Professional Learning Communities: Work and Impacts!

Waukegan Public Schools 2012-2014
Oct 27, 2012
1 min read

Participating on the grade level teams was an integral component to sustainable change throughout the schools. Whether it was working on Behavioral Intervention Plans (BIPs) for individual students or analyzing grade level assessment data, the impacts were great. The environment was ideal for professional development sessions and powerful brainstorming ideas that inspired instruction.

Collaboration was at its best in the team's meeting room where there were resources and a data wall to chart student growth.

An example of a behavioral strategy to gain engagement of students who were struggling. Implementing roles and responsibilities gave the students a more structured purpose and this was the strategy's tracking tool.

A product of brainstorming with the Building Leadership Team:

A brainstorming map that prioritized Project WIN's Next Steps:

A report that shows the implementation of a school wide behavioral intervention, Positive Behavioral Intervention System (PBIS):

A survey I led that generated the ratings from the report above:

An action plan was created with the Building Leadership Team, Grade Level Team and the Action Planing Team to increase the efficacy of Professional Learning Communities at the school.