BERTIE MIDDLE SCHOOL New Teacher PLC Agenda

Date: Thursday, March 20, 2014 Materials to bring to meeting: PLC Members Present: Goals/Outcomes: Teachers will gain deeper knowledge about effective parent/teacher communication and have one strategy to improve parent/teacher conferences. Topic for Discussion Who? Estimated Time Minutes 5 Minutes 10 Minutes 10

Meeting Norms:

Be supportive Be patient Active listening Everyone must participate Stay positive

Notes

Welcome & Celebrations

Cottle

Classroom Management Session Reflection

Whole Group

Parent/Teacher Conference Video Example This is an XtraNormal video that is humorous but is a great discussion starter... cut it off around 3 min. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr5kWOdkHYA

Whole Group

Best Practices in Parent/Teacher Communication Closing: What are our next steps? (concerns) What do we need to discuss at the next meeting? Next meeting date-April 10, 2014

Brittenham & Tyeson

Minutes 30

Dobie

Minutes 5

DuFours Questions that should guide our work? What do we want our students to learn? How will we know they have learned it? How will we respond when a student experiences difficulty? How will we respond when a student already knows it? Expectations for Agendas and Minutes: Agendas: should be given to all team members at least a day in advance. should include goals or expected outcomes.

should include specific topics for discussion with estimated times listed. should include meeting norms agreed upon by team.

Minutes: should use minutes template. should be emailed to administration AND all PLC participants within 2 days. should be read by all PLC participants.