Extended Planning/PLC Guide

To improve planning we must collaborate and to improve instruction we

must plan!
1. Start with the end in mind. What does the student need to know and be able to do?
2. Identify curriculum resources.
3. Identify the declarative knowledge.
4. Identify the procedural knowledge.
5. Create a learning scale related to the learning goals.
6. Create assessment(s).
7. Plan classroom activities and assignments.
2. Do the students know what they are expected to accomplish? They will get better results if they do.
3. Provide focus, direction, and clarity and are we using our data to do this
4. Do you know exactly where your students are performing in relation to your outcome expectations?
5. How will your expectations be measured and monitored
6. What do we want students to learn? How do we know when they have learned it?
7. What do we want students to know? How do we know they have learned it? How do we respond when
they dont?
8. Assessment is valuable if the results are used to modify or change instruction. Using Data to Drive
Achievement OUTCOMES EXPECTATIONS
9. What are your INSTRUCTIONAL EXPECTATIONS and do you have them?
10. What are the primary questions (language) you want to consistently ask and answer after each
assessment?