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Agenda Fort Worth, TX • June 25–27
Tuesday, June 25
6:30–8:00 a.m.Registration Ballroom FoyerContinental Breakfast Ballroom Foyer
8:00–9:45 a.m.Keynote—Sarah SchuhlReady, Set, Go! Using the Foundations and Big Ideas of a PLC to Grow Student Learning
Ballroom
9:45–10:00 a.m. Break10:00–11:30 a.m. Breakout Sessions See pages 15–26.11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own)1:00–2:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions See pages 15–26.2:30–2:45 p.m. Break
2:45–3:45 p.m. Panel Discussion—Presenters provide practical answers to your most pressing questions. Ballroom
Wednesday, June 26
7:00–8:00 a.m. Registration Ballroom FoyerContinental Breakfast Ballroom Foyer
8:00–9:45 a.m. Keynote—Mike MattosChallenging Educational Mythology: Proven Practices and Brutal Facts in Creating Great Schools
Ballroom
9:45–10:00 a.m. Break10:00–11:30 a.m. Breakout Sessions See pages 15–26.11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own)1:00–2:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions See pages 15–26.2:30–2:45 p.m. Break
2:45–3:45 p.m. Team Time—Presenters are available to aid in your collaborative team discussions. Ballroom
Thursday, June 277:00–8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast Ballroom Foyer8:00–9:30 a.m. Breakout Sessions See pages 15–26.9:30–9:45 a.m. Break
9:45–11:45 a.m. Keynote—Eric TwadellIn Relentless Pursuit of Redundancy: Initiating and Sustaining the PLC at Work Process
Ballroom
Agenda is subject to change.
Breakouts at a Glance
Presenter & TitleTuesday, June 25
Wednesday, June 26
Thursday, June 27
10:00–11:30 a.m. 1:00–2:30 p.m. 10:00–11:30 a.m. 1:00–2:30 p.m. 8:00–9:30 a.m.
Mandy Barrett
Becoming Crystal Clear About Question One 204B
Building Buy-In for True PLCs at Work 204B 204B
Learning Targets: What Are We Aiming For? 204B 204B
Brian K. ButlerWhat About Us? The PLC at Work Process in Early Childhood 202D
Collaborating in the Core in Elementary Schools 202D 202D
Ensuring Teams Engage in the Right Work 202D 202D
Jennifer DeinhartElementary Student Goal Setting in a PLC at Work 203A Ballroom
Facilitating Team Meetings: Progress Monitoring 203A 203A
Instructional Coaching in a PLC at Work: Tips for Common Challenges 203A
Mike MattosThe Essential Work of Teacher Teams in a Professional Learning Community Ballroom
The Power of One: Creating High-Performing Teams for Singleton Staff 201C
Raising the Bar and Closing the Gap: Whatever It Takes in Secondary Schools 201C
Raising the Bar and Closing the Gap: Whatever It Takes in Elementary Schools Ballroom
Guiding Principles for Principals: Tips and Tools for Leading the PLC Process 200
Mark OnuscheckSocial–Emotional Learning Radiates in PLC Cultures 202A 202A
Proficiency-Based Assessment: Engaging Students in High Expectations of Learning 202A 202A
Fostering Literacy in a PLC: Why Every Teacher Is a Reading Teacher 202A
Breakouts at a Glance
Presenter & TitleTuesday, June 25
Wednesday, June 26
Thursday, June 27
10:00–11:30 a.m. 1:00–2:30 p.m. 10:00–11:30 a.m. 1:00–2:30 p.m. 8:00–9:30 a.m.
Sarah SchuhlFocusing Teams and Students With Learning Targets 200
Data, Data, Data: What Do Teams Need? What Do Teams Do With It? 200
Creating Common Assessments for Team and Student Learning Ballroom 201C
Mathematics Assessment in Action 200
Jeanne Spiller
Yes We Can! An Unprecedented Opportunity to Improve Special Education Outcomes (Part 1)
201A
Yes We Can! An Unprecedented Opportunity to Improve Special Education Outcomes (Part 2)
201A
Less Is More: Developing Essential Next-Generation Standards 201A
Help Our Team! Working Together to Solve Common Team Challenges 201A
Leading Your PLC With Intention: Eight Important Considerations 201A
Eric Twadell
Proficiency-Based Instruction: Rethinking Lesson Design and Delivery 201C 201C
Let's Stop Talking About It and Start Doing It! The Five Stages of Evidence-Based Grading
Ballroom 203A
Leading by Design: Four Essential Conversations for District, School, and Team Leaders
200
Jon Yost
From Dysfunctional to Highly Functional: Proven Ideas and Strategies to Move Teams Forward
204A
Are You Ready to See Your Fixer Upper? 204A 204A
Keep the Cog Turning: Maximizing Celebrations to Build and Maintain Momentum
204A 204A
Agenda is subject to change.
