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R&P 3610 R&P 4510 R&P 5040 |
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TEAMS |
R&P 3610 R&P 4510 R&P 5040 |
A
Professional Learning Team (PLT) demonstrates the following characteristics:
· Shared
vision and values
· Supportive
conditions
· Shared
leadership
· Collaborative
culture
· Collective
inquiry
· Focus
on results
The professional
learning team collaborates to answer the questions: (a) what is it that we want
students to know, (b) how do we know if they know it, (c) what do we do if they
don’t know it or do know it? (DuFour and Eaker, 1998)
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A. |
PLT |
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Schools
will determine a schedule for regular PLTs and submit it to their Area
Superintendent. A professional
learning team meeting should last for an hour but can be extended by the
consensus of the team. A waiver of
policy is required to meet for less than 60 minutes per week. |
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B. |
Early Release Day |
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The Board
will approve early release days per calendar/track. On early release days,
the bell will ring two and one half hours early for the departure of
students. Early Release Day
professional development and collaboration should begin immediately after the
staff’s responsibility for the safe departure of students has been completed. The professional development and
collaboration should not extend beyond the regular departure time for staff.
It is the expectation that staff remain on campus for lunch. |
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C. |
Implementation Plan |
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The
principal and the School Improvement Leadership team shall create a Professional
Learning Team Implementation Plan and schedule. It should include defining the professional
learning teams that will operate for the year, assigning staff members to
teams and scheduling meetings for the teams.
The Implementation Plan should include processes for establishing
norms, meeting agendas, meeting minutes, and a method to make those items
available to staff members.
Information will be made available to the school community using a
variety of media, such as, newsletters, school messenger, including the
school website. No
student activities should occur during early release time without approval by
the principal due to an extenuating circumstance. Post-PLT student activities must be
approved by the principal in collaboration with the school leadership
team. Students involved in activities
that begin after PLT time will be supervised. Applying
the definition of a professional learning team, principals may approve staff
participation in regional or district teams. |
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DuFour, R., & Eaker, R.
(1998). Professional learning
communities at work: Best practices for enhancing student achievement. |
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Adopted:
July 21, 2009 |
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Revised:
June 28, 2010 |