PLC Exit Ticket

One of the major differences between a more traditional school and a PLC school is a PLC shift from a focus on teaching to a focus on

Which of the following is not a benefit of engaging in a PLC?

• Both teaching and learning can be improved. as a result of the collaboration in PLC meetings.

• The team is able to monitor the learning of students across the grade level.

• The team is able to meet in one place to determine assessment dates and ways to document the data.

• The team is able to identify targeted professional learning needs as they seek to improve their practice.

Answer explanation

A PLC is not a meeting. It's a way of being - a collaborative process. PLC's require the adults to work together collaboratively on the right work that results in continuous improvement for all students.

Teachers in a professional learning community are continually

Answer explanation

As you begin to clarify the term professional learning community, think of each of these words: professional, learning, and community. How would you define each of these terms? More specifically, what behaviors would one exhibit if one behaved in a professional manner? What behaviors would one exhibit if one focused on continuous learning and conducted one’s work as part of a community?

A teacher asks you: “I used to go to a grade-level meeting and now I go to a PLC.  What’s the difference?” How could you answer them?

Which is a type of professional development?

• PLC

• Business With Barblack

• Departmentalized Meetings

• Grade Level Meetings

Answer explanation

We will have Business with Barblack once a month to grow in our professional knowledge of our Standards, the Science of Reading, and Engagement Strategies.

How many times a month will you attend a PLC?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Answer explanation

You will attend a grade-level PLC every week.

What are the 4 critical questions to guide PLC's?

Choose all that apply.

During which critical question of a PLC would you discuss differentiated instruction?

• What do we expect students to learn?

• How will we know when they have learned it?

• How do we respond when they already know it?

• How do we respond when they don't learn?

Answer explanation