Fort Worth Convention Center
Second Level
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Cantina Laredo Gourmet Mexican Food530 Throckmorton Street817.810.0773cantinalaredo.comWorth Saving: Complimentary Casa Rita with Purchase of Entrée.
Chop House Burger300 Throckmorton Street682.312.8477chophouseburger.comWorth Saving: Complimentary chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry shake *or* any draft beer with the purchase of a burger and fries.
Daddy Jack’s Lobster & Chowder House 353 Throckmorton Street817.332.2477daddyjacks.orgWorth Saving: 15% Off Food Purchase. (Excludes Lobster Madness, tax, alcohol & gratuity.)
GRACE 777 Main Street817.877.3388gracefortworth.com Worth Saving: Bubble Hour Every Day from 4–6 pm for Half-off Bubbles by the Glass.
Little Red Wasp Kitchen + Bar808 Main Street817.877.3111littleredwasp.com Worth Saving: Happy Hour every day 4-6 pm $5.00 Select Starters, Draft Beer, Wine by the Glass and Well Drinks.
Paciugo Gelato and Caffé308 Houston Street817.870.2725paciugo.comWorth Saving: 10% Off Purchase.
Piranha Killer Sushi 335 W 3rd Street817.348.0200piranhakillersushi.comWorth Saving: 10% Off Entire Meal.(Excludes alcohol.)
Simply Fondue111 W 4th Street – Lower Level817.348.0633simplyfonduefortworth.comWorth Saving: 15% Off Food Purchase.(Must make reservation.)
T & P Tavern221 W Lancaster Avenue817.675.3757tptavern.comWorth Saving: 15% Off Food Bill.(With purchase of alcoholic beverage.)
Taverna Fort Worth450 Throckmorton Street817.885.7502tavernalombardi.comWorth Saving: Complimentary (1) Chef Focaccia with Purchase of Entrée.
Wild Salsa300 Throckmorton Street682.316.3230wildsalsarestaurant.comWorth Saving: Complimentary Rita de Casa *or* appetizer with the purchase ofan entrée.
Yolk305 Main Street817.730.4000eatyolk.comWorth Saving: Show Your Badge for 10% Off Entire Purchase.
ENTERTAINMENT6th Street Sundry Mart200 W 6th Street817.332.1677Worth Saving: Stop in to See Our Monthly Specials.
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Circle Theatre230 W 4th Street817.877.3040circletheatre.comWorth Saving: Use Promo Code CVB for $5 Off Full Priced Ticket (Excluding previews and opening night; one discount may be applied up to 4 tickets.)
Dallas Cowboys Pro Shop310 Main Street817.348.8252shopcowboys.comWorth Saving: 15% Off Any Purchase.
Earth Bones Gift Store and Boutique308 Main Street817.332.2662Worth Saving: 20% Off Any Regularly Priced Item. (Not valid on promotions or any other offer.)
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Hyena’s Comedy Nightclub425 Commerce Street (inside Lone Star Live)817.332.4030Worth Saving: Buy 1 General Admission, Receive 1 Free. (Excludes some special events.)
Jos. A. Bank – Men’s Apparel 501 Houston Street817.878.2548Worth Saving: 20% Off Any Regular-Price Item. (Excludes tuxedo rentals and gift cards.)
Main Street Visitor Center508 Main Street817.698.3300FortWorth.comWorth Saving: 20% Off Your Totalof Regularly Priced Retail Items.
Marie Antoinette Spa101 W 2nd Street817.332.2888marieantoinettespa.comWorth Saving: $10 Off Purchases of $50 or More. (Excluding fragrances.)
Nestle Toll House Café / Red Mango124 East 4th Street817.782.9001nestlecafe.comWorth Saving: Free Cookie with Any Purchase at Nestle Toll House Café AND 10% off any Red Mango Cold Pressed Juice or Smoothie.
