Secondary PLC Overview
What does the PLC Work of Mid-Prairie Secondary Teacher Look Like ?
Question #1: What do students need to know and be able to do? (Goals/Expectations)
- Meet or exceed grade level standards for all curricular areas
- Learning Targets
- Create Compelling Questions (Inquiry)
- Vertical Alignment to prepare students for the next level
- Healthy Choices
- Sequential Learning-Student Career Choice
- Life Skills/Employability (Problem Solvers, Creativity, Communication, Writing Skills, Work independently and in a group)
- Self advocates
- Literacy in all curricular areas
- Use evidence to support their claim
- Appreciation of the Arts
- Media/Technology
Question #2: How will we know when they have learned it? (Assessment)
- Formative/Summative Assessments
- Observations
- Proficiency
- Evidence through: Projects, Presentations, Discussions, Papers, Debates, Quizzes
- Creating strong questions
- Increased Independence
- Transferable application/knowledge
Question #3: What will we do when they haven’t learned it? (Intervention)
- Re-teach
- WIN Time
- Implement different strategies
- Alternate Assessments
- Reassessments
- Collaboration amongst staff members/Shared resources
- Peer Mentors
- Open Communication with parents
- Review practice habits
Question #4: What will we do when they already know it? (Enrich/Extend)
- Challenge students with alternate activities (find extensions)
- Utilize peer tutors/experts
- Student-led instructions
- Independent time/pace
- Pre-teach concepts from next grade level
- Student choice opportunities
- Increase difficulty of goal areas
- Celebrate
- Offer and share resources (record in a shared document)
- Projects based on real world/situations
