Canyon Springs: From Promising Practices to Model PLC

On the 8th 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 1st Grade Professional Learning Team (Elizabeth Gutierrez, Ashlyn Matheus and Jesseca Tobin) as they discuss the importance of regular, focused collaboration, the challenges and solutions to collaborating across 3 distinct classroom make-ups, and the student learning momentum built by trusting one another to build quicker collective responsibility. 

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PLC 4 Questions Flowchart - W. Richard Smith

Learning by Doing

Help Your Team

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On the 7th 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 Mallory Langley, a Canyon Springs 6th Grade Teacher, and a lead member of our Logistics Leadership Team. Ms. Langley explains the importance of direct instruction in the deemed Essential Behaviors, both academic and social. She outlines her role in being the loudest voice of this process for Canyon Springs and what sees as our site's next steps in a tiered instructional approach to behavior and how we can link it to our deeper understanding of the academic tiers.    

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PLC 4 Questions Flowchart - W. Richard Smith

Behavior Solutions by Drs. Jessica and John Hannigan

Behavior Academis by Drs. Jessica and John Hannigan

(Sample) Canyon Springs BEARS Behavior Posters

(Sample) Canyon Springs Tier 1 Essential Behaviors School News Network Video

On the 6th 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 Kami Sunde, a Canyon Springs 6th Grade Teacher, and the 4th member of the Guiding Coalition to join the podcast. Ms. Sunde talks the evolving roles of school site leadership, what it means to serve on the Guiding Coalition as a lead learner, and the different strategies that she has used to build capacity across and within the professional educators at Canyon Springs.  

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PLC 4 Questions Flowchart - W. Richard Smith

Learning by Doing

Heart by Tim Kanold

(Sample) Canyon Springs PLC Newsletters 

On the 5th 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 Canyon Springs on location at the Yes We Can workshop in Pasadena, California as we meet Heather Friziellie, co-author of Yes We Can and All Means All, Solution Tree presenter at the Yes We Can workshops, along with other events, and the current superintendent of Fox Lake District 114. Listen as Canyon Springs better learns how to plan for learning by ALL students within the PLC process and the collaboration practices between general and special education teachers that have the most impact on student learning. 

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Yes We Can

ALL Means ALL

PLC 4 Questions Flowchart - W. Richard Smith

Learning by Doing

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

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On the 4th 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 Cindy Pilar, Founder and Executive Director of the California Principals Support Network (CAPS), as she teaches us all about the importance of job-embedded professional development for teachers, the power of teacher leaders and the guiding coalition and her direct impact on student learning at Canyon Springs. 

More Information Regarding CAPS

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PLC 4 Questions Flowchart - W. Richard Smith

Learning by Doing

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

[email protected]

On the 3rd 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 Jesseca Tobin, a Canyon Springs primary teacher, and member of the Guiding Coalition, as she teaches us the importance of knowing the end in mind, how "clarity precedes competence, and how truly understanding exactly what it is that students must learn (the Essential Standards) actually make teaching easier. 

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PLC 4 Questions Flowchart - W. Richard Smith

Learning by Doing

Simplifying the Journey by Bob Sonju

(Sample) Canyon Springs First Grade ELA Annual Budget

(Sample) Canyon Springs First Grade Bossy R Learning Ladder/Map

On the 2nd 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 Lynette Vermeulen, the Canyon Springs Math TOSA, and member of the Guiding Coalition, as she teaches us all about how she learned to better target Tier 3 math interventions to be more skills based, how she is fostering student investment and what it really means to be a Mathematician in Training (MIT). 

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PLC 4 Questions Flowchart - W. Richard Smith

Learning by Doing

Taking Action

On this initial episode of Canyon Springs: From Promising Practices to Model PLC, join in on the PLC journey with Canyon Springs as we work to be further recognized as a Solution Tree National Model PLC school. Learn the background story on why Canyon Springs turned to the PLC @ Work and RTI @ Work process for school turnaround and get to meet Elyssa Arroyo, 3rd grade teacher and member of the Canyon Springs Guiding Coalition. Learn from Ms. Arroyo as she talks through her Professional Learning Team's work on building common assessments and how it is driving their targeted instruction. 

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PLC 4 Questions Flowchart - W. Richard Smith

Design in Five by Nicole Dimich

Learning by Doing: 4th Edition

Sample Canyon Springs 3rd Grade Assessment