We are excited to try a new program to help you plan your experience at the 2016 NESSC High School Redesign in Action Conference. PLEASE NOTE: That all sessions are on a first-come, first-serve basis. Adding a session to your personal agenda does not ensure yourself a seat in the session, but rather a way to help you plan where to head.
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Current research suggests that high-functioning professional learning communities (PLCs) have a positive impact on student learning. At Bacon Academy, we identified the need to broaden the notion of a professional learning community to incorporate not just a team of teachers, but the entire faculty.
In 2014, the school established an action research team called the Teacher Learning Community to take on the development of a school-wide professional learning community. Presenters will share the process that the team used to surface teachers’ needs, including surveys for teachers and students, interviews, and classroom observations.
Through this session, participants will gain an understanding of how to function as a school-wide PLC that can help teachers access research-based strategies to improve instruction. Participants will learn about Bacon Academy’s working model for how to conduct action research in their schools and will leave with protocols to support the development of an action research team in their own schools.
