The Professional Learning Cycle is an organizational model that links the success of the school to the presence of the following factors: the importance of workplace factors (resources, climate, shared vision, good leadership), institutional support for teacher learning, opportunities for teachers to work collaboratively, and shared decision-making.
A Professional Learning Community focuses on three things: student learning, the development of a school culture that fosters professional collaboration, and results.
The Professional Learning Team:
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Reviews the cohort SMART goal
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Selects a diagnostic tool for administration with cohort students (to identify gaps in student knowledge and/or skills) - assessment for learning
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Results of the diagnostic analyzed and student knowledge/skill gap determined
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Creates a strategic and targeted SMART goal to address the identified learning gaps;
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Select evidence-based instructional strategies to address the gaps
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Determine the professional learning needs of the PLT