What are some things that can be used as classroom evidence in PLC collaborations?

Literacy skill tests, reading inventories, various intereim assessments

Why are frequent common formative assessments so useful to teachers in a PLC?

They identify the strengths and weaknesses of individual teaching styles, They identify students who need additional support

What is action research?

Process of taking action and doing research on the actions taken

What is a Professional Learning Community in Education.

Teachers working and using research based solututions to improve education

What is a PLC in a broad sense(all disciplines)?

Way to foster collaboration among colleagues within a particular discipline

Systematic Processes engage each member in a PLC by(2 are correct):

Implementing ideas to increase educational quality, Gathering Evidence of Current levels of student learning

Using the term PLC signifies ______

a critically examining practice to improve student outcomes, a school-wide culture that supports collaboration in learning

Characteristics in an effective PLC include:

Reflective dialouge, Collaboration among peers, focus on student learning

What is reflective dialouge in a PLC?

conversations that focus on teaching and how it can be improved

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1
Frequent common formative assessments represent one of the most powerful tools in the PLC
False
True
2
PLCs in education are a continually ongoing process.
True
False
3
What are some things that can be used as classroom evidence in PLC collaborations?
Behavior reports, IEPS, 504 plans
The students grades on classroom assignments
Standardized test scores and IQ tests of students
Literacy skill tests, reading inventories, various intereim assessments
4
Why are frequent common formative assessments so useful to teachers in a PLC?
They identify the strengths and weaknesses of individual teaching styles
They do not produce improved results
They ensure that students bring their grades up
They identify students who need additional support
5
PLCs help teachers fulfill this fundamental purpose of learning by:
Helps teachers identify those students who need extra help
Helping teachers gauge the extent to which students are actually learning
All answers are correct
Giving them more resources to address the problems in education
6
PLC facilitators are:
Teachers
Professional Development experts
A school districts superintendent and assistant superintendent
The Principal and Vice Principal of a School
7
The principals and teachers are learners too in the PLC process
True
False
8
It is believed in PLCs that "analysis, evaluation, and experimentation" are the conditions in which teachers:
Have all of their students raise their grades
Improve
Increase Graduation rates
Improve the ACT and SAT scores of their students
9
According to PLC pioneer, Milbrey McLaughlin, the most promising strategy for school improvement is what?
Practising Rote Memorization of Grammatical skills and important words
The implementation of a PLC
Covering standardized test materials and test taking strategies frequently
Increasing reading comprehension and covering many tier two words
10
What is action research?
Research that is not acted upon, only studied in an academic sense
Research that is done in only an academic sense
Research conducted about connect movements in Science
Process of taking action and doing research on the actions taken
11
What is a Professional Learning Community in Education.
A community of those in your department
All of the teachers in a school buidling when they meet for PD
Teachers working and using research based solututions to improve education
A community that gives you Professional development
12
The most successful PLCs function on an individual rather than collective level.
False
True
13
What is a PLC in a broad sense(all disciplines)?
Professional rules set by the department of educationa that schools follow
Way to foster collaboration among colleagues within a particular discipline
Various disciplines meeting to discuss their professions
Teachers working and using research based solututions to improve education
14
Systematic Processes engage each member in a PLC by(2 are correct):
Implementing ideas to increase educational quality
Making the PLCs interesting to all students and teachers
Requiring teachers to participate in a PLC by law
Gathering Evidence of Current levels of student learning
15
PLCs are based on
All of the above
A focus on learning
A collaborative educational culture
Collective inquiry into the best solutions for education
16
If the students are learning due to the process of the PLC, the adults in the PLC should also be continually learning.
False
True
17
Using the term PLC signifies ______
Interest only in teacher sharing
a critically examining practice to improve student outcomes
that only those who dress professionally can teach
a school-wide culture that supports collaboration in learning
18
Continuous job-embedded learning for teachers is an integral part of the PLC.
True
False
19
Characteristics in an effective PLC include:
Meet once a week, teachers only focus on their groups work
Getting all students at least a B average, having a graduation rate of 90%
Teachers must dress business casual, meet twice weekly, focus on others
Reflective dialouge, Collaboration among peers, focus on student learning
20
What are some common misconceptions about PLCs?
They are occasional meetings for educators
All of the above
The PLC is the individual groups that constitutes it
PLCs do not require schoolwide collaboration to be successful
21
What is reflective dialouge in a PLC?
conversations that focus on teaching and how it can be improved
conversations in which you only critique your team member's teaching
conversations about your teaching that you have while looking in a mirror
Conversations where you only talk about how you teach
22
PLCs can only meet once a week.
False
True
23
PLCs are easy to maintain in a scool without support from the Central Office of that school district.
False
True
24
When did the term PLC first appear?
1825
1920s
1960s
2010s
25
PLCs are focused primarily on:
Incalcuable soft skills that students will gather by participating in PLCs
Results
Giving every student at least a B in their classes
Non-substantive, abstract metrics of educational improvement
26
A PLC is going to be relatively useless if ______
There is no reason behing the organization
There is no academic vision or goal inherent in the organization
Both A and B are correct
The PLC works as a Collobarative, school-wide unit in an ongoing process
27
Interactions among teachers in a PLC...
develop professional relationship
Help teachers improve their effectiveness at their craft
all of the above
helps teachers when they have problems
28
The fundamental purpose of the school is to ensure high levels of learning for students, PLCs help in accomplishing this
False
True
29
The term PLC is so overused now that it is in danger of losing meaning.
False
True
30
Shared values and norms are the cornerstones of the entire PLC.
False
True

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