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PLC Basics
Curriculum
Assessment
Instruction
LES
100
What are Focus on Learning, Culture of Collaboration, and Focus on Results?
What are the three Big Ideas of a PLC?
100
These are the standards that make up the bulk of curriculum in English-language arts and Math.
What are the Common Core State Standards?
100
This is considered a final assessment or autopsy?
What is a summative assessment?
100
You can't rely on these to paint the entire picture of a child's academic achievement.
What are State tests?
100
In accordance with the Vehicle Code Section 34501.6, Visalia Unified School District school buses shall not operate when atmospheric conditions reduce visibility to 200 feet or less.
What is a Foggy Day?
200
Collective commitments developed by each team to guide members in working together.
What are Team Norms?
200
Alignment within a grade level team is called this.
What is horizontal alignment?
200
This is the California State Assessment, also known as CAASPP.
What is the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress?
200
The Instructional Model for California is known as this.
What Quality First Instruction?
200

To become a stronger PLC so that we can improve student achievement.

What is focus #1 for Litchfield this year?

300
The four critical questions of Learning.
What do we want students to know, do, and understand? How will we know when they have learned it? How will we respond when they don't learn? How will we respond when they already know it?
300
A hierachy that ensures that the rigor and relevance of subject material advances.
What is vertical alignment?
300
These assessments are typically administered three to four times a year.
What are Benchmark or Interim Assessments?
300
Stating what we want students to know, do and understand is typically called this.
What is an objective or learning target?
300

Hoot

What is the name of our mascot?

400
Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Results-Oriented, Time-Bound
What is a SMART goal?
400
Alignment must occur between these three categories.
What is Written, Taught, and Tested?
400
A team-developed instrument utilizing the same criteria to measure student learning.
What is a Common Assessment?
400
This outlines what we want students to learn during the course of the year.
What is an instructional calendar or pacing guide?
400

Kagan training has the goal of improving this.

What is engagement?

500
A systematic process where people work together to analyze and impact student achievement - considered the engine of a Professional Learning Community
What is Collaboration?
500
Generally the three main tools teachers use in the classroom to teach content.
What are the textbook, technology, and teacher knowledge?
500
Selected response, written response, performance assessment, direct personal interaction
What are the different types of assessment?
500
This is what we do when students don't learn.
What is Response to Intervention?
500

We got to work with this PLC expert last year.

Mike Mattos