Bill edited Building on the Collaborative Foundation - FUSD

Atoms Unit Overview Sheet
Samples of Elementary Unit Overview Sheets
Sample of Completed Unit Overview Sheet
Workshop Overview
will be broken into fivesixsessions. Each of those
Session 1: Back to the Basics
The first step to convincing teachers that professional learning communities are worth embracing is having a clear sense for just what a PLC is and how a PLC works within a school community. In this portion of the workshop, participants will review the fundamental tenets of the professional learning community model and will learn how to communicate those fundamental tenets to the classroom teachers that they are charged with supporting.
Activity 1: Rick DuFour on Groups v. Teams
One of the first steps towards developing highly-functioning learning teams is for teachers to understand the differences between Collaboration RIGHT and Collaboration LITE. After hearing the stories of two different learning teams, watching professional learning community expertRick DuFour describethe differences between groups and teams, and exploring a Learning by Doing rubric detailingthe characteristics of highly-collaborative teams, participantswill usethis handoutto reflect on the developmental status of their current team.
Session 2: Why are Unit Overview Sheets Worthwhile?
No single tool has influenced the practice of session presenter Bill Ferriter or his learning teams than unit overview sheets. In this portion of the workshop, participants will (1). discuss the impact that a guaranteed and viable curriculum can have on student learning in a professional learning community and (2). reflect on the role that unit overview sheets can play in guiding the early work of PLCs.
Session 3: Introducing Teachers and Teams to Unit Overview Sheets as a Collaborative Starting Point
InDeveloping unit overview sheets is an approachable process that can be taught to learning teams in a series of simple steps. Inthis portion of the
Session 4: Using Unit Overview Sheets to Encourage Student Involved Assessment
While developing unit overview sheets can provide much-needed guidance and structure to the work of professional learning teams, developing unit overview sheets can also hvae a direct impact on the quality of instruction happening inside of classrooms. In this portion of the workshop, participants will (1). explore the research around student involved assessment and (2). think through the role that unit overview sheets can play in making student involved assessment a more regular part of the learning happening inside their buildings.
Learning About Grading from the Baljeetles
Learning about Feedback from Bushkrafft
Session 5: Five Tips for Integrating Unit Overview Sheets into the Work of Your School
No single practice is more important for improving the early work of PLCs than the development of unit overview sheets. That means it is ESSENTIAL that coaches, principals and teacher liasions understand their role in supporting teams as they develop unit overview sheets. In this portion of the workshop, participants will be introduced to a series of five tips that can guide their work while pushing the notion of unit overview sheets forward in their buildings.
Session 6: Working on Sample Templates to Share with Your Teams
The greatest takeway from this two-day workshop will be samples of unit overview sheets that can be used to guide the early work of learning teams. In this portion of the workshop, participants will (1). review the sample unit overview sheets shared by session presenter Bill Ferriter, (2). decide on -- or create -- a template to pitch to teachers back in their buildings and (3). develop a few samples to use in the work that they are doing back in their buildings.

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