PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES
2013-2014Middle SchoolTeam Planning Guide
School: Team:
Targeted Work:
+What do we want students to learn?
•Identify Standards/Power Standards
• Plan Common Pacing Guide
+How do we know they have learned it?
•Develop and/or revise common formative assessments
•Common scoring and calibration of student work and expectations
•Analyze results of common assessments or complete Team Analysis
of Common Assessment (TACA) / +How will we respond when students experience
difficulty in learning?
•Plan and apply interventions for individual students
+How will we respond when students do learn?
•Develop and/or revise extensions or enrichment
September / Date: 9/2/13
No PLC – Labor Day
Date: 9/9/13
Date: 9/16/13
Date: 9/23/13
Date: 9/30/13
What’s upcoming in October?
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES
2013-2014 Middle School Team Planning Guide
School: Team:
Targeted Work:
+What do we want students to learn?
•Identify Standards/Power Standards
• Plan Common Pacing Guide
+How do we know they have learned it?
•Develop and/or revise common formative assessments
•Common scoring and calibration of student work and expectations
•Analyze results of common assessments or complete Team Analysis
of Common Assessment (TACA) / +How will we respond when students experience
difficulty in learning?
•Plan and apply interventions for individual students
+How will we respond when students do learn?
•Develop and/or revise extensions or enrichment
October / Date: 10/7/13
Date: 10/14/13
Date: 10/21/13
Date: 10/28/13
What’s upcoming in November?
11/1---End of Quarter
11/4---In-service/Work Day
11/11—Holiday
11/25---Conference Compensation Day
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES
2013-2014 Middle School Team Planning Guide
School: Team:
Targeted Work:
+What do we want students to learn?
•Identify Standards/Power Standards
• Plan Common Pacing Guide
+How do we know they have learned it?
•Develop and/or revise common formative assessments
•Common scoring and calibration of student work and expectations
•Analyze results of common assessments or complete Team Analysis
of Common Assessment (TACA) / +How will we respond when students experience
difficulty in learning?
•Plan and apply interventions for individual students
+How will we respond when students do learn?
•Develop and/or revise extensions or enrichment
November / Date: 11/4/13
No PLC – In-service/Work Day
Date: 11/11/13
No PLC – Holiday
Date: 11/18/13
Date: 11/25/13
No PLC – Conference Compensation Day
What’s upcoming in December?
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES
2013-2014 Middle School Team Planning Guide
School: Team:
Targeted Work:
+What do we want students to learn?
•Identify Standards/Power Standards
• Plan Common Pacing Guide
+How do we know they have learned it?
•Develop and/or revise common formative assessments
•Common scoring and calibration of student work and expectations
•Analyze results of common assessments or complete Team Analysis
of Common Assessment (TACA) / +How will we respond when students experience
difficulty in learning?
•Plan and apply interventions for individual students
+How will we respond when students do learn?
•Develop and/or revise extensions or enrichment
December / Date: 12/2/13
Date: 12/9/13
Date: 12/16/13
What’s upcoming in January?
1/20---MLK Day/Non-Contract Day
1/24---End of Quarter
1/27---Work Day
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES
2013-2014 Middle School Team Planning Guide
School: Team:
Targeted Work:
+What do we want students to learn?
•Identify Standards/Power Standards
• Plan Common Pacing Guide
+How do we know they have learned it?
•Develop and/or revise common formative assessments
•Common scoring and calibration of student work and expectations
•Analyze results of common assessments or complete Team Analysis
of Common Assessment (TACA) / +How will we respond when students experience
difficulty in learning?
•Plan and apply interventions for individual students
+How will we respond when students do learn?
•Develop and/or revise extensions or enrichment
January / Date: 1/6/14
Date: 1/13/14
Date: 1/20/14
No PLC – MLK Day/Non-Contract Day
Date: 1/27/14
No PLC – Work Day
What’s upcoming in February?
2/17---Holiday
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES
2013-2014 Middle School Team Planning Guide
School: Team:
Targeted Work:
+What do we want students to learn?
•Identify Standards/Power Standards
• Plan Common Pacing Guide
+How do we know they have learned it?
•Develop and/or revise common formative assessments
•Common scoring and calibration of student work and expectations
•Analyze results of common assessments or complete Team Analysis
of Common Assessment (TACA) / +How will we respond when students experience
difficulty in learning?
•Plan and apply interventions for individual students
+How will we respond when students do learn?
•Develop and/or revise extensions or enrichment
February / Date: 2/3/14
Date: 2/10/14
Date: 2/17/14
No PLC – Holiday
Date: 2/24/14
What’s upcoming in March?
3/3---Conference Compensation Day
3/24---Non-Contract Day—Spring Break
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES
2013-2014 Middle School Team Planning Guide
School: Team:
Targeted Work:
+What do we want students to learn?
•Identify Standards/Power Standards
• Plan Common Pacing Guide
+How do we know they have learned it?
•Develop and/or revise common formative assessments
•Common scoring and calibration of student work and expectations
•Analyze results of common assessments or complete Team Analysis
of Common Assessment (TACA) / +How will we respond when students experience
difficulty in learning?
•Plan and apply interventions for individual students
+How will we respond when students do learn?
•Develop and/or revise extensions or enrichment
March / Date: 3/3/14
No PLC – Conference Compensation Day
Date: 3/10/14
Date: 3/17/14
Date: 3/24/14
No PLC –Non-Contract Day
Date: 3/31/14
What’s upcoming in April?
4/11---End of Quarter
4/14---In-service/Work Day
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES
2013-2014 Middle School Team Planning Guide
School: Team:
Targeted Work:
+What do we want students to learn?
•Identify Standards/Power Standards
• Plan Common Pacing Guide
+How do we know they have learned it?
•Develop and/or revise common formative assessments
•Common scoring and calibration of student work and expectations
•Analyze results of common assessments or complete Team Analysis
of Common Assessment (TACA) / +How will we respond when students experience
difficulty in learning?
•Plan and apply interventions for individual students
+How will we respond when students do learn?
•Develop and/or revise extensions or enrichment
April / Date: 4/7/14
Date: 4/14/14
No PLC ---In-service Day/Work Day
Date: 4/21/14
Date: 4/28/14
What’s upcoming in May?
5/26---Holiday
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES
2013-2014 Middle School Team Planning Guide
School: Team:
Targeted Work:
+What do we want students to learn?
•Identify Standards/Power Standards
• Plan Common Pacing Guide
+How do we know they have learned it?
•Develop and/or revise common formative assessments
•Common scoring and calibration of student work and expectations
•Analyze results of common assessments or complete Team Analysis
of Common Assessment (TACA) / +How will we respond when students experience
difficulty in learning?
•Plan and apply interventions for individual students
+How will we respond when students do learn?
•Develop and/or revise extensions or enrichment
May / Date: 5/5/14
Date: 5/12/14
Date: 5/19/14
Date 5/26/14
No PLC –Holiday
What’s upcoming in June?
6/11-End of Quarter
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES
2013-2014 Middle School Team Planning Guide
School: Team:
Targeted Work:
+What do we want students to learn?
•Identify Standards/Power Standards
• Plan Common Pacing Guide
+How do we know they have learned it?
•Develop and/or revise common formative assessments
•Common scoring and calibration of student work and expectations
•Analyze results of common assessments or complete Team Analysis
of Common Assessment (TACA) / +How will we respond when students experience
difficulty in learning?
•Plan and apply interventions for individual students
+How will we respond when students do learn?
•Develop and/or revise extensions or enrichment
June / Date: 6/2/14
Date: 6/9/14
Thinking about next year….

Adapted from Eaker-Keating 2009