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Janesville committee hears district push for professional learning communities after training and early gains
Summary
District staff and principals described steps to build professional learning communities (PLCs): multi-day training, building-level PLC teams, shared data protocols and early signs of progress in teacher collaboration and assessment scores.
District staff and school principals told the Janesville School District Personal Policy & Curriculum Committee on Sept. 28 that the district is expanding professional learning communities to boost teacher collaboration and student learning. Presenters described a district PLC Live Institute and a six‑day PLC coaching academy that trained building facilitators, who then supported teacher teams in taking ownership of weekly professional learning team work.
Presenters said PLCs rely on three big ideas — a shared purpose of assuring high levels of learning, a collaborative culture, and ongoing checks on whether students learned the intended outcomes — and four guiding…
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