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Does This Seem Like a PLC Format?

October 28, 2008

By Becky and Rick DuFour

We recently received the following question:

At my school we have two mandatory PLC meetings scheduled per month in the mornings before our contract hours begin. We are in the process of preparing to establish schoolwide intervention blocks four days a week. Groups of two grade levels are working together along with our ESL staff to implement these blocks. I am excited about implementing these interventions in this coordinated manner, but in trying to plan for these intervention blocks, we have been working on compiling data from multiple assessments without being given time to meet. Continue Reading

Should We Adhere to Our District’s Prescribed Curriculum or Engage in the Team Learning Process of a PLC?

October 8, 2008

By Becky and Rick DuFour

We recently received the following message from a principal:

I’m trying to understand the relationship between essential outcomes and a math program. My interpretation is that the math program would support the students’ learning of the essential outcomes that our staff derived from our state’s standards.
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