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Professional Learning Communities - Aspiring Leaders
1:00 - 2:30 1. What are the core elements of Professional Learning Communities? 2. What is the difference between professiona learning communities and communities of practice? 3. How does CESD function as a PLC?** > - What are our challenges?**
 * Essential Questions:
 * **- What are our strengths?
 * 4. How might we put our beliefs regarding PLCs into action?**

**2. How is CESD doing in relation to our growth as as PLC?**
a. Assess CESD in relation to the five components of a learning community's structure. - record your own ideas on the paper survey provided - We would also like you to complete the zoomerang survey by clicking on the link below. This will allow us to look at CESD's strengths and challenges as reflected by the large group. Note - your responses are anonymous Zoomerang Survey: 

**3. Professional Learning Communities ~ What do we believe?[[file:Joellen+Killion+SMART+Discussion.notebook]]**
a. Rank each of the 9 elements using a Diamond 9 process.
 * read the 9 elements on your own
 * As you read, think about their level of importance to you as a leader
 * Once your reading is done, find 2 other people (you'll be a group of 3)
 * Using the diamond 9 process (open notebook file for an explanation), rank each of the 9 elements from most important to least important
 * Be ready to justify your ranking

**4. Applying our leadership[[file:leadership web.docx]]**
a. Think about an initiative that you would like to start or are currently engaged in in your school or unit. b. Using the 9 elements, map out your initiative c. A sheet has been provided for you to download and record your ideas.

a. What have you done? b. What have you learned? c. What will be your next steps?
 * 5. Wrap Up**