Retro Cowboy Gift Store406 Houston Street817.338.1194Worth Saving: 20% Off Any Regularly Priced Item. (Not valid on promotions or any other offer.)
Schakolad Chocolate Factory 106 E 4th Street817.870.2400schakolad.comWorth Saving: 2 Free Truffles with a $5.00 Purchase.
The Sid Richardson Museum and Gift Store (Museum Free)309 Main Street817.332.6554sidrichardsonmuseumstore.comWorth Saving: 5 Free Postcards with any Purchase! No Restrictions Apply.
Silver Leaf Cigar Lounge426 Commerce Street817.887.9535silverleafcigar.comWorth Saving: 10% Off Entire Bill. (Not valid on promotions or with any other offer.)
Sundance Sundries105 Houston Street817.870.0481Worth Saving: Stop in to See Our Monthly Specials.
Thomas Kinkade Gallery302 Main Street 817.335.1140thomaskinkade.comWorth Saving: 20% Off Any Open Edition Gift Product Valued at $25 or More.
Yours Truly Lifestyle Store400 Houston St. at 3rd St. 817-332-9848ytsundance.comWorth Saving: Receive a Complimentary Color Match or Makeover with Jane Iredale skincare makeup.
The Worth Saving Badge is simple. Discounts are available to any group issuing an identification badge that includes the attendee’s name and name of the conference. We encourage attendees to take their badges with them as they venture out.
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Simply Fondue – Fondue & Cocktails111 W 4th St🍴🍴E🍸🍸✂
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Texas de Brazil – Brazilian Steakhouse101 N Houston St
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Mercury Chop House – American Steakhouse525 Taylor Stpd🍴🍴E×🍸🍸Meso Maya – Mexican Cuisine604 Main St, Suite 100pd🍴🍴E🍸🍸Mi Cocina – Mexican Cuisine509 Main Stp🍴🍴E×🍸🍸Nestle Toll House – Desserts and Smoothies 124 E 4th St☕d×✂
P. F. Chang’s China Bistro – Modern Asian400 Throckmorton Stpd🍴🍴E×🍸🍸Paciugo Gelato – Italian Ice Cream308 Houston St☕✂
Picchi Pacchi Restaurant – Casual Italian411 W 7th St #105pd🍴🍴E
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Casablanca Coffee – Moroccan Coffeehouse215 W 8th St
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Planet Sub – Casual American411 W 7th St #100pdPotbelly Sandwich Shop – Casual American540 Throckmorton Sthpd🍴🍴× Razzoo’s Cajun Café – Cajun & Creole 318 Main Stp🍴🍴E×🍸🍸Reata Restaurant – Texas Cuisine310 Houston Stpd🍴🍴E×🍸🍸Riscky’s Barbecue –Casual Barbecue300 Main Stp🍴🍴E×🍸🍸Ruth’s Chris Steak House – (Inside Hilton)813 Main St🍴🍴E🍸🍸Salata – Salads & Wraps520 Commerce Stpd🍴🍴×Salsa Limon - Centro – Fast Casual Mexican & Bar550 Throckmorton Sthpd🍴🍴E×🍸🍸Schakolad Chocolate Factory – Chocolate Shop 106 E 4th St
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Mandy BarrettBecoming Crystal Clear About Question OneQuestion one of a PLC sets the foundation for the three other questions. It is vital that teams become “crystal clear” on exactly what students must know and be able to do throughout grade-level curriculum. This session delves into the importance of identifying REAL (relevant, enduring, assessed, leveraged) standards and takes participants through the process of unwrapping these standards.
Participants in this session:• Gain an understanding of the “why” behind identifying essential standards.• Step through the process of unwrapping essential standards.• Leave with tools to implement this process with their teams.
Building Buy-In for True PLCs at WorkThis session details strategies to create and support an atmosphere of commitment, trust, and engagement as the PLC journey continues within the school community. Participants will leave with easy-to-use team-building ideas to move collaboration forward at a faster pace, allowing for learning to be the central focus of the PLC.
Participants in this session:• Discover how to move schools away from adult-centered behavior to student-centered
learning.• Determine the importance of a collaborative culture within a school community.• Engage in activities that support teachers in committing to the importance of working
as a PLC.
