Professional+Learning+Teams

__ Professional Learning Team Planning __ __ Professional Learning Teams Overview: __ This year__, **on the third Tuesday of each month**__, we will hold Professional Learning Team (PLT) meetings. During this time, each faculty member will have the opportunity to collaborate with a small group of their peers. **The team may be an extension of an existing content area data team, cohort or a completely different group interested in working together**. //Examples of such teams may include (but are not limited to): STEM team (teachers representing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), Art history team (Art & Social Studies teachers), Wellness team (P.E., Social Work, Guidance), AP teacher team, Differentiated Instruction team (cross-curricular teachers discussing ways to differentiate curriculum), or other combinations of teachers. // Administrators and staff will guide each meeting with a theme related to Professional Teaching and collaboration (//examples: instructional core, engagement//). After working together, sharing your professional practice, and establishing a collaborative relationship, the hope is that teachers will want to observe each other’s classrooms, potentially co-plan and co-teach a lesson, and engage in other professional learning activities. Ultimately, the goal is to enhance collegiality and share ideas and knowledge with each other.

**__Resources for working with Professional Learning Teams-__** Student Learning Expectations: Norms Worksheet:

__**Protocols and Processes**__
 * Suggested process for looking at and discussing student work:**

__**General List of protocols-**__ []

__** Tuning Protocol **__ [|http://www.essentialschools.org/resources/60#3] []

**__Book Groups__** [] []

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 * __Articles and Literature on Professional Learning Teams/Communities__**