Oak Grove Middle Home of the Huskies. Professional Learning Communities At the Middle Level Yeah...

Oak Grove MiddleHome of the Huskies

Professional Learning Communities

At the Middle Level “Yeah right, who has the time?”

Dufour’s Four Questions

3. What will we do if they have learned it?

4. What will we do if they have not learned it?

1. What do we want students to learn?

2. How will we know if they have learned it?

Dufour’s Four Questions

3. What will we do if they have learned it?

4. What will we do if they have not learned it?

1. What do we want students to learn?

2. How will we know if they have learned it?

Question One

Tier 1

Essential Standards

Core Curriculum

PLC Planning

Dyad Planning

Dufour’s Four Questions

3. What will we do if they have learned it?

4. What will we do if they have not learned it?

1. What do we want students to learn?

2. How will we know if they have learned it?

Question Two

Dyad work

Common Formative Assessments (CFA)

Common Summative Assessments (CSA)

Data review

Planning – together (using the data)

Dyads in Action

6th Grade Physical Science teachers on two different teams

Met every other week for an hour

Write CFA and CSA Backward Design Compare student data Lessons for the students who learned it Lessons for the students who haven’t learned it

Dyads: Backward Design

Unit Goals: A, B, C, D

Write CFA and CSA

Student Involvement

Problem

Unit Goal

Confident

Unsure

Right Wrong Simple Mistake

Further Study

#1 A

#2 A

Dyads: Compare Data & Collaborate

Using CFA and CSA

Compare results

Lesson Planning

Dyads: Differentiated Lessons

For those that have learned it and for those who have not learned it.

In process of writing lessons for each unit

Example: Website Help Sessions

Dufour’s Four Questions

3. What will we do if they have learned it?

4. What will we do if they have not learned it?

1. What do we want students to learn?

2. How will we know if they have learned it?

Question Three

Differentiation in the classroom

Tiered assignments

Extension activities

This is still a work in progress

Dufour’s Four Questions

3. What will we do if they have learned it?

4. What will we do if they have not learned it?

1. What do we want students to learn?

2. How will we know if they have learned it?

Question Four

Tier 2 Interventions

Problem Solving Team (PST)

Systematic approach (Essential Math, R180)

School-wide intervention for students who meet a certain criteria.

Personalized Learning Plans

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