Bellaire PS – Professional Learning Teams (PLTs)

Aim High
A group of professionals that meet on a regular basis to work collaboratively to; discuss, plan and implement school related processes aimed to improve student learning outcomes.

APT
PLTs – At a glance
Team Norms Examples:
o All members work together towards a common goal - we are
Planning FISO Improvement Cycle
solutions focused and engage in professional dialogue.
o All members contribute to the PLC by initiating items for the
agenda, engaging in discussions and following through with
the actions that result.
o Everyone has a right to voice their opinion and due thought
should be given to others’ suggestions. We are open to give
and receive feedback.
o We conduct our meetings in a respectful way where
members can professionally challenge others in regard to
processes and producing a solution
Meeting Professional Strategic - 25% Operational—10%
Structure DuFour’s Questions
Development—60% o Moderation o Things to be
o Professional o Data Analysis actioned
What do we Readings What do we do
on do o School wide
How do we o What do we
Reflection
want our o Shared A.I.P if students
changes/improve
know if students if students
students to Resources Planningknow it? haven’t
ments learnt
have learnt it? o already
learn? o Professional o Reflection o Surveys it?
Discussion (where are o Excursions/perm
Evaluate and o Moderation
Prioritise and Develop
students at?and Implement
ission and
Diagnose o Leadership Set Goals WherePlantoo notes/staffing
Monitor
support (internal next?) etc.
Data Analysis: Data
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Assessment oData Analysis:
Celebration/reco
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schedule/time need Adjust teaching
gnition in
of staff
impact of prior look like?
sharing doframe
to meet the response to student
and student
efforts? o What is theWalks, o needs
Learning of the –
Behaviour needs
success
Who are the target/goal?
instructional students?
Response to oWere the strategies
Budget
students which How will
observationwe What learning
Intervention you implemented
monitoring and
require attention? measure
feedback o sequence
Follow up is of successful?
ordering
Record and report improvement? essential for these Record and report
discussions/actio Open Agenda - 5%
current status, students to revisit? ocurrent Quick status,
Updates
ns
resources and Guiding What resources and resources and
o Questions
baseline data Questions: human resources baseline data
Meeting o Chairperson:
What do we need to Chairs
will the meeting
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studentprofessional
needs? dialogue
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differently been taken by the team.
to best Questions:
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respond to our Ensures the time allocationWhat
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of data
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students' needs? is beingQuestions:
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concepts and o Critical
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data
two strengths
skills do we want capabilities supportand pedagogy
one suggestion on the team’s
that will compare efforts
with to
the
our students to adhere to the agreed
this pedagogy? bestnorm
respond to the data we collected at
learn? Why? What do we already student needs we the beginning?
What sources of know that we are have identified? What might we do
evidence/forms of doing or can do to How does our differently next
assessment are we respond to these planning reflect time?
using to find out needs? new pedagogical
their strengths What aspects do we knowledge?
and needs? need to learn more Where does new
What and who is about? pedagogical
supporting me to knowledge fit
analyse the data within our
collected? Instructional
Model?