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Milestone Two Southern New Hampshire University EDU-545 Leadership in Teaching and Learning Professor: Charles Hawk Due Date: January 30, 2022

Professional Learning Communities Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) are community based programs that focus on improving student achievement throughout the school (Rentfro, 2007). PLCs have teacher teams that collaborate using student data and plan together how to best serve all of the students. The purpose or goal is clearly defined and all teachers work as a team to progress toward enabling all students to achieve it. This type of approach allows the teachers to focus on the school and the students as a whole and to look further than just their own classroom. The individual teachers cooperate to address what the students are to learn and how they are going to present that information to the students. They also have to provide students with extra support when needed to enhance their learning. The PLC developing the curriculum and collaborating on what the students are to learn is important in determining how the students are doing. When the expectations are clear and consistent, it is easier for the teachers to identify a student who is struggling. By working together, there are more chances for those students who need extra support to get it. PLCs focus on the data and achievement of all of the students. This is important when identifying possible achievement gaps that need to be addressed. One teacher looking at data and adapting her teaching to address such gaps is great, however other teachers might not realize that the gap relates to all of the students. By using PLCs, the members are sharing knowledge and experiences amongst themselves, bringing as much information to the table as possible. When the teachers are focused on analyzing that data, they are able to see all possible achievement gaps for the students. The common assessments, curriculum, and responses to interventions are important to address those possible achievement gaps (All Things PLC, 2018). When all teachers are collecting the same data, providing the same information and working as a team, it is more

effective to see how the school as a whole is doing. I would have the PLC do just that, I would have them analyze the data, and then work together to find what our students’ needs are. Once we know what the needs are, we would then work together to address those needs. Those involved in the PLC can work together to create a strategic plan to implement to help students bridge such achievement gaps. We will also be able to do so for individual students who may be struggling. Those students will have a personal development plan that all teachers can be a part of. It is also something that they can send home to the parents to implement at home as well. The plan that the PLCs collectively work to develop, the teacher, students, and parents can all be one big team doing what is best for the student. PLCs should respond to any student who is not achieving and find the best way to help that student succeed. As the All Things PLC article states, “high levels of learning for all students as bother the reason the organization exists and the fundamental responsibility of those who work within it” (2018). As the article says, all students need to have that level of learning. Therefore, if a student is not progressing, there are steps the PLC should take to help those students. Interventions with PLCs are left to the individual but are created for the entire staff to be involved (Rentfro, 2007). We would create interventions that were specific to the student’s data, and make sure those interventions are effective. As a PLC, we would respond with a systematic response that provides extra support to the student who needs it. The interventions would be at the same time for all students of a particular grade level in order to group students according to their ability (2007). Video meetings would be a source I would implement when considering technology as a way to further the effectiveness of PLCs. In the last few years students, parents, and teachers have all been using Zoom, google meetings, etc. One of the ways we could use this would be to

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