Learning Targets: What Are We Aiming For?Unwrapping essential standards reveals many levels of skills and concepts for teams to target throughout instruction and assessment. This session begins by unwrapping a standard together to gain knowledge of the specific learning targets being addressed. From there, participants work through the process of developing a strong instructional response to assure that the necessary time and additional support given to students meets their learning needs. By thoughtfully designing assessments aimed at specific learning targets, along with gathering and analyzing student data, teams are able to know exactly what their students have learned and areas that still need support.
Participants in this session:• Discover the importance of identifying learning targets.• Walk through the process of designing common formative assessments.• Learn the significance of receiving timely information to guide instruction.
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Brian K. ButlerWhat About Us? The PLC at Work Process in Early ChildhoodFor years, schools have focused on implementing the PLC at Work process in their K–12 systems, and many preschool programs want to know how to make this process work for their schools and children, too. Brian K. Butler, former principal of the 2016 DuFour Award-winning Mason Crest Elementary, discusses how his former school adapted the PLC model for its preschool students. By implementing collaborative and data-driven processes of PLCs, Mason Crest Elementary combined a preschool special education class with a general education preschool Head Start class and dispelled the myth that students with early learning challenges could not only achieve developmental milestones, but even exceed them.
Outcomes from this session include:• Learning the administrative team’s role in supporting the preschool collaborative team• Experiencing the power of common assessments and acquiring the preschool team data
analysis protocol used to assess effective practices and to flexibly and seamlessly groupstudents during their play activities to provide appropriate support and challenge
• Understanding how shifting teacher mindsets and teacher talk ensures high expectationsfor all
• Exploring how children still learn through play and how teachers can maximize theiruse of that time
Collaborating in the Core in Elementary SchoolsIt is critical that every student receive high-quality instruction from the outset to meet the goal of academic achievement for all. To ensure high-quality Tier 1 instruction for students, adult learning in a school needs to be intentional and inclusive. How is professional development viewed in your school? Is it a one-shot, sit-and-get lecture, a one-time workshop, or a multifaceted approach? The overriding question for teachers and administrators is, How do we ensure high-quality Tier 1 core instruction and learning for all students through focused, collective, ongoing, and job-embedded professional development?
Participants in this session can expect to:• Understand the importance of building a common language, common knowledge,
and common expectations around job-embedded professional development throughstructured, whole-staff learning opportunities.
• View the process and purpose of involving all staff (culture) in building (structure)common collaborative time into the master schedule.
• Understand the purpose and importance of planning grade-level team meetings andhaving the opportunity to see some of these teams in action.
• Examine a lesson plan model that focuses on differentiation in Tier 1.• Explore the idea of co-teaching and the four models that allow staff to continue learning
and reflecting together in real time.
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Brian K. ButlerEnsuring Teams Engage in the Right WorkTaking a page from School Improvement for All: A How-To Guide for Doing the Right Work (Solution Tree Press, 2017) by Sharon Kramer and Sarah Schuhl, participants delve deep into the “right work” of teacher teams. Kramer and Schuhl write, “The best way to describe, clarify, and monitor the task of teams is to delineate the products that they would create from answering the four questions” that drive the work of collaborative teams. Participants gain absolute clarity on what this looks, feels, and sounds like at the team level.
Outcomes for this session include:• Gaining an understanding of the impact that doing the right work has on culture and
student achievement• Acquiring a team protocol for complementing defined tasks, products, and artifacts that
come out of answering the four critical questions of a PLC• Assessing team progress on each task• Observing a team using artifacts and products to complete a task
Jennifer DeinhartElementary Student Goal Setting in a PLC at WorkExplore how teams answer the four critical questions of learning through the lens of student goal setting. Through this work, teams dig deeply into the most essential standards and see how goal setting leads to more targeted instruction. Participants also learn how to engage students in being reflective of their own work and next steps in learning.
Outcomes from this session include:• Exploring how teams learn content and develop progressions for learning around
essential standards• Developing skills in creating quality assessments, common scoring practices, and student
self-reflection• Learning how to have more purposeful data discussions that result in targeted instruction
for students
Facilitating Team Meetings: Progress MonitoringIn a PLC, we use common assessment results to answer the last two critical questions of learning: How will we respond when students do not learn? and How will we extend the learning for students who have demonstrated proficiency? Explore protocols and meeting structures that guide teams in determining student needs, identify strengths and weaknesses within current team practices, and determine next steps for instruction.
