Aberdeen School District Professional Learning Communities
The spring semester in Aberdeen School District is full of opportunities for expanding our capacity as professionals. Once a month, our four core subject area grade levels (ELA, Math, Social Studies, and Science), counselors, and, media specialists, grades 6 and up, will meet in Professional Learning Communities (PLC’s) for analyzing data, collaboration across grade levels, increasing teacher understanding of content, and improving instructional strategies. Our first meeting was Thursday, January 12. Teachers were excited to collaborate with other grade levels and schools and to work together to identify strategies needed for student improvement based on data. Love (2008) reminds us,
The driving purpose for collecting all the data…is an instructional improvement. There is no
way to bridge the gap between data and results without changing what is taught, how it
is taught, and how it is assessed. Instructional improvement is the last and essential
segment of the bridge linking data to results.
Just as the trees, shrubs, and flowers are full of new life in spring so Aberdeen District PLC’s are preparing for the new season of student achievement this semester.