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Coach!
A Leader's Guide To Developing An
Effective PLC Game Plan
Tracey Crenshaw
Vanderlyn Elementary School
SLC 2015
A PLC Is...
PROFESSIONAL?
Every teacher is a leader; Every leader is a teacher.
LEARNING?
Learning applies as much to teachers, administrators, and parents as to
students.
Focus on instruction, curriculum and assessment.
COMMUNITY?
Support
Cooperation vs. competition
Improvement of the whole vs. striving to get ahead individually.
Essential Questions
How Can Leaders Turn
Good Teams Into
Championship Teams?
How Can Leaders Move
Struggling Teams to Better
Performance?
How Can Leaders Develop
a Winning Game Plan?
Group Activity
Developing a Strong Team Foundation
Step 1: List some of the barriers that the players
faced that made them ineffective as a team.
Step 2: List the key characteristics of the team
identified in the video that made them successful.
Sports Team
Principal
Head Coach
AP/ Counselor(s)
Offensive/Defensive Coordinators
Special Area Teachers
Special Teams
Content Area Teachers
Position Coaches
Dept. Chair
Team Captains
Students
Players
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Differentiated PLCs
In order to differentiate a variety of learning
experiences that are both meaningful and
purposeful to teachers, you need to know:
Preferences/interests
Professional Needs
Styles ( Teaching and Learning)
Current skill level. . . their readiness for new stages
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Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
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See Handout
Step 1
Grade Level
Content Area
Intervention
Vertical
Instructional Leadership
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
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Step 2
Selecting the right team
members that need to be
included to advance the overall
goals of the organization.
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
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Coaching Point
Building Shared Ownership and Purpose
Principal
Grade Level
Intervention
Vertical
Grade Level or
Subject Area
Teachers
Grade Level
Teacher
Covers Multiple
Grade Levels
RTI or Academic
Coach
ESL Teacher
Interventionist or
Specialist (power
player)
Special Education
Teacher, Counselor, or
Social Worker
Special Ed
Teacher
EIP Literacy/Math
Gifted Teacher
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Instructional
Leadership
Address School
Wide Issues
Step 2
Informal discussions
Planning periods
Lunch and Learn
Step 3
Formal Discussions
Faculty Meetings
Grade Level Meetings
Book Study
Step 4
Step 5
Classroom Observations/Peer
Coaching
Step 6
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Step 2
Step 3
Frame Faculty Meetings as a
Professional Learning
Opportunity
Restructure grade-level
meetings as professional
learning (with a pre-set
agenda)
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
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See Handout
Structure for Grade Level Planning and
Collaboration
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6
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See Handout
Professional Learning Activities
Form
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Step 6 (cont.)
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See Handout
PLC Evaluation Form
to a focus on learning
to a demonstration of proficiency
From isolation
to collaboration
to collective decision-making
to learning by doing
to focus on results
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Questions
&
Answers
Q &A
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