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Page 1: Building and Sustaining a Professional Learning … and Sustaining a Professional Learning Community in English Language Arts For: Classroom Teachers, Special Educators, Guidance Counselors,

Building and Sustaining a Professional Learning Community in English Language Arts

For: Classroom Teachers, Special Educators, Guidance Counselors, Department Heads, Team leaders, Curriculum Coordinators, Principals, and Assistant Principals

You cannot have students as continuous learners and effective collaborators without teachers that have the same characteristics.

—Michael Fullan

As our own one-day Professional Learning Community (PLC), we will examine a variety of student work samples and assessments to explore what we see, value, and “count” when we assess student learning. We will begin by discussing the attributes of successful PLCs, asking:

What structures must be in place to create a culture of risk-taking and exploration?

What threatens to thwart true critical inquiry, and how do we safeguard against those threats?

How can we use feedback from colleagues to inform our own teaching and learning?

We will then practice working as a PLC, examining student work and teacher assessments using a range of protocols. Throughout our work we will consider how the structures that support our adult learning can be adapted to our ongoing work with even the youngest students.

Clare Fox Ringwall is known for her work in developing school teams distinguished for their collaboration and

their focus on continuous improvement. She has been a staff developer with the Dartmouth College School Leadership Project and the Annenberg Institute and now consults for Teachers21. Clare was an accomplished teacher of English, and has written on a variety of practice issues. She has developed programs of study integrating the teaching of reading and writing, most recently the curriculum guides that accompany the “American Experience” series produced by WGBH.

Register online at http://www.mssa.org/professionaldevelopment

Featuring TEACHERS21 Presenter

Clare Fox Ringwall

Sign-In/Registration: 8:00 am to 8:30 am Workshop: 8:30 am to 3:00 pm Fees: Member $195/Non-Member $260

Friday, September 30, 2016 at the MSSAA Office, Franklin

6 Professional Development Hours PD Content Area: English Language Arts/Literacy

Massachusetts Secondary School Administrators’ Association ~ 33 Forge Parkway, Franklin, MA 02038

Workshop Contact: Linda Taylor │ Phone: (508) 541-9832 │ Fax: (508) 541-9888 │ E-mail: [email protected]

MSSAA Registration Policies & Procedures Register Online