Outcomes from this session include:• Exploring data discussion protocols for engaging teams in transparent dialogue around
common assessment results• Observing examples of teams engaged in answering the last two critical questions of a PLC• Reflecting on participants’ collaborative time and planning next steps for their teams
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Jennifer DeinhartInstructional Coaching in a PLC at Work: Tips for Common ChallengesAs instructional leaders, coaches are often at the center of the work of collaborative teams. Jennifer Deinhart presents strategies to overcome common challenges while staying true to the PLC process. Engage in an open dialogue about having effective collaborative team meetings and working with teammates who are resistant to change.
Participants in this session:• Explore different meeting structures that support collaborative teams answering the
four critical questions of learning.• Use their own professional experiences to collectively brainstorm possible solutions
for the challenges all instructional leaders face.• Take time to plan agendas and structures for their next team meetings.
Mike MattosChallenging Educational Mythology: Proven Practices and Brutal Facts in Creating Great Schools Becoming a professional learning community requires more than committing to the collaborative practices proven to best ensure learning. A PLC must also be willing to discontinue policies and procedures that are counterproductive to student success. Unfortunately, many schools stubbornly hold on to myths—widely held beliefs that are false—that justify teacher isolation and student failure. Mike Mattos discusses essential practices that are required to ensure high levels of learning for every student and challenges educational myths that are holding us back.
Outcomes from this session include:• Learning the five essential practices of the PLC at Work process• Identifying school myths and inaccurate beliefs that are counterproductive to
collaboration and student learning• Understanding how these myths lead to practices, policies, and procedures that inhibit
student learning• Beginning a “stop-doing” list for schools and districts• Embracing a commitment and assurance that the academic success of every student
is possible
The Essential Work of Teacher Teams in a Professional Learning CommunityTeacher teams are the engines that drive the PLC at Work process and student learning, but only if they focus on the right work. This session uses the book you’ve been given, Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work (Solution Tree Press, 2016), to break down exactly what highly effective teacher teams do with their precious collaboration time. Mike Mattos, one of the book’s coauthors, shares valuable tools and practical examples.
Participants in this session:• Understand how the four critical questions of the PLC at Work framework drive teacher
team collaboration.• Experience how teams use common assessment data to improve instruction and target
interventions.• Learn how to use specific tools to assist teams with the right work.• Assess their current reality and leave with next steps.
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Mike MattosThe Power of One: Creating High-Performing Teams for Singleton StaffHigh-performing collaborative teams are the foundation for any professional learning community—the engines that drive the entire process! Nearly every school or district has educators who are singletons (the only person who teaches a particular course or grade level); educators who support multiple grade levels, such as a special education teacher or reading coach; or educators who provide supplemental support, such as a school counselor, psychologist, or librarian. How do these individuals fit into collaborative teams? This session offers guiding principles and real-life examples of how to create meaningful, powerful, collaborative teams for educators looking to connect to the power of one.
This session calls on participants to:• Learn multiple ways to create meaningful, job-embedded teams for singleton staff.• Consider teaming options for elective or specials teachers, special education staff,
and staff who oversee unique programs.• Repurpose a site intervention team into a high-performing collaborative team.
Raising the Bar and Closing the Gap: Whatever It Takes in Secondary SchoolsIdentifying which students need help is not the biggest obstacle most secondary schools face in providing interventions; it is how to schedule the time needed to provide that help during the school day. This session provides real examples from a high-performing school showing how it creates time for supplemental and intensive interventions.
Participants learn specific steps to implement a flexible secondary intervention period, including how to:
• Determine what interventions to offer each week.• Require students to attend specific interventions.• Monitor student attendance.• Allocate staff.• Extend student learning.• Address potential obstacles.• Do all this within teachers’ contractual obligations.
Raising the Bar and Closing the Gap: Whatever It Takes in Elementary SchoolsSchools that function as PLCs must ultimately do two things: 1) Build a collaborative culture to promote continuous adult learning, and 2) Create structures and systems that provide students with additional time and support for learning. After examining the key ingredients of systematic intervention and enrichment, participants receive criteria to assess their own schools’ responses and an action-planning template for next steps in raising the bar and closing the gap.
