Relevant Continous Professional Improvement Competency 5 Flashcards
What is a PLC?
A Professional Learning Community is a group of reflective professionals who work together to examine and improve their professional practice.
What should PLCs focus on?
Focus areas of PLCs are assessment, data analysis, subject-area content, and/or school safety.
List some benefits of PLCs:
Support of adult learning theory, enhancement of leadership, and promotion of change within schools and districts.
What is a School Advisory Council?
A school Advisory Council is a group of individuals that support the growth of the school by uniting through common purposes of enhancing school site decision-making, serving in an advisory capacity to the principal regarding school improvement plan, and providing input on the budget and use of school improvement funds.
What percentage of the School Council should be community and parents (Not school employees)?
51 percent or more of the council should be made up of community members.
T or F: Principals are not members of the School Advisory Council.
F: Principals are members of the School Advisory Council.
Roles and responsibilities of a SAC:
Determine, publicize, support, evaluate the school improvement plan.
What is a reflective educator?
A reflective educator who is committed t and ongoing process of reviewing, analyzing, and adjusting instructional practices based on multiple sources of feedback in order to maximize student learning.
What does research reveal about student interest?
Research clearly show that increased student interest improve students achievement and maximize learning.
List possible resources for professional feedback.
Resources available to practitioners for feedback are teachers, students, parents, and administrators.
How many levels of standards exist within the Professional Protocol Standards?
There are three sets of standards: Educator, School, and District.
What is an individual Need Assessment?
Is the process by which the educator identifies individuals professional learning goals with primary emphasis on student learning needs by reviewing certification needs, classroom-level disaggregated student achievement, and behavioral data related to content-area skills, school initiatives, the school improvements plan, and school and team work.
How does the district determine acceptable increase in student achievement?
The district utilizes the florida department of education’s district accountability system to measure acceptable increase in student achievement.
T or F: The two primary research designs for educators are simple descriptive and comparative descriptive.
F: Types of descriptive research designs include the following: simple descriptive, comparative descriptive, and correlational.
What is the difference in data when comparing quantitative and qualitative research?
Benefits of action research include reflection on education practice, identification of strategies for improvement, and acquisition of research skills.
