Friday, August 31, 2018

PLC Minutes Semester 1


Meet in Josh's room at the start of 5th!
Tuesday 12/18 
-next semester skill intro (first 2 weeks)
-starting grammar openers
-introducing counter claim and rebuttal

12/10-14 - Junior conferences

Tuesday 12/4- meet in 332 at 11:40
-Finalize the final
-Work on review for final

Wednesday 12/5 - meet in 261 at 11:00
-Finalize Tuesday's stuff
-Start thinking about what we want to do next semester
-Recovery contracts for failures

Tuesday 11/27 - meet in 119 at 11:40
*make sure we are all on the same page with out MAP is going to play out
*are our gradebooks calibrated?
*Recovery option for next semester - letters?
*pick out insult or honor essays for Friday

Wednesday 11/28 - meet in 332 at 11
*next week's powerpoint

*flesh out the final?

 Tuesday 11/20 PLC in room 332 at 11:40
-plans for next week with MAP and reflections

Tues 11/13 - Meet in library at 11:40
*timing of second MAP test
*MAP grouping plan for next unit
*MAP conference sheet idea
*Infographics into data sheet
*Infographic calibration - bring a low, medium, high example to PLC!
*final recovery option letters? to student and parent?
Wed 11/14 - Meet in 261 at 11:10
*week 14 slide assignments
*start planning out final
*MAP conference sheet

Monday 11/5 - GOLD DAY
PLB accountability https://docs.google.com/document/d/17QywUiQQatpNc1CbjHRtKeWRdBMW6FuIQZQ-2xnUUvs/edit?usp=sharing
Project with rubric - https://drive.google.com/file/d/15F9nMFbxWAj8XGX4labt0mOTouZIDHzV/view?usp=sharing

Tuesday 10/30 - PLC in 119 start at 11:40 District personnel coming!
-Enter theme narratives them into the data sheet
-Talk about next steps as far as tone/detail
-Calibrate grade book
-Talk about Final assessment recovery options
Wednesday 10/31 - Plan in 332 start at 10:50
-plan rest of semester
-how do we want to continue during next weeks short week?
-create rubric and find article for assessment (corporal punishment)

Tuesday 10/23 in 119 at 11:40
-calibrate theme narratives
-put narratives in data spread sheet
-parent note sent home/improvement plans

Wednesday 10/24 in Patti's room at 11
-get pp finished for next week's work week/Monday should be explaining the assessment

-Figure out our plan for the next unit (argument writing?) 

Tuesday 10/16 embedded PD
Wednesday 10/17
*Week 10/11 PP
*Next unit?

PLC 10/2
-set up data sheet
-grade calibration
Plan 10/3
-next friday plan
-next unit?

Tuesday 9/25: PLC in 119 at 11:40 - we will be talking about the literacy plan with Megan and if we have time the data sheet.   

Attendance:  Byrd, Concepcion, Bolduc, Beams, Kerr, Roy

We discussed the Literacy Plan and how the English teachers can support the IMA teachers with their reading materials.  

Wednesday 9/26 PLC in 249 at 11:10 
-Review of PLC norms
-What are we doing next week? 
-How are we grading the theme narrative essays? 
-What do our six week grading period gradebooks look like?
-Improvement plans?
-Intervention or content study hall - how will we identify names? 
-Anything y'all want to add.


9/19 AGENDA

Meet in 261 (Patti's room) at 10:55 
                   - eval of grading anthologies and research (bring student samples of both)
                   - grade replacement strategies for recovery?
                   - Week 6 PP, who is doing what?
                   - Week 7 plan?
                   - Anything you want to add?

9/18 AGENDA
embedded PD

9/12 AGENDA
  1. How are we going to structure narrative essay? 
  2. Rubric and examplar for essay?
  3. What is our list of themes students can choose from?
  4. What is the prompt?
  5. What are we looking to next after the narrative essay?

9/4 AGENDA
  1. Take a look at data sheet and discuss tracking plans
  2. Overall, how do we think students are doing with theme, creative writing, claim, and research?
  3. Anything else you want to add
8/29 AGENDA

  1. What are we doing next week? How have writings been going thus far? Rubric for anthology and writing piece? How are we introducing a the writing piece? Let's set dates for these two assessments. 
  2. What grades should we have before end of 1st 6 weeks?
  3. Starting research next week? What's the plan?
  4. Let's try to get the rest of the unit planned so we won't have to go week by week - get ahead of the game a bit!
  5. Anything you guys want to add
8/28 - EMBEDDED PD, NO AGENDA

8/21 AGENDA

  1. Set norms/expectations: when and where will we meet, what to bring when we meet, etc.
  2. Talk about roles/responsibilities within the PLC
  3. Goals for PLC/JR English as a whole
  4. End of year testing? Is on-demand out? Do we know?
  5. Set up tracking - how will we use our data sheet?
  6. What is going on with achieve? When can we have access?
  7. Anything Megan or Dawn might add