Participants examine strategies and structures to collaboratively:• Examine core beliefs.• Utilize resources (human, material, and temporal) to meet the needs of all learners,
including developing a schedule to ensure that intervention is timely, systematic,and directive.
• Utilize data to drive intervention, with a focus on progress monitoring to drive actions.• Examine the most common RTI mistakes.• Review a tool for assessing the progress and opportunities for the district, school, or team
in considering interventions.
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Mike MattosGuiding Principles for Principals: Tips and Tools for Leading the PLC ProcessThe principal has an essential role in creating a PLC. Without effective support and leadership, achieving this outcome is virtually impossible. Specifically targeted to site administrators, this session provides proven practices and examples of how to lead and support the work of collaborative teacher teams.
Participants are called on to:• Learn how to create an effective site leadership team.• Effectively address violations to a school’s collective commitments.• Monitor and support the work of collaborative teams.
Mark OnuscheckSocial–Emotional Learning Radiates in PLC Cultures In bold and thoughtful ways, schools must focus more mindfully on social–emotional learning (SEL) and student development. Participants focus on the underlying SEL skills that support academic achievement and student growth to promote a school culture dedicated to student wellbeing. Mark Onuscheck illustrates how the culture of a PLC can: 1) support the SEL development of every student, 2) support classroom environments that explicitly address SEL development, and 3) build school cultures that nurture SEL skills as a priority in student development.
Participants in this session:• Learn how a PLC works to support the social–emotional learning of students every
school day.• Investigate how a classroom environment can explicitly support SEL.• Discuss the function of SEL data to build a stronger school culture.
Proficiency-Based Assessment: Engaging Students in High Expectations of LearningExplore how stronger assessment practices, when used effectively, tighten the interconnectedness between teaching and learning. Mark Onuscheck demonstrates a collaborative teaming process focused on the function of assessment and illustrates ways for teams to have stronger, more effective discussions about what students are supposed to know and do and how to know when they have learned. Participants are asked to bring in examples of rubrics or criteria they use to evaluate student achievement.
Participants in this session:• Explore strong assessment practices that connect to teaching and learning.• Learn how better assessment practices build more purposeful collaboration.• Investigate ways for assessment to lead to positive instructional change.
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Mark OnuscheckFostering Literacy in a PLC: Why Every Teacher Is a Reading TeacherParticipants in this session explore how collaboration and literacy strategies work together to promote engagement, comprehension, and retention across all academic disciplines. Focused on student learning, this session promotes collaborative discussions on how teachers can apply pre-reading, during-reading, and post-reading strategies to strengthen students’ comprehension and critical thinking skills.
Participants in this session:• Learn how collaboration and literacy strategies promote student engagement,
comprehension, and retention across all academic disciplines.• Investigate the value of pre-reading, during-reading, and post-reading strategies.• Gain insights into the value of literacy strategies that promote critical thinking.
Sarah SchuhlReady, Set, Go! Using the Foundations and Big Ideas of a PLC to Grow Student LearningA professional learning community focuses on ensuring learning for all students. But what does this really mean across a school or district? How do collaborative teams in a PLC work to accomplish high levels of student learning?
Strong foundations and an emphasis on three big ideas to guide the work are needed to become an effective PLC. Within such a framework, collaborative teams build a shared understanding of standards to intentionally link instruction, assessment, and student re-engagement as needed. What does all of this look and sound like? The work can seem daunting without a roadmap or vision for how to efficiently and effectively create the materials needed and respond to the data gathered. Sarah Schuhl clarifies this work using practical tools, protocols, and examples.
Focusing Teams and Students With Learning TargetsHow can students articulate what they are learning? How can assessments be created to determine whether students are learning? Learning targets bring clarity to students and teachers about outcomes expected in each course or subject area. Participants in this session gain insight about writing clear learning targets from standards. Sarah Schuhl discusses strategies for using learning targets to help students self-assess their progress and for collaborative teams to create and analyze common assessments.
Outcomes from this session include:• Examining how to write effective learning targets• Developing strategies for using targets to involve students in their learning• Discovering ways to create and analyze tests using learning targets
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Sarah SchuhlData, Data, Data: What Do Teams Need? What Do Teams Do With It?The third big idea of a professional learning community is to focus on results. How do collaborative teams use data to 1) make informed decisions about assessment and instruction, 2) determine whether or not students have learned, and 3) involve students in the learning process? Participants in this session explore ways to collect and organize data and consider how to respond to the results obtained. They also learn a protocol for analyzing assessment data in a PLC team.
