PLC Conference Flyer - Leaders` Alert

STEVE PEARCE
from Solution Tree
Professional Learning Communities - PLC Conference
To Register
Conference Details
The PLC process is an ongoing school-wide culture that is based on a
fundamental belief in building teacher leadership teams to help in school
improvement efforts. Schools beginning this work, or those who have already begun the PLC journey will continue learning and working in their
PLC teams. The work includes the four guiding principles, specifically focusing on some or all of the following areas: creating a district/building
leadership team to shift the culture of collective responsibilities, utilizing
collaborative teacher teams in developing essentials learnings, formative
assessments and assessments, creating an effective toolbox of interventions, and raising the bar to close the gap around student learning and
achievement. Through participation in PLCs, teachers enhance their leadership capacity as they work as members of ongoing, high-performing,
collaborative teams (grade level, curriculum, building, district, etc.) that
focus on improving student learning and achievement.
Participants register at My267. Class will cost $150.00 per person.
Learning Objectives
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•Using and implementing the four guiding principles.
•Creating school leadership teams to steer the shift to a culture
of collective responsibility.
Location and Dates
AEA 267 Cedar Falls Conference Center
3712 Cedar Heights Drive • Cedar Falls, IA 50613
•August 20, 2015
•October 12, 2015
•February 15, 2016
In the event of inclement weather
•The front page of the agency’s website:
https://www.aea267.k12.ia.us/
•The official agency announcements line at 1-866-923-1089.
Steve Pearce is assistant superintendent of human resources for Batavia Public
Schools in Illinois. He is former principal of Jane Addams Junior High & Margaret
Mead Junior High schools, both in Schaumburg School District 54 in Illinois. During
his tenure at Addams & Mead, Steve led his staffs in building professional learning
communities with tremendous results. Steve and the staffs of Addams & Mead have
assisted other educators in launching their PLC journey by hosting interested school
staffs for site visits. In addition, he has delivered presentations on the PLC at Work™
process to schools across the nation.
In his first year at Addams in 2008–09, Steve guided the staff to the highest levels
of student achievement in the school’s 40-year history. For years, Addams was the
lowest achieving school of the five junior highs in the district. In just one year of full
PLC implementation, Addams became the highest achieving junior high in reading
& was second to Mead in mathematics. Addams also achieved the 90/90 board
goal for two consecutive years, where 90 percent of the students achieved meets/
exceeds status on the state assessment in both reading & math. In 2010, Addams
was recognized as a top 100 high-performing schools in Illinois for the first time in
school history.
In just three years at Mead, student achievement reached the highest levels in the
school’s 28-year history. In 2007, Mead was recognized in the top 50 high-performing middle schools in the Chicago suburbs for the first time. Mead received
the Academic Improvement Award from the Illinois School Board of Education for
standardized test score gains. At the conclusion of Mead’s second year of PLC
implementation, Richard DuFour conducted an audit of the school’s progress. After
evaluating Mead, he stated, “Mead could serve as a national model of what middle
schools should be.”
For all of these remarkable achievements, Addams & Mead are both featured on
allthingsplc.info as evidence of effectiveness of the PLC at Work™ process.
•Utilizing collaborative teacher teams to define essential
learnings.
•Creating an effective toolbox of interventions.
•Developing common formative assessments and
assessments.
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Questions
Contact:Kym Stein - [email protected] - 641-751-3229 or
Marcia Tweeten - [email protected] - 641-590-0668
https://www.aea267.k12.ia.us/
Area Education Agency 267 does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, sex, marital status, national origin, religion, age,
sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic status, or disability in its educational programs, services, or employment practices.
Students, parents of students, applicants for employment and employees of Area Education Agency 267 shall have the right to file a
formal complaint alleging non-compliance with equity regulations. Inquiries concerning application of this statement should be addressed
to: Kathy Enslin, Equity Coordinator, AEA 267, 3712 Cedar Heights Drive, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613, Telephone (319) 273-8245.
Steve Pearce
Facilitator