1. Implementing Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) at EMCC From a Presentation to the CTL Advisory Committee March 3, 2009 Erin Blomstrand

3. Committee

4. High school department

5. Entire school district

6. State department of education

7. National professional organization Faculty, staff, and administrators continuously seek and share learning and then act on what they learn; the goal of their actions is to enhance their effectiveness as professionals so that students benefit

9. Collaborative Culture: through collaboration, ongoing collegial opportunities for talking about teaching, receiving feedback, designing together, and teaching each other, professionals achieve more

10. Focus on Examining Outcomes to Improve Student Learning: promote results-oriented thinking that is focused on continuous improvement and student learning

11. Supportive & Shared Leadership: leadership is shared and distributed among formal and informal leaders, and leadership capacity sustains the PLC

13. Committee or Work Group PLC Adheres to a PLC program mission, values, and goals Topics of PLC grow from the member’s interests and values Each PLC develops learning objectives, utilizes research as basis for all work, assess the meeting of those objectives, and presents findings at various points along the journey PLC “lifetime” is often 2-3 or more years All the work in the PLC is specifically designed to develop the members and their practices in order to have a positive affect student learning Share information Awareness area discussions Make decisions Conduct research Informal structure

15. Mission, Values, and Goals of the EMCC PLC Program, Mission, Values, & Goals for PLC Program

16. Member Expectations

17. Application Process and Forms

18. Facilitator Expectations

19. Identify/Solicit PLCs:

20. Developmental Education PLC

21. Technology PLCNext Steps