<p> Midway Elementary</p><p>PLC NON-NEGOTIABLES/NEGOTIABLES</p><p>NON-NEGOTIABLE NEGOTIABLE Purpose The purpose of PLC’s is to ensure that all students learn at a high level. Demonstration of the Big Ideas  Accept learning as the fundamental purpose of our school and be willing to examine all practices in light of their impact on learning  To put forward a collaborative and collective effort to help all students learn  Assess effectiveness of our practice and learning by using results to inform our practice and to respond to students who are not learning Scheduling/Collaborative Time Scheduling/Collaborative Time  Attend collaboration time on early out days  Use of prep time prepared and on time  Team agendas  Business items should be handled in common prep time Norms Norms  Each PLC must create a set of norms  The method for creating the set of norms and the  Norms should be reviewed each meeting method of review may be determined by each PLC  Norms should include a plan for handling norm  How to discuss norm violations may be determined violations by each PLC  Norm effectiveness evaluated at least quarterly (please see artifact calendar for minimum requirements) SMART Goals SMART Goals  Each team must utilize both long term and short  Teams write specific SMART goals to address their term SMART Goals, that emphasize commonality students’ areas of greatest needs and are focused on each team’s relevant data Data/Evidence Data/Evidence  PLC teams should write grade level common  The method for data analysis assessments, analyze that data, and create written  The agenda for team meetings plans to address patterns of strength and weakness  Common Assessments should be created and analyzed for each essential standard  Decisions and discussions are centered on data that can be directly impacted by the team  All team members must collect & give data on time Team Products Team Products  PLC artifacts will be given a due date and are  Each PLC may determine smaller due dates expected to be turned in on time  Each PLC team will create products that are targeted to their students’ specific needs </p>