Monday, August 13, 2018

Arts PLC - 8.14.18


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1.       Celebrate with your Team (2 min)
2.       Ensure MDC Foci has clear look-fors  (5 min)
3.     UFO Tuning - Collaboratively CREATING in alignment with MDC FociWhat is something we want and need to create/revise/evaluate together? (20 min)

Thursday, August 31, 2017

9.1.17 Visual and Media Arts PLC - SPECIAL OPS

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1.       Celebrate with your Team 
2.       Spacewalks - Ensure MDC Foci has clear look-fors  (5 min)
3.     ART IT UP! - Create artful slide for team theme that includes links to individual MDC's (5 min)
4.     SPECIAL OPS FOCUS - Collaboratively CREATING in alignment with MDC Foci. What is something we want and need to create/revise/evaluate together? (40 min)


Monday, May 1, 2017

5.2.17 Visual and Media Arts PLC

1.       Celebrate with your Team – Freedom Prep is a significant step for our PLCs to grow!
2.       The Next 3 Weeks - What matters most to our team?
3.        Arts MDC - growth and reflection from Freedom Prep
Here are some reflection questions to consider:
What can we LEARN from Freedom Prep about our team?
What are the implications of that LEARNING on our foci for next year?
What data is most important that we get our hands on now to strengthen team unity for next year?
If we had one instructional focus area for next year – what might it be?
4.      Living Section 6 Budget – How can we get the most value out of our allocation? Where do we want to Flycloser?
5.      Mark the Calendar: Final Collaboration – Mr. Bradley meets with our team on Tuesday, March 16th for a final reflection discussion using the MDC to inform our foci for summer planning.

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

4.18.17 Visual and Media Arts PLC



Purple Cows Unite (2 min.)
What matters most?   (4 min.)
Budget Visioning and Revisioning
Current Funds & Flex Funds = $6,000-$7,000 (4 min.)
Recommendations (5 min.)
What matters most? - 
I want to experience...
  • review tracker data
  • identify and discuss areas that need strengthening
  • portfolio readiness
  • class support (visuals for classroom)



Freedom Prep - What needs to be completed for TOMORROW?

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

1.17.17 Visual and Media Arts PLC

Visual Arts Flycloser PLC MDC

VaPA SGG Freedom Tracker 2016-2017

  • review tracker data
  • identify and discuss areas that need strengthening
Visual Arts Action Steps - brainstorm language for:

  • portfolio readiness
  • class support (visuals for classroom)



Monday, December 5, 2016

12.6.16 Visual and Media Arts PLC


  1. Student Growth Goal Setting - What skills are most important to student outcomes this year? Set goals
  2. Freedom Prep Assessment Summary - How are we collecting summative data for Freedom Prep?

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

11.1.16 Visual and Media Arts PLC


  1. Inspiring Storylines and Branding 
  2. Freedom Prep Sorting - Are we all in?
  3. FlyNDefy Revolution - Preparing Now
  4. Flycloser Team Process & Growth Mindset Reminder
    1. Take Time for Gratitude
    2. Set clear meeting outcomes and commit to a disciplined process for data review. 
    3. Set big goals and align the PLC agenda to achieve them.
    4. Post agenda on blog and share in advance (have Ts subscribe to Blog for SNHWLA)
    5. Utilize Freedom Tracker - PC = Yes.
  5. Gratitude Circle

Monday, October 24, 2016

10.25.16 Visual and Media Arts PLC

1.       Celebrate & Review Team Goals
2.       Review Student Growth Goal Targets Discussion and next steps from last week
3.       Describe in bullet point rationale for sorting students for Freedom Prep – Slide 8
4.       Sort students based on your PLC rationale on the Freedom Prep Matrix.
a.       This planning slide has the most basic coding that we will use in the spreadsheet.
5.       Gratitude

Monday, October 10, 2016

10.11.16 Visual and Media Arts PLC

  1. Celebrate the 20 Mile March and Restoration
  2. K-Prep - What are we learning? 
  3. Freedom Prep Goals and Planning 
  4. Community Offerings Comments
  5. Owning IA Data Review Process
  6. Flycloser Team Process & Growth Mindset Reminder
    1. Set clear meeting outcomes and commit to a disciplined process. 
    2. Set big goals and align the PLC agenda to achieve them.
    3. Post agenda on blog and share in advance (have Ts subscribe to Blog for SNHWLA)
    4. Utilize Freedom Tracker - PC = Yes.
    5. No Shared Language = Create One 
  7. Celebrating 7 Up - What is the one thing that our team has contributed to our school growth?

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

9.28.16 Visual and Media Arts PLC

a.       Shared Beliefs
b.      Semester 1 Priorities and Implications on PLC Time
c.       Timelines
d.      Days of Week
2.       Annual Goal Setting Process
a.       Review Goals
b.      AP & EOC Goal Setting Review Dates with SBDM
3.       Community Offerings Recommendations
a.       Implications on Course Allocation

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

9.20.16 Visual and Media Arts PLC

  1. Friday Reflections 
  2. Freedom Prep Recommendations 
  3. Community Offerings Comments
  4. Owning IA Goal Setting Process
  5. Flycloser Team Process and Collaborative Growth Mindset
    1. Set clear meeting outcomes and commit to a disciplined process. 
    2. Set big goals and align the PLC agenda to achieve them.
    3. Post agenda on blog and share in advance (have Ts subscribe to Blog for SNHWLA)
    4. Utilize Freedom Tracker - PC = Yes.
    5. No Shared Language = Create One 
  6. Celebrating our Teams

Monday, September 12, 2016

9.13.16 Visual and Media Arts PLC

1. Breakthroughs, celebrations, and other PC stuff. 
2. Goals for today 
    A. Team Freedom Tracker Review

  1. What CORE SKILLS are we tracking as a team for all of our Ss this year?
  2. How do we intend to track Ss progress together? (This tracking will also be SGGs :)
    B. Baseline Data Assessment Review
    C. Freedom Prep Survey What part do we play?
3. Update this slide to include link for flight plans and tracker
4. Gratitude Arrow

Tuesday, August 23, 2016

8.23.16 PLC (Matt and Amy)

What are we most proud of?
How can we best care for each other as a team this year?
PLC Norms

Sunday, April 24, 2016

4.26.16 VaPA PLC

Section 6 Budget Visioning/Revisioning
2016-2017 Budget

Professional LEARNING Planning
  1. Less is more
  2. What matters most?

  • (best practices in reading and writing)
  • Research
  • Focus on 1-2 things you want to master
  • Reduction
  • Clarification
  • Repeated Practice
  • Monitoring

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

12.08.15 Visual and Performing Arts PLC


1.       CSIP Strategies = Yes. A must. I look forward to follow-up.
a.       Common Strategies – See Math Example
b.      Questions to consider:
                                                               i.      Will this action support all (or at least most all) students becoming proficient and distinguished?
                                                             ii.      If not, what possibly could? Think holistically here.
2.       Pacing Plans = Celebrate and reinforce growth.
3.       SGGs = Let your team know we will have one PLC in January that is all about the SWAG (Student Work Analysis 4 Generals) using SGG skill work.