Growing Lead Learners and Leadership Teams: A PLC Cohort Seminar

Join John Wink for 4 days over the course of the entire year, building your team through interactive learning sessions.  This investment of time is sure to strengthen your team through engagement and focused discussion on what works. Register to bring a team from your campus who will lead the way in developing a Collaborative Community of Learners.  

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John Wink

John Wink is currently the Director of Curriculum at Tatum ISD, and the former principal at Gilmer Elementary School, Hallsville High School and Hallsville Middle School. At each of these campuses, student achievement was the focus, and because of the hard work of the teachers and their commitment to one another and to every child, they realized and celebrated success. Utilizing the principles of professional learning communities, teacher teams and leaders were empowered to make decisions that benefited all kids and the campus as a whole. John is excited to share his 5 steps to school improvement that are grounded in the research of Robert Marzano and Rick DuFour as well as his successful experience as a school practitioner.

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Seminar Dates:
September 24, 2014,
October 30, 2014,
January 12, 2015,
April 16, 2015

School Leadership Teams That Work

During this session, “Growing Lead Learners and Leadership Teams,” you will explore the different types of school cultures and the behaviors that exist in the leadership and the staff. Teams will learn how to create a positive school culture and effective structures that support the learning goals of the school. Participants will be exposed to the Layers of Leadership and learn how each layer functions in a school leadership team and supports teachers in raising student achievement. Lastly, teams will collaborate to clarify their individual roles and purpose in leading the campus.

Creating a Collaborative Culture

Leadership teams will learn how to create a collaborative culture by teachers and staff members to create a living mission and vision that is grounded in doing whatever it takes to help every child learn. Teams will also encounter tools and strategies to compel their campus to identify and clarify the common values, behaviors and expectations that are critical for every member to commit to so the campus can reach common goals.

Aligning the Learning

Learning Alignment Curriculum alignment doesn't necessarily translate into learning alignment. Once leaders and leadership teams commit to one another and to their campus toward a collaborative culture, the campus is ready to focus on learning. Teams will learn how effective professional learning communities plan with laser-like precision to align instruction, assessment, intervention and enrichment. Teams will maximize the use of current resources, programs, and curriculum by creating a strong collaborative process and developing effective strategies to build and maintain clear lines of communication.

Response to Results

Once teams focus on learning, they must know if kids are learning. With an over-abundance of data, teams can easily lose focus. Teams will learn how to create a common understanding to gauge the mastery of content and explore methods for teachers and administrators to work together to monitor student achievement. Last, teams will be exposed to an intervention system that is quick in response and targeted.



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