PLC MEETING

31st March 2017

It is a human birthright to be a learner.

There is little we do that is more
important.
Carol Tomlinson
 WE GATHER TOGETHER ON THE JOURNEY
We gather today in the name of our God.
We gather to share, support, encourage, celebrate,
and learn from each other.
We gather as people who journey in faith.
Although our pathways are different, our journey is the same.
Moving forward as one body
into a future filled with possibility,
we walk with hope, because we have chosen to be light
for each other on the way.
Amen
Today we will be:
Finalising Year Level Genre Scope and Sequence.
Reviewing Focus So Far.
Determining our ideas on DIFFERENTIATION.
Referring to 7 REASONS
WHY DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION WORKS.
 SUCCESS CRITERIA

By the end of the meeting we will have:

Finalised in Year Levels the Genres Scope and Sequence.
Reviewed the previous foci in the area of Grammar and
Punctuation.
Shared our thoughts on what differentiation is and how we
implement it in our classes.
Read, discussed and shared points from the professional reading.
 YEAR LEVEL GENRES

In year levels update the 2011 Scope and Sequence.

Give a hard copy to Maurs to collate.
 St Bernadettes Schoolwide Foci.
CURRICULUM:
Writing in the areas of Grammar and Punctuation.
PEDAGOGICAL:
Learning Intentions and Success Criteria / Feedback / Differentiation.

How do we ensure that the teaching strategies that we are using are
based on best possible practice and are reflective of evidence based
research.
 LEARNING INTENTIONS
Learning Intentions describe what it is we want students to learn in
terms of the skills, knowledge, attitudes, and values within any
particular unit of lessons. These provide guidance to the teacher
about what to teach, help learners be aware of what they should
learn from the lesson, and form the basis for assessing what
students have learnt and what teachers have taught.

John Hattie VISIBLE LEARNING

 SUCCESS CRITERIA
The purpose of the Success Criteria, or What are we looking
for? is to make students understand what the teacher is using as
the criteria for judging their work, and, of course, to ensure that
the teacher is clear about the criteria that will determine if the
learning intentions have been successfully achieved.

John Hattie VISIBLE LEARNING

 FEEDBACK
Feedback is information with which a learner can confirm, add to,
overwrite, tune, or restructure information in memory Winne
and Butler (1994)

Important Questions to Ask:

Where is the student going?
How is the student going?
Where to next?
 FEEDBACK cont
Feedback is welcomed that is:
Just in time.
Just for them.
Just for where they are in their learning.

Feedback enables students to go beyond attaining factual information

to
developing a deeper conceptual understanding of the topic.
 DIFFERENTIATION
WITH YEAR LEVEL COLLEAGUE AND ONE OR TWO
OTHERS e.g. Specialist teacher, Principal, AP.

WHAT DO WE MEAN BY DIFFERENTIATION?

WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN OUR CLASSROOMS?
 PROFESSIONAL READING
7 REASONS WHY DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION WORKS.
SUMMARISE THE SECTION ALLOCATED TO YOUR YEAR LEVEL.
https://padlet.com/maurs/differentiation
YEAR LEVEL SECTION YEAR LEVEL SECTION
PP YEAR 1 1 YEAR 5 5
YEAR 2 2 YEAR 6 6
YEAR 3 3 KINDY 7
YEAR 4 4