Tag: learning

The school site leadership team should work with their site to make decisions. Leadership should present ideas at a staff meeting and seek input from all staff. Leadership members should work towards staff consensus on ideas suggested for implementation.

If an individual feels they have not voice on leadership and the administration is dictating agendas, contact the MTA office. Professional Learning Communities should be teacher driven and per contract “shall be mutally agreed upon” [Article VI, C.1-2].

These agendas shall be responsive to the needs of the students and focus on improving student achievement. The following four (4) questions will guide collaboration [Article VI, C.2]: What do we want students to learn? How will we know they are learning? How will we respond when they don’t learn? How will we respond if they already know it?

Yes, agendas shall be mutally agreed upon by the site admin and the leadership team. Staff should have input. Collaboration agendas shall be mutually agreed upon between the site administration and the Site Leadership Team, (or specialty group PLC team in the absence of a representative on the Site Leadership Team) [Article VI, C.1-2].

No. Per Brad Goudeau, “Some forms/documents/guides have been created to support teachers/collaboration teams in their work. The utilization of types of items are optional.

No. Per Brad Goudeau, “Some forms/documents/guides have been created to support teachers/collaboration teams in their work. The utilization of types of items are optional.

Yes. There is an agreed upon form that you must turn in. You can do so as a group or individually. It is to be completed during your collab time. They cannot require it to be done outside of the PLC time. Your site can also agree to a different form, but it must be mutally agreed upon. The summary form used is to be completed within the allotted PLC time [Article VI, C].

No. Per contract, you are only responsible for the 4 questions to guide the collaboration.

These agendas shall be responsive to the needs of the students and focus on improving student achievement. The following four (4) questions will guide collaboration [Article VI, C.2]: What do we want students to learn? How will we know they are learning? How will we respond when they don’t learn? How will we respond if they already know it?

Yes, agendas shall be mutally agreed upon by the site admin and the leadership team. Staff should have input. Collaboration agendas shall be mutually agreed upon between the site administration and the Site Leadership Team, (or specialty group PLC team in the absence of a representative on the Site Leadership Team) [Article VI, C.1-2].

No. Per Brad Goudeau, “Some forms/documents/guides have been created to support teachers/collaboration teams in their work. The utilization of types of items are optional.

No. Per Brad Goudeau, “Some forms/documents/guides have been created to support teachers/collaboration teams in their work. The utilization of types of items are optional.