Finding Time for PLCs
Now that you have determined the stage of your PLC, what is keeping it from developing to bring about full effectiveness for student achievement?
- Refer to the textbook on page 88 activity #3.
- Meet with your colleagues in a group setting.
- Brainstorm ways to find more time for collaboration and professional development that will work in your school.
- Provide a one-two page overview of your discussion and findings following the collaborative meeting with your colleagues. Make sure to include a cover page. In the overview, make sure to discuss the following:
- Description/overview detailing how often and when you and your colleagues currently collaborate with one another.
- Reflection upon whether the current structure is providing you and your team an adequate amount of time.
- If you feel that the current structure does/does not provide adequate time, explain why or why not.
- What barriers are present that prohibit your team from restructuring the time so that you have adequate time?
- Describe a proposed plan of action to resolve barriers and to increase time for PLCs.
- Provide a brief reflection upon the value of this collaborative activity.
