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The Lighthouse

This page has been created to share and provide monthly operational announcements for PL cohort and emerging PL schools.

October 1st, 2020

10/1/2020

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Welcome to the October edition of the PL Lighthouse! 
This monthly email blast and webpage has been designed to serve much like a lighthouse, to serve as a way forward and help in navigating through the busy school year. Nothing else speaks of safety in the face of adversity and challenge quite like the lighthouse. ​
THANK YOU
We successfully met with ALL personalized learning campuses between September 21st and October 1st. Thank you for blocking off precious time in your schedule to meet with us and plan out support for the upcoming school year. Our conversations were reflective, rejuvenating, and a reminder that we're all in this together. 
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PL Camping Trip to Joshua Trip Registration Goes Live October 8th 

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Our first camping trip kicks off in one week!

​The Park Guide linked here includes base messaging for you to adjust to build hype and excitement about the opportunity. Quarterbacks, you will receive the finalized one-pager on Tuesday, October 6th for you share with participating teachers on Thursday, October 8th. 
Design Studio Week
Our fall design studio week will be Monday, October 19th through Friday, October 16th. 

We'll officially kick off the week on Monday, October 19th from 9:30-11:00 AM [required for Principals + PL Quarterbacks]. We strongly suggest that you include others on your leadership team in tasks throughout the week to help ensure that PL implementation is distributed across all leaders on campus. If you have any questions about who on your team might be a good fit to support throughout the week, please reach out or join the PL monthly office hours to ask. Each team will receive a personalized team work plan that will include must dos and may dos such as differentiated team time, QB led work time, check-ins with PL coach, new learning, and individual wayfinding time.

Quarterbacks, onboarding will take place on October 14th from 2:00-3:30 PM. We'll provide you with a sneak peek of the tasks to help you calendar out the week and block off time with your team!

If you have conflicts with either of these dates, please let us know ASAP!
Quarterback Corner
  • Please take this short survey to help us tailor our support and measure our effectiveness over this school year. [Respond by Friday, October 9th]
  • We'll review your leadership goal draft during Design Studio week [Draft in learner profile by Monday, October 19th]
Google Cloud Conference | October 24th, 9:00 - 11:15 AM
Join us for a half-day of live webinars on a diverse range of digital tools ranging from Beyond Basics with Google Docs to Google Slides & Pear Deck. These webinars will be presented by FriEDTechnology and supported by the PDL and PL departments. Sessions will happen during 2 blocks of time during the day, and participants will be able to choose between two sessions at a given time. This opportunity is open to the first 800 participants in Dallas ISD who register.

Save your spot at bit.ly/Googlecloud1024
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Virtual PL Educator Tours
Thank you to those who have signed up to host a Virtual PL Educator Tour this year! All dates have been confirmed with calendar invites to your QB + Principal. Dates and links to every tour are now live at www.thepltoolbox.com/tours. Feel free to share this link [or the direct Eventbrite link] on your campus website and/or when folks reach out who want to virtually visit your campus.
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To help lighten the lift of hosting, the PL team will continue to manage registration for each tour and will support each campus with hosting the virtual tour. Your PL support person will reach out one month to begin planning for the virtual educator tour.

Fall 2020 Campuses Hosting + Dates
  • PL Prep | Thursday, October 30th, 9:00-10:30 AM
  • IGNITE | Friday, November 13th, 9:30-11:00 AM
  • Cowart | Wednesday, November 18th, 9:30-11:00 AM
  • CityLab High School | Wednesday, December 16th 9:00-10:30 AM

Retractable Banners
Thanks for working with us during Support Meetings to finalize the artwork for your campus retractable banner! We had a request to print in Spanish as well, so we're working with Translation Services now. Please expect one last final proof review via email with both the English and Spanish version.  Once your campus approves the final proof, it will be sent to Graphics for printing. Banners will be delivered directly to your campus! 
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  • Home
  • About
    • Personalized Learning
    • Meet the Team
    • In the News
    • Impact Report
    • Sharing the Work
    • Blog
    • Flip the Switch
    • Resources for Families >
      • Personalized Learning for Families
      • Hybrid Learning for Families
  • The Rubric
    • Assessment and Data >
      • Data Driven Instruction
      • Student Feedback
      • Authentic Assessment
      • Choice in Assessment
    • Instructional Rigor >
      • Varied Learning Experiences
      • Differentiated Learning Objectives
      • Personalized Learning Pathways
      • Mastery Based Progression
    • Student Agency >
      • Rapport with Students
      • Self- Direction
      • Opportunities for Input
      • Advocacy Beyond Self
    • Classroom Culture >
      • Routines and Procedures
      • Peer Accountability
      • Growth Mindset
      • Sense of Purpose
    • Equity >
      • Self- Awareness
      • Diversity in Design
      • Collaborative Grouping
      • Access to Materials
    • Phases of PL
  • Readiness Continuum
    • 1 The PL Classroom
    • 2 Curriculum + Assessment
    • 3 Data Driven Instruction
    • 4 Social Emotional Learning
    • 5 The PL Graduate
    • 6 Principal/Leader
    • 7 Collaborative Design
    • 8 PL Campus Team
    • 9 Vision + Priorities
    • 10 Personalized PD + Supports
    • 11 Culture of Innovation
    • 12 Sustainability + Access
  • Progressions
    • Lab Rotation
    • Station Rotation
    • Individual Rotation
    • Flex Model
    • Flipped Classroom
    • Enriched Virtual
    • Distance Learning >
      • DLP | Establish a Learning Management System (LMS)
      • DLP | Engagement in Guided Learning
      • DLP | Engagement in Independent Learning
      • DLP | Feedback for Learning
    • Glossary
  • Fellowships
    • Innovation in Teaching Fellowship >
      • 2022-2023 Fellows
      • 2021-2022 Fellows
      • 2020-2021 Fellows
      • 2019-2020 Fellows
      • 2018-2019 Fellows
      • 2017-2018 Fellows
      • 2016-2017 Fellows
    • Innovation Showcase
    • School Retool
    • iDesign Central
  • At-Home Learning Webinars
  • Opportunities
    • Educator Tours
    • Winter Design Excursion Exhibition
    • Self-Paced Google Certification Courses
    • Google Certification
    • University Partnerships- Texas Tech
    • Edcamp
    • PL Road Trip 2023
  • The Lighthouse