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Professional Learning Communities
The Speedway High School
Model
Tim McRobertsAssociate Executive DirectorIndiana Association of School
[email protected]: @tmac602
Blog: http://edleader101.blogspot.com/
“A PLC is a group of educators that meets regularly, shares expertise, and
works collaboratively to improve teaching skills and the academic
performance of students.”—edglossary.org
According to Rick DuFour, A PLC:1. Ensures That Students Learn
2. Creates a Culture of Collaboration3. Has a Focus on Results
“Focus on the process, not the results”
3 Key Questions:1. What’s the Challenge?
2. How do we strategically plan for it?
3. How to we know we’re winning?
What’s the Challenge?Issue Data
English Language Learners 8%
Special Education Students 12%
Minority 44%
Free and Reduced Lunch 53%
Areas of immediate concern:• Too many failures each grading period
(+10%)• Low ECA test scores• Poor AP test performance• New School Accountability System
looming
Challenge: Too easy to focus on results!• NCLB/ESEA/ESSA• PL 221 (State School Improvement Plan)• RISE teacher evaluation• School letter grades (A-F)• Graduation rates• AP scores (College Readiness)
New Style of Leadership Needed
Once Challenge Identified: We strategically plan for it.K.I.S.S.1. Increase Student Achievement2. Increase collaboration among faculty.Priorities3. Reduce Failures4. Increase ECA test scores5. Increase AP qualifying scores6. Focus on classroom instruction7. Connect with our mobile population in community
Ground Rules• “NO Gripe” Zone!! Offer a suggestion with
a complaint.• Not teacher prep period. This is a WORK
session.• Focused on Students (“What happens in
Vegas…) and/or Teaching.• It’s okay to have fun while you work!
Outcomes of PLC Racing to Excellence Intramural program ELL planning sessions School wide writing assessments Cross curricular projects (Indy 500) Tutoring by students and adults Leadership from within faculty FNO intervention checklists Grade level teams PD “experts” Department planning Focus on AP/DC curriculum After School Department study tables
“Cervantes said the journey’s better than the end. Practices, to me, were the journey”-Wooden
Measure 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14
Eng 10 ECA
-- -- 70% 70% 71% 72% # 80%
Alg 1 ECA -- 31% 42% 72% $ 81% 75% 71%
Grad Rate
86.3% 96.6% 100% 96.3% 98.1% 99.1% 98.2%
% AP Pass Rate
No Data No Data 26.9% (21)
57.9% (120)
34.7% (215)^
52.4% (190)
53.6% (265)
IDOE Grade
D D D A B* A A
#- Star Reading Assessment, $-Agile Minds, ^AP TipIN, *-One student
Other Data:• Failure rates: +10% > 3.55%-4.90% last 4 years• HYIS: documented increase via 4 minute
walkthrough• 2013-2014 US News & World Report:
Silver Medal, America’s Best High Schools
Culture of Excellence• Friday v. Monday• Teachers love spending time with each other.• Teachers love learning about their craft.• Teachers love hearing from their peers.• Teachers love starting the week with their peers.• Teachers care about their students.“Perfection is impossible but striving for perfection is not. Do the best you can. That is what counts.”-
John Wooden
Evaluation and Evolution Teacher survey at conclusion of each
semester Time build AROUND Faculty needs Faculty “PLC Advisory Committee” ALWAYS filter through vision, mission and
school improvement goals. Quick Quiz
Results?• Day by day, week by week, month by
month, year by year…We established a CULTURE of Excellence.
• Culture of FOCUS.• Culture of PROCESS.• Culture of COLLABORATION.• Culture of SUCCESS.
Remember:
Focus on the PROCESS, not the RESULTS
Tim McRobertsAssociate Executive Director
Indiana Association of School [email protected]: @tmac602
Blog: http://edleader101.blogspot.com/
