Oak Grove Middle

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Oak Grove Middle

• Home of the Huskies

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Professional Learning Communities

• At the Middle Level
• Yeah right, who has the time?

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Dufours Four Questions

• 3. What will we do if they have learned it?

• 1. What do we want students to learn?

• 4. What will we do if they have not learned it?

• 2. How will we know if they have learned it?

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Dufours Four Questions

• 3. What will we do if they have learned it?

• 1. What do we want students to learn?

• 4. What will we do if they have not learned it?

• 2. How will we know if they have learned it?

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Question One

• Tier 1
• Essential Standards
• Core Curriculum
• PLC Planning
• Dyad Planning

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Dufours Four Questions

• 3. What will we do if they have learned it?

• 1. What do we want students to learn?

• 4. What will we do if they have not learned it?

• 2. How will we know if they have learned it?

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Question Two

• Dyad work
• Common Formative Assessments (CFA)
• Common Summative Assessments (CSA)
• Data review
• Planning together (using the data)

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Dyads in Action

• 6th Grade Physical Science teachers on two
  different teams
• Met every other week for an hour
• Write CFA and CSA
• Backward Design
• Compare student data
• Lessons for the students who learned it
• Lessons for the students who havent learned it

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Dyads Backward Design

• Unit Goals A, B, C, D
• Write CFA and CSA
• Student Involvement

Problem Unit Goal Confident Unsure Right Wrong Simple Mistake Further Study
1 A
2 A
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Dyads Compare Data Collaborate

• Using CFA and CSA
• Compare results
• Lesson Planning

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Dyads Differentiated Lessons

• For those that have learned it and for those who
  have not learned it.
• In process of writing lessons for each unit
• Example Website Help Sessions

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Dufours Four Questions

• 3. What will we do if they have learned it?

• 1. What do we want students to learn?

• 4. What will we do if they have not learned it?

• 2. How will we know if they have learned it?

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Question Three

• Differentiation in the classroom
• Tiered assignments
• Extension activities
• This is still a work in progress

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Dufours Four Questions

• 3. What will we do if they have learned it?

• 1. What do we want students to learn?

• 4. What will we do if they have not learned it?

• 2. How will we know if they have learned it?

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Question Four

• Tier 2 Interventions
• Problem Solving Team (PST)
• Systematic approach (Essential Math, R180)
• School-wide intervention for students who meet a
  certain criteria.
• Personalized Learning Plans

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Thank You