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Lake Stevens highlights PLC progress; teacher urges continued development
Summary
Assistant Superintendent John Balmer updated the board on Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), emphasizing teaming, shared responsibility and results orientation. Community commenter and science teacher Matt Randall praised the district’s PLC work and offered ideas for future development.
Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources John Balmer presented a December update on the district’s Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) at the Lake Stevens School District Board’s Dec. 10 meeting, and a community commenter urged continued growth of that work.
"Dr. Balmer reviewed October's work, highlighting the three core PLC principles: a focus on teaming, a collaborative culture with shared responsibility, and a results orientation, grounded in a shared mission, vision, values, and goals," the minutes record. Balmer said the district is emphasizing regular administrator meetings, principal sharing, self-assessment of implementation, and next-step planning to make collaboration a driver of improved student learning.
During the public comment period, Matt Randall, a science teacher at Cavelero, said he has worked in education for 19 years and has been with Lake Stevens for two years. "He spoke about Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), offering both encouragement for the work that has begun this year and ideas for future development," the minutes state.
The PLC update described concrete steps being taken across schools: building meaningful teams, allocating dedicated collaboration time, establishing team norms, developing leadership capacity, providing tools and resources, monitoring progress, celebrating successes and fostering reciprocal accountability to better support students who are struggling and to extend learning for those who are proficient.
The board recorded the PLC update as an information item; no formal action was taken. The meeting proceeded to other informational updates and routine business before adjourning at 8:45 p.m.
