Canyon Springs: From Promising Practices to Model PLC

In this 2nd season and on this 28th episode of Canyon Springs: From Promising Practices to Model PLC, listen in on the PLC journey with Canyon Springs as we work to be further recognized as a Solution Tree National Model PLC school. This week, welcome back our principal friends, and past guests, Heather Drew and Jenna Oikawa, to discuss their own school's process towards and pending applications for Model PLC: Promising Practices recognition. Join in the conversation as they reflect on the work behind the 4 pillars of their PLC schools: mission, vision, collective commitments and goals.  

References:

PLC 4 Questions Flowchart - W. Richard Smith

Learning by Doing - Richard DuFour and Rebecca DuFour

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In this 2nd season and on this 27th episode of Canyon Springs: From Promising Practices to Model PLC, listen in on the PLC journey with Canyon Springs as we work to be further recognized as a Solution Tree National Model PLC school. This week, join Stephanie Cruz, the Director of Curriculum and Instruction for the Sulphur Springs Union School District, as she discussions the regular battle of "Curriculum vs. Curriculum." Follow the conversation as it works to build a connection between a site's guaranteed and viable curriculum and the first, high-leverage tool at a teacher's disposal, the adopted curriculum. 

References:

PLC 4 Questions Flowchart - W. Richard Smith

Learning by Doing - Richard DuFour and Rebecca DuFour

Best Practices at Tier 1: Elementary - Gayle Gregory, Martha Kaufeldt, Mike Mattos

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In Season 2 and on this 26th episode of Canyon Springs: From Promising Practices to Model PLC, we welcome Tom Schimmer, Solution Tree associate, author of Grading From the Inside Out (and more), and our teacher this week at his workshop in Des Moines, Iowa. Listen as he discusses the importance of accuracy in assessments and grading in order to effectively communicate the trajectory of student learning. 

Grading From the Inside Out by Tom Schimmer

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In this 2nd Season and on this 25th episode of Canyon Springs: From Promising Practices to Model PLC, listen in on the PLC journey with Canyon Springs as we work to be further recognized as a Solution Tree National Model PLC school. This week, meet Matt Razevich, a Canyon Springs Special Education Program Specialist administrator, and attendee at CAPS alongside Canyon Springs. Matt Razevich discusses the evolution of this PLC leadership from not even in the room at the very first CAPS training two years ago to now being a member of one site's Guiding Coalition and a special education administrator supporting two sites', one being Canyon Springs, All Means All efforts. Listen as Matt Razevich describes finding his voice for inclusion beyond students and to ensure that all teachers have representation at the professional development table.       

References:

PLC 4 Questions Flowchart - W. Richard Smith

Multi-School Collaborative Teams by Jen Minor and Amy Moore

All Means All by Heather Frizielle, Julie A. Schmidt, & Jeanne Spiller

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In Season 2 and on this 24th episode of Canyon Springs: From Promising Practices to Model PLC, we welcome Dr. Luis Cruz, Solution Tree associate, presenter, coach, author and our CAPS teacher, to Canyon Springs. Listen in as we discuss the definition of a Guiding Coalition's audience, the importance of teacher leadership, and just how impactful the collective leadership of a Guiding Coalition is for a school's PLC @ Work process. 

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In Season 2 and on this 23rd episode of Canyon Springs: From Promising Practices to Model PLC, we welcome our PLC Friend and Coach, Paula Maeker, back to Canyon Springs to talk the symptoms and cures for the Knowing-Doing Gap in the PLC @ Work process. Listen in as we discuss the leadership decisions made at Canyon Springs that led to a wider gap, the preferred task of feeding the knowing only and Paula's lesson that the only way to get through the gap is to get "scrappy" and to do the work.

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In Season 2 and on this 22nd episode of Canyon Springs: From Promising Practices to Model PLC, join the Canyon Springs Guiding Coalition as they talk through the importance and impact of this year's PLT Recommitment Meetings. Kami Sunde, Jesseca Tobin, Lynette Vermeulen and Elyssa Arroyo discuss how their presence as a Guiding Coalition in meeting with each of the Canyon Springs PLT changed the conversation to more supportive and collective rather than a day of compliance.

References:

PLC 4 Questions Flowchart - W. Richard Smith

Learning by Doing - Richard DuFour 

Time for Change - Anthony Muhammed & Luis Cruz

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It is Season 2 and this 21st episode of Canyon Springs: From Promising Practices to Model PLC, as we join The Law Firm of Phillips (Ava) and Zook (Melinda) as they discuss their strategies and process to best identify and target the foundational reading needs of all the students, TK through 6th grade, that they teach during their targeted Tier 3 foundational reading blocks. Listen to how they have formed an intervention PLT that is regularly evaluating the viability of their assessment data and seeking to make the greatest impact on the reading success of the Canyon Springs students.  

References:

PLC 4 Questions Flowchart - W. Richard Smith

Literacy in a PLC at Work by Paula Maeker and Jacqueline Heller

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In Season 2 and on this 20th episode of Canyon Springs: From Promising Practices to Model PLC, join Heather Drew, principal at Sulphur Springs Community School as she talks changing sites as a PLC Leader and figuring not just her next steps on a campus, but the first leadership steps. Listen as she outlines how transformative 12 months can be when taking deliberate, intentional and actionable steps in the PLC @ Work process.

References:

PLC 4 Questions Flowchart - W. Richard Smith

Learning by Doing - Richard DuFour 

The Teacher Team Leader Handbook - Chad M. V. Dumas

Time for Change - Anthony Muhammed & Luis Cruz

For more information on or about this podcast, contact Matt Gilpin:

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In Season 2 and on this 19th episode of Canyon Springs: From Promising Practices to Model PLC, join Heather Friziellie, Julie A. Schmidt and Jeanne Spiller, authors of Yes We Can! and All Means All, and keynote speakers at the All Means All Institute as they further discuss what it takes to lead and sustain a learning environment built on the belief, clarity and action that ALL students can learn at HIGH levels. Listen as their advice monsters speak out on what it takes to not only start the PLC @ Work process, but more importantly, how to sustain it year after year after year.

**Please note: The recording lost power part way through, but we pick it right back up and keep the conversation rolling. You'll barely notice!...... sort of.

References:

PLC 4 Questions Flowchart - W. Richard Smith

Yes We Can! by Heather Friziellie Julie A. Schmidt and Jeanne Spiller

All Means All by Heather Friziellie, Julie A. Schmidt and Jeanne Spiller

For more information on or about this podcast, contact Matt Gilpin:

[email protected]