIBEL.

Evidence of student learning. What you saw, what you didn't see, what you want to see, what questions you have? Once or twice a semester---peer observation

Different PLC's.

Focus WT- Admin to look instruction and then come back and talk with teachers. Teachers to observe teachers. Morning groups had it easier had time to discuss...afternoon was a bit different because they were trying to fix what they saw in the morning.

Needs to be non-threatening.

CWT data-meeting after analyzing data. Not seeing a lot of cooperative learning. Teachers did survey of where they would like PD. Cooperative learning was number 1. Teachers are using technology to show whats going on in classroom.

FWT- Try to do through leadership team. 5/team each teacher assigned something to look for. Then come back to table to discuss what was seen. Principal talks to teacher about what the group saw.