PLC meetings

As many of you know, the Shoshone teachers meet at least once a month in the evening for what are called PLC meetings.  PLC meetings are based on four key questions:

What do students need to know and be able to do?  How will we know when they have learned it? What will we do when they haven’t learned it?  What will we do when they already know it?

The "big ideas" of PLC meetings are to meet to 1.  Ensure students learn 2.  Develop a culture of collaboration 3.  Focus on results, not actions

One of the founders of the PLC model describes it as:

 “Professional learning communities judge their effectiveness on the basis of results. Working together to improve student achievement becomes the routine work of everyone in the school. Every teacher team participates in an ongoing process of identifying the current level of student achievement, establishing a goal to improve the current level, working together to achieve that goal, and providing evidence of progress.