SGO Teams: Building

Collaborative PLCs

Old Bridge Township Public Schools J. Scott Cascone, Ed.D.

July 22,2015

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To clarify the definition of a PLC

To review the research-based steps of the PLC

process by creating a mock administrative PLC

using a PLC plan template.

To brainstorm potential SGO team configurations

for your department and the time in which the

work would occur.

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Take a minute to think of a definition of a

PLC and be prepared to share your definition

with a neighbor.

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A PLC or team places its focus on ensuring that all students are learning, NOT on ensuring that all students are simply taught.

– What is essential for students to know (standards)?

– How will we KNOW they have learned it (assessment)?

– What will we do when they have not learned it (interventions)?

– What will we do if they master the content? (interventions)

– What do the adults need to know and be able to do to ensure that learning is taking place?

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PLCs and Professional Development

• What is the relationship between

PLCs and professional

development?

“…the data they [PLC members] examine and the

needs they identify will point toward learning they

must undertake in order to successfully address

the challenges that face them. (Hord and Hirsh,

2008).”

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Procedural Sequence of PLCs

Phase 1: Identification of the Problem

Identifying an element of student

performance/behavior (staff) in need of

improvement-The problem.

Brainstorm: When thinking about your grade

level or subject area (department/school),

what is one skill or behavior with which a

student or students (staff) struggle?

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Procedural Sequence of PLCs

Phase 2: Researching the Problem

• Conducting a review of current

professional research/literature to

learn about the “topic”.

• Collecting student data or work-this

can be qualitative data in the form of

student perceptions or opinions,

quantitative assessment data, or both.

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Procedural Sequence of PLCs

Phase 3: Data Analysis and Program

Design

• Interpreting Data: What hypotheses evolve

out of our research and student data?

• Designing an intervention in the form of a unit

of study or program the purpose of which is

to bring positive improvements to student

performance as well as assess progress.

• Identify professional learning needs

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Procedural Sequence of PLCs

Phase 4: Program Implementation and

Evaluation

• Implementing interventions, lessons

etc.

• Administering post-test/assessment

and analyzing results.

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Procedural Sequence of PLCs

Phase 5: Findings and

recommendations

• Making recommendations for future

action research or instructional “best

practices” which is to say effective

practices.

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How might you organize staff into

collaborative SGO teams?

What kind of time would need to be

dedicated to support the teams’ work?

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