I've been involved in a Professional Learning Community this year. Before I get into the topics, let me state that I'm both an ELA and AVID teacher.
Our PLC this year has consisted of the following:
Our PLC this year has consisted of the following:
- 5 weeks of training on the Standards of Effective Practice.
- 5 weeks of training on the Rational Number Project (math).
- 2 weeks on how to give practice MCA tests.
- 2 weeks on the strategy of Scan and Run (reading).
There are a couple of other topics that have been mixed in but this is the majority of time spent in our PLC.
As an ELA teacher, I've spent 2 weeks topics related to my content area. In middle school, my content area, for me, is the key. I completely understand the need for our students to have a deeper understanding of math concepts and understand why that was incorporated into our PLC.
That said, we three ELA/reading teachers in the building, the three of us could have done some very excellent things in a PLC.
What is your experience with PLCs? Have you become a better teacher? Have you been able to take things from your PLC to your classroom?
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