Creating Common Assessments for Team and Student LearningCommon assessments help students and teachers answer the second critical question of a PLC, “How do we know if students learned it?” What is the purpose of each assessment? How can they be used to help students identify what they have and have not yet learned? Participants explore considerations for writing quality common assessments and using them to involve students in their learning.
Outcomes from this session include:• Understanding a balanced assessment system• Exploring considerations for item types to include on common assessments• Learning how to use common assessments to help students self-reflect
Mathematics Assessment in Action How can common assessments motivate and engage every learner? How can they be used to assess the critical thinking required of students learning mathematics? High-quality assessments, when intentionally designed, inform teachers and students about what has been learned and what has not yet been learned. It is much bigger than a grade on a test. Sarah Schuhl leads a discussion on the team actions needed to create a meaningful assessment process.
Participants in this session:• Learn criteria essential to quality mathematics assessment design.• Explore strategies and tools for reflection and goal-setting to enable students to learn
from assessments.• Examine how to plan and respond to assessments with students.
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Jeanne SpillerYes We Can! An Unprecedented Opportunity to Improve Special Education Outcomes (Parts 1 & 2)Warning: This work is not for the faint of heart! When teams commit to the PLC process and decide to engage in a cycle of continuous improvement, the first critical step is to examine their personal and systemic beliefs about students, themselves, and learning. Only then can they exclaim with confidence that “All really does mean all!” Once team members collectively make that commitment and understand how we got here, they must then define what improvement looks like and how to get there. Jeanne Spiller challenges participants to examine their professional beliefs before delving into collaborative structures, the importance of scaffolding, what tailored instruction does and does not look like, and ideas and examples that have resulted in improved outcomes for all students.
Outcomes from this session include:• Understanding past realities regarding special education• Learning strategies to build a school and district culture with a belief that all students
can learn at high levels• Examining collaborative structures to support high levels of learning for all• Considering collaborative team meeting structures, content, and focus• Discussing ways to align IEP goals specific to student areas of deficit driven by the goal
of attaining grade-level expectations, including alignment for complex learners• Investigating the concept of tailoring instruction to meet complex student needs while
maintaining high expectations
Less Is More: Developing Essential Next-Generation StandardsDeveloping essential or priority standards is a necessary and powerful practice. This practice affords teachers the time to adequately teach, assess, reteach, and reassess to meet the needs of all students. Participants discover the importance of a guaranteed and viable curriculum and learn a step-by-step process for determining essential standards that can easily be replicated in their own buildings or school districts.
Outcomes from this session include:• Understanding and articulating how developing essential standards is a crucial part of
the PLC process and helps answer the four critical questions of a PLC• Understanding and articulating why developing priority standards is imperative• Learning a process to distinguish essential standards from state or national standards
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Jeanne SpillerHelp Our Team! Working Together to Solve Common Team ChallengesWhat should happen when a team starts to struggle? As teachers move toward becoming interdependent teams, challenges inevitably arise. Ensuring high levels of learning for every student requires a change in thinking and practice. Participants briefly review the work of highly effective teams, consider scenarios showing common team challenges, and work collaboratively to identify strategies for moving a team forward. This session is based on a forthcoming book of the same title (Solution Tree Press, 2019) coauthored by eight educators with a wide range of backgrounds and experience in all levels of education.
Participants in this session:• Identify common challenges that limit a team’s efficacy.• Collaboratively resolve specific challenges and share strategies to help teams progress.• Practice specific coaching strategies designed to assist teams in their critical work.
Leading Your PLC With Intention: Eight Important ConsiderationsImplementing and sustaining the PLC process requires diligent leaders who persist in ensuring that their school is a place in which leaders and teachers collaborate, make evidence-based decisions, understand that students are the top priority, communicate effectively, and are involved in trusting relationships.
Participants in this session explore eight areas of focus to consider in effectively leading the PLC at Work process.
