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 * Building and Sustaining Professional Learning Communities ** ** Susan Kinney, Facilitator **   ** skinney@boyertownasd.org **

**Welcome and Check In! ** 

**What song would you choose to have played each time you walked into the classroom?**

** Learning Targets:﻿ ﻿ **
 * I can explain the Big Ideas of a PLC.
 * I can describe the culture necessary to build and sustain PLC's.
 * I can explain the factors necessary for PLC's to grow and thrive.
 * I can lead my staff and/or colleagues in a protocol for examining student work.


 * Compass Activity: Building on the Strengths of Others **

Debrief Questions:


 * What is the value of this activity?
 * What do you appreciate about all the different styles?
 * How might you use this in your own situation/context?


 * The Big Ideas of a PLC **

**Protocols for Reading and Discussing Text**







**Open Sort**






 * Building Norms **





**Assessing our Culture** **"We change culture one conversation at a time." Peter Block**

Why do we exist as a school? What do we most value about our school? What are our hopes and aspirations for our school?

**Through New Eyes**
 * How does the school respond when it becomes apparent that the student is not succeeding?
 * What message is the school sending to Johnny?
 * How would you describe the school's culture? What are the assumptions, beliefs, expectations, habits, and values that seem to drive its day-to-day work?

**What is the same and what is different in Parts I and II?**

**For PLC's to work, we must have interdependence. What do we mean by this?**

**Goal:** Improve participants' recognition of these candy bars.



**Goal:** 100% of participants must correctly identify 100% of these images in the next five minutes without the use of technology.

**Protocol for Collaboratively Examining Student Work**

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