Canyons School District PLC Road Map

Leadership and Culture Establish and Develop Effective PLC Structures

Research and Plan

Implementation

Refine

Sustain

The principal, leadership team, and PLC Leads investigate possible team configurations that support the needs of all students. The principal, BLT, and PLC Leads explore options for scheduling effective weekly PLC meetings. The principal, BLT, and PLC Leads understand the need for consistent protocols, including agenda formats, PLC minutes/notes, norms, member roles/responsibilities, decision making, PLC celebrations, and building a culture of trust. The principal, BLT, and PLC Leads explore available protocols to determine which will be used school-wide. What structures are currently in place to support a regular PLC meeting schedule school-wide? What protocols are available that can be effectively used in PLCs in our building?

The principal, BLT, and PLC leads configure teams that support the needs of each student. The principal, BLT, and PLC leads establish a schedule of consistent, regular PLC meeting times for PLCs for the school year. PLCs establish norms and systems that are consistent school-wide and include conflict resolution and consensus building strategies that foster a culture of trust. PLCs implement established protocols school-wide. Are the planned PLC configurations designed to best meet student needs at our school? What system is in place to ensure that PLCs understand how to establish norms and processes that include conflict-resolution and consensus building strategies? What systems are in place to monitor PLCs’ use of established protocols and processes?

PLCs meet in the selected configurations to determine if student needs are met. Each PLC meets during regularly scheduled meeting times. PLCs abide by established protocols and norms at each meeting. PLC members remind each other of protocols and norms using conflict-resolution and consensus-building strategies that foster a culture of trust. Each PLC follows established PLC expectations and provides feedback to and from the BLT.

PLC configurations and processes are continually monitored, analyzed and adjusted to meet student needs. PLCs consistently and effectively implement established protocols and norms in each meeting that utilize conflict-resolution and consensus-building strategies that foster a culture of trust. PLCs continually reflect, revisit, readjust, and re-evaluate norms and protocols and accommodate improvements that lead to increasing efficacy.

Critical Questions:

Critical Questions:

Critical Questions:

Critical Questions:

Are PLCs meeting regularly based on the established schedule? How is adherence to protocols and processes within PLCs being monitored? How are additional supports provided to PLCs when needed?

What is the process for analyzing and problem solving around PLC monitoring data? What systems are in place for PLCs to reflect on their practice and make adjustments to the process and/or protocols?