1. Achieving focus and staying intentional2. Establishing and maintaining organization3. Building shared leadership4. Using evidence for decision making and action5. Prioritizing the student6. Leading instruction7. Fostering communication8. Developing community and relationships
Eric TwadellIn Relentless Pursuit of Redundancy: Initiating and Sustaining the PLC at Work ProcessThe first step in the never-ending journey of continuous improvement of a PLC at Work is building a strong foundation on the three big ideas: learning, collaboration, and results. The second step in the never-ending journey of continuous improvement is doing that same work over and over and over again. In this keynote, Eric Twadell highlights the work that Adlai E. Stevenson High School (the “birthplace of the PLC at Work process”) has done to stay focused on the fundamental components of their PLC at Work culture and drive a steady increase in student learning and achievement.
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Eric TwadellProficiency-Based Instruction: Rethinking Lesson Design and DeliveryAs educators implement proficiency-based assessment and grading strategies, they realize the traditional model of instruction must also change. The teacher, as the sage on the stage, simply cannot facilitate meaningful learning experiences for students in a proficiency-based learning environment. Participants in this session examine instructional design and delivery models that support proficiency-based assessment and grading and learn how to develop an instructional plan to support students in meeting expectations.
Outcomes from this session include:• Examining instructional design models that support proficiency-based assessment
and grading• Gaining an understanding of designing meaningful instructional experiences for students• Exploring the Instructional Diamond lesson design and model
Let’s Stop Talking About It and Start Doing It: The Five Stages of Evidenced-Based GradingStandards-based grading has often been cited as the “third rail of school reform.” And yet, this is an important destination on the journey to becoming a PLC that embraces assessment and grading practices and supports student learning. This session provides participants with a roadmap for differentiating professional development for teachers and teams interested in implementing standards-based grading.
Participants in this session:• Gain an appreciation for using a learning map to differentiate professional development.• Explore challenges associated with traditional grading practices and reporting results.• Learn how to structure professional development and a learning map for teachers and
teams specifically focused on standards-based grading and reporting.
Leading by Design: Four Essential Conversations for District, School, and Team LeadersDistrict, school, and team leaders play an important role in developing PLCs. This session explores the essential characteristics and roles of leaders in creating and sustaining a culture of collaboration and shared responsibility in a PLC.
Participants in this session:• Take part in four leadership conversations that focus on building coherence and clarity
for the work of leaders in a PLC.• Discover how effective leaders facilitate a culture of shared responsibility.• Examine strategies that effective leaders must utilize to develop a learning-centered
culture in districts, schools, and teams.
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Jon YostFrom Dysfunctional to Highly Functional: Proven Ideas and Strategies to Move Teams ForwardEvery team has some degree of dysfunction; some just have more than others. Jon Yost shares his numerous years of experience in PLC development and site leadership to provide participants practical ideas for moving teams forward. Participants learn specific strategies to help any team become more functional, more efficient, and to find enjoyment in working collaboratively.
Participants in this session leave with:• Knowledge to recognize major dysfunctions in teams and strategies to overcome them• Practical ideas and approaches for productive team meetings• A proven blueprint to build trust and a team action orientation
Are You Ready to See Your Fixer Upper?In the popular HGTV show Fixer Upper, Chip and Joanna Gains take a rundown or modest house and turn it into the customer’s dream home. Jon Yost shows participants how to bring their staffs and teams together to create a vision for success that is motivating and compelling. Learn how to engage staff into visualizing and realizing their “dream home” by first identifying how to move from their current reality to the beginning of the transformation. Participants gain tools and processes to immediately start envisioning their dream home.
Participants in this session:• Understand how a mission, a vision, and collective commitments guide and drive the
improvement process.• Learn the processes to use with their staff and teams to create their own mission, vision,
and collective commitments.• Gain ideas on how to frequently use their mission, vision, and collective commitments
to create focus and coherence.
Keep the Cog Turning: Maximizing Celebrations to Build and Maintain MomentumTransforming your school into a PLC is fun and exciting, but at the same time, challenging. Learn how implementing intentional celebrations can create excitement, build momentum, and maintain a high-energy, can-do attitude. Jon Yost leads participants in developing their “celebration plan” to honor risk taking, staff interdependency, increased student learning, meeting SMART goals, and individual and team improvement. This session illustrates the simplicity of creating routine practices in your school that pays tribute to the dedication, commitment, and achievement of staff.
Outcomes from this session include:• Gaining a deeper understanding of how celebrations play a key role in transforming
schools into a PLCs• Exploring various ways to celebrate improvement, risk taking, and team growth• Learning how to make celebrations visible, targeted, and purposeful
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