Canyon Springs: From Promising Practices to Model PLC

On the Season 2 Season Premiere and the 18th episode of Canyon Springs: From Promising Practices to Model PLC, join Canyon Springs Live right at the conclusion of Day 1 of the PLC @ Work at Canyon Springs Summer Institute 2.0, to debrief the day's learning with attendee, Susie Quan. Listen as she discusses the impact of her day's learning, what she plans to take back to both her school site and classroom, and what learning she was seeking when the institute kicked-off.

PLC @ Work at Canyon Springs Summer Institute 2.0 Website

References:

PLC 4 Questions Flowchart - W. Richard Smith

Design in Five by Nicole Dimich

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On the Season Finale and the 17th 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 the Sulphur Springs Union School District Superintendent, Dr. Catherine Kawaguchi, as she talks leading a PLC vision for 8 other schools alongside Canyon Springs, why everyone together makes it a movement and not a PLC Lite initiative, and how her experience both in the classroom and as a site leader is her PLC foundation for organizational leadership. 

References:

PLC 4 Questions Flowchart - W. Richard Smith

Time For Change by Dr. Anthony Muhammed and Dr. Luis Cruz

Learning by Doing 

Raising the Bar and Closing the Gaps

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On the 16th 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 Julie McBride, the Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services for the Sulphur Springs Union School District, the Canyon Springs PLC Chaperone and the most PLC trained educator in the district, as she talks through her approach to the 4 PLC Questions as they fit her role as a district leader guiding the learning at 9 schools in the same district all on their own PLC @ Work journey.

References:

PLC 4 Questions Flowchart - W. Richard Smith

Raising the Bar and Closing the Gap by Richard DuFour and Rebecca DuFour

Transforming School Culture by Dr. Anthony Muhammed

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On the 15th 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 half of the Canyon Springs Guiding Coalition, or the CAPS Team, Kami Sunde and Jesseca Tobin, as they talk their collaborative leadership style, the difference in their teacher leadership approach today compared to two years ago, and what next steps they are excited to see at Canyon Springs.

References:

PLC 4 Questions Flowchart - W. Richard Smith

Time For Change by Dr. Anthony Muhammed and Dr. Luis Cruz

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On the 14th 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 the Canyon Springs 3rd Grade Professional Learning Team (Jackie Rivera and Elyssa Arroyo) as they talk through their work in collectively analyzing assessment data to define next instructional steps, improve assessment tasks to better match learning targets, and how making collective assessment steps prior to a unit of instruction is making them be better teachers. 

References:

PLC 4 Questions Flowchart - W. Richard Smith

Design in Five by Nicole Dimich

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

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On the 13th 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 Carolyn Davenport, a Canyon Springs 2nd Grade Teacher, member of the Logistics Leadership Team and undoubtedly our school's lead celebrator. Ms. Davenport explains her work in using the blend of adopted social emotional curricular tools to teach the essential academic and social behaviors, how agreed upon core values are changing the site's culture and student learning through direct and targeted behavior instruction, and how it can't happen without planned for and protected time.     

References:

PLC 4 Questions Flowchart - W. Richard Smith

Behavior Solutions by Jessica and John Hannigan

You Can Learn by Tim Brown and William Ferriter

On the 12th 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 LIza Tyra, a Canyon Springs Special Education Teacher in an Extensive Supports Needs classroom, and a member of our site Inclusion Team and Logistics Leadership Team. Ms. Tyra explains her work in leading a multi-school collaborative team with ESN teachers across different campuses in our district, then how she collaborates with specific service providers for the guaranteed and viable curriculum for each individual student in her classroom and why being a singleton teacher on a campus led her to look for alternative collaborative structures.     

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

On the 11th 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 we finish the conversation with Paula Maeker, author, expect on school turnaround and Canyon Springs' PLC Coach, as she discusses adult accountability when working to improve student learning, who she turns to for PLC coaching and turns the tables on Canyon Springs by asking her own questions. This is Part 2 of a 2-part episode.

References:

PLC 4 Questions Flowchart - W. Richard Smith

Learning by Doing

Literacy in a PLC by Paula Maeker

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On the 10th 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 we finally meet Paula Maeker, author, expect on school turnaround and Canyon Springs' PLC Coach, as she discusses the start of her own PLC journey, why PLC Question 1 (What do we want all students to know?) is her "baby," and why teaching students to master the essential standards of their current grade level is actually the best preparation for success in future grade levels. This is Part 1 of a 2-part episode.

References:

PLC 4 Questions Flowchart - W. Richard Smith

Learning by Doing

Literacy in a PLC by Paula Maeker

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

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On the 9th 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 Jenna Oikawa, principal of Golden Oak Community School, as she discusses the importance of clarity in decision-making, the process that she and the Golden Oak guiding coalition work through when planning next PLC action steps for their site, and how to challenge a very successful teaching staff to reach even greater heights.  

References:

PLC 4 Questions Flowchart - W. Richard Smith

Learning by Doing

The Teacher Team Leader Handbook

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