A Little Bird Told Me: How to Get from PLC Light to PLC Right

This week, many of you will be participating in workshops led by our Solution Tree partner, Barb Phillips, during which you will learn more about PLCs at Work and how collaborative teams can work together to answer the 4 big questions to ensure that all students learn at high levels:

1. What do we want students to learn?
2. How will we know if they learned it?
3. What will we do if they don’t learn?
4. What will we do if they already know it?

Check out the tweet below from Solution Tree for a quick overview of three characteristics of the most successful PLC teams:

Ensuring a thriving, productive PLC is as simple as one, two, three!

Take a peek at our Amplify Your Impact Mini-Course to learn three characteristics of the most successful PLC teams. Featuring expert @TFerribyThomas. #atPLC

🎬 More videos: https://t.co/AkuOx67By4 pic.twitter.com/RhomsnFqIE

— Solution Tree (@SolutionTree) December 21, 2021

Our partnership with Solution Tree is a three-year commitment to help West Genesee transform into a true Professional Learning Community. 

Year 1

• 3-day conference during the summer to introduce educators to PLCs at Work (focus on K-6)
• Guiding Coalitions at WGMS, CMS, East Hill, Onondaga Road, Split Rock, Stonehedge, Strategic Planning Committee
• Collaborative teams establish team norms and protocols, discuss student learning, and create and monitor SMART Goals

Year 2

• Save the Dates--August 1 - 3: 3-day conference during the summer to introduce educators to PLCs at Work (focus on 7-12)
• Guiding Coalition at WGHS
• Collaborative teams unwrap essential standards, create assessments to align to the identified learning targets, plan for MTSS structures and schedules, and establish and monitor SMART goals

Year 3

• Guiding Coalitions continue to meet and drive the PLC process throughout the district
• Build schedules and refine practices for MTSS
• Establish and monitor SMART Goals