By what percentage do geese increase their flying range when flying in a "V" formation?
71%
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What is the ultimate goal of PLC?
Improved Student Achievement
100
What is the most common way the meeting can go wrong?
Insufficient handouts.
100
What do you do about late comers?
Always start meetings on time, do not wait for late comers.
100
Where is the best place to hold professional learning teams?
On site
200
What hapens when one goose gets hurt and has to land?
Two geese followed to protect until it dies then they rejoin the group.
200
Who is involved in the PLC?
It is not just the principal and teachers, it can involve serveral schools, parents, directors, superintendents and support staff as well.
200
True or fales?
At the end of the meeting there is no need to summarize the decision.
Fales, because different people have different interpretations about what they hear. They understand decisions differently.
200
Why is it important to have an agenda?
Keeps everybody focused and provides for time limits on discussion items.
200
How do the teachers address the skills needed for self directive learning?
Gather before, during and after evidence.
300
Why did they honk at each other?
To encourage each other.
300
What is a PLC?
It is a always a group of people who are motivated by a vision of learning and supports one another.
300
True or False?
A meeting can be held with no planning?
False because its not organized and its not effective.
300
How do you deal with a conflict within the meeting?
Conflict should be openly discussed, it should be handle immediately and it shouldn't be allow to fester.
300
What kind of cultural shift needs to take place in your school?
Teaching is life long learning.
400
Why did they fly in the "V" formation?
To create unlifts and makes it easier for the birds to follow.
400
When do PLCs happen?
PLC meetings happen regularly, it can be weekly or biweekly to ensure that students' results are reviewed and monitored.
400
True and False?
The furniture arrangement and space matters to a meeting?
True, meeting space needs to be just right to provide comfort, visual focus and interaction opportunities.
400
How should members feel after leaving the meeting?
They should feel like they actively participated, that they learned something, that they had an opportunity to speak and that their ideas are respected.
400
What is the single most common problem cited by teachers?
A lack of sufficient meeting time.
500
What happens when the leader of the formation gets tired?
Another goose flies to the point position while the leader rotates back to rest.
500
Why do you need all the components of the PLC?
It is a high yeild strategy that needs all compoents, if one is lacking, the impact and quality will be minimal.
500
True or False?
The facilitator is solely responsible for meeting success.
False, collaborative group memeber are more important to a meeting success than a skilled facilitator.
500
What are the three most important secrets of successful meetings?