What is a PLC?
During the last school year, LPS implemented a new school improvement model called Professional Learning Communities (PLCs). This was implemented in all LPS schools because it is believed that this is important in our efforts to help all students be more successful learners.
Simply put, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES is a way of finding precise strategies-as a team of educators-to do whatever it takes to intensely study the learning profiles, strengths and needs of each student for whom we are so deeply accountable and responsible.
You might ask, "Don't we do that already?" The answer is a definite yes! The most important question, however, should be, "Can we do a better job of focusing on each student's achievement, as a team, using the expertise of a total learning/teaching community?" The answer is, again, a definite yes! Using a medical example, the patient comes first, and the team of medical experts respond to the patient's medical profile. The same is true in education, the student's learning profile comes first, and the educational experts respond to that student's strengths and needs.
The Morley Instructional Staff has always been masterful with curriculum and strategies, and has always promoted excellence in our students' achievement. Using more research based systematic procedures and interventions, we can hold confidence that we will raise the number of star performers, like Tianye and Craig O, at Morley School. Two different learners-two different profiles-together with a team of teachers and mentors, used their strengths and managed their needs to reach the top in the national on-line math league. We need to pursue whatever it takes for each Morley student to excel!
PLC schedule 2009-10
Meetings are scheduled on the last Tuesday of each month:
September 29, October 20, November 24, December 15, January 26, February 23, March 30, and April 27.
On these days, school will be in session from 9:10 until 2:28.