Ocoee Middle School

Ocoee Middle School

In-ServiceAugust 2014Find the good & praise it. Alex Haley

Professional Learning Communities

NOTEBOOK for each PLC-Information sheet Gold. Professional Learning Community (from Education Reform, 3/3/14) A professional learning community, or PLC, is a group of educators that meets regularly, shares expertise, and works collaboratively to improve teaching skills and the academic performance of students. Shirley Hord, an expert on school leadership,came up with perhaps the most efficient description of the strategy: The three words explain the concept: Professionals coming together in a groupa communityto learn.PurposesShared Roles/ResponsibilitiesActivitiesCommitment.

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PLC Schedule start times Blue. Staggering Notification of locationInitial Facilitators.Goals (PLCs are a school-wide goal.)Dates set Thursdays. (Protected day)Staff Development presentations.

Professional Learning CommunitiesPLC Notes Pages White.Keep in Notebook.Front & back.Members & Roles - current meeting & determine next PLC Roles.

There are three things to remember when teaching: know your stuff; know whom you are stuffing; and then stuff them elegantly.Lola May

TCAP InformationCORE TEACHERS*Plastic Sleeve with last years students RCPI levels.*From RCPI Levels can determine your teaching strengths/challenges.*RLA report LEXILE Measure = Grade Level Reading Comprehension level. (See Text Complexity Grade Bands handout.) (Students will place in Data Notebooks Individual Student Reports- for each subject.)

TCAP InformationTEAMS 1-TEAM Notebook with current grades 2014 TCAP Resultsall Subjects (Student Labels.) *Use Scale Score for Kagan grouping. 2- Projections for 2015 State Percentile all subjects. [Make note of both these on all students.]3- List of both Reading Intervention (CSI) & Math Intervention (CIA) students. (Tier 2 & Tier 3 students). [Make note of these students. Strategic teaching, I-Teams]Related Arts1-Folders/Notebook for each current grades 2014 TCAP Results. [Make note of TCAP scores of your students.] (Subjects that are most impacted by your class.) 2- List of both Reading Intervention (CSI) & Math Intervention (CIA) students. [Make note of these students. Strategic teaching, I-Teams]

TCAP Information

A wealth of information can be located on the TCAP/TVAAS & CODE Evaluation site. If you need help locating information, Ill be glad to assist you.

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