Faculty and Professional Learning Community Meetings Clause Samples

The 'Faculty and Professional Learning Community Meetings' clause establishes the requirement for faculty members to participate in scheduled meetings focused on professional development and collaborative learning. Typically, this clause outlines the frequency, format, and expectations for attendance at such meetings, which may include workshops, seminars, or group discussions aimed at enhancing teaching practices and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Its core function is to ensure that faculty members remain engaged in ongoing professional growth and contribute to a supportive academic community.
Faculty and Professional Learning Community Meetings. In the event the Board maintains a traditional dismissal calendar without a weekly early dismissal schedule, faculty and Professional Learning Community (PLC) meetings shall normally not exceed forty-five (45) minutes beyond the teacher workday and there shall normally be no more than one (1) PLC meeting per month except in emergency situations. In the event the Board maintains a calendar with a weekly early dismissal schedule, PLC meetings will be held during this time. All early dismissal day activities will be concluded by the end of the normal teacher workday in each building. The early dismissal day preceding parent-teacher conferences and/or before report cards, as well as the week of winter program rehearsals in the event teachers lose their plan time for rehearsal practices, shall be dedicated to teacher preparation. At the request of the Association, at the conclusion of each PLC meeting, teachers will remain in that room for the Association to hold its meetings.
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Faculty and Professional Learning Community Meetings. 1. Faculty and PLC meetings currently held on Wednesdays will follow the schedule of Faculty meetings being held on the first and third Wednesday and PLC meetings being held on the second, fourth, and fifth Wednesday of each month. Teachers and administrators working collaboratively may make changes to this schedule in an individual building. Faculty members will be excused from these meetings in the event of unavoidable conflicts with other professional responsibilities.
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Faculty and Professional Learning Community Meetings. 1. Faculty and PLC meetings currently held on Wednesdays will follow the schedule of Faculty meetings being held on the first and third Wednesday and PLC meetings being held on the second, fourth, and fifth Wednesday of each month. Teachers and administrators working collaboratively may make changes to this schedule in an individual building. Faculty members will be excused from these meetings in the event of unavoidable conflicts with other professional responsibilities. The district will establish up to eight Wednesdays a year for district-wide PLCs. A sample list of district-wide PLCs may include, but is not limited to, special education, reading, art, music, P.E., ENL, and teacher librarians. Some agendas for district-wide PLCs will be created by administrators but attempts will be made to collaboratively form agendas. 2. Faculty members will attend up to two (2) sixty (60) minute school faculty meetings per month. These meetings will be scheduled immediately before or after the school day by mutual agreement between the faculty and administration. Staff members will have input into the development of the faculty meeting agendas. 3. The District and the Association support the use of Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) in which educators work collaboratively in recurring cycles of collective inquiry and action research to achieve better results for the students they serve. Staff members will attend up to three (3) ninety (90) minute PLC meetings per month. PLC teamwork must include some or all of the following: • Gathering and analyzing evidence of current levels of student learning • Developing strategies and ideas to build on strengths and address weaknesses in that learning • Designing lessons, case studies, and units • Analyzing the implementations and results of those new strategies and lessons • Applying new knowledge in the next cycle of continuous improvement In keeping with the spirit and intent of Professional Learning Communities, the agenda for PLC time shall be set by PLC teams and individual teachers. The agenda shall not be mandated by building or district level administrators. PLC teams may meet even if all members are not present. In order to fully engage all members of their PLC, no member shall serve on more than two PLCs in a school year. For each meeting, PLC teams shall submit a list of attendees, the time and place of the meeting, and a brief summary of items discussed and/or decided. The spirit and intent of Professional Le...
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