2023-2024 End of Year PL Cohort SurveyWe’d like to hear from you! With your open and honest feedback we will gauge our effectiveness as your central support team. This will help us continue to iterate and design best-fit supports for our PL campuses and respond to the needs of the PL cohort. Quarterbacks and Principals, please ensure you take the survey individually. Please complete the survey by Friday, June 16th.
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Design StudioDesign Studio team tasks were due Thursday, April 27th. Thank you to the teams who completed all tasks and checked out with their PL coaches before this deadline. Tasks found on your Design Studio path (linked below) must be completed by Friday, May 5th and a check out with your PL coach must be scheduled before Friday, May 12th in order to remain in good standing. Your PL coach will reach out to you soon to review any overdue tasks.
Summer Learning OpportunitiesBeginning next Monday, May 8th teachers will receive an email from [email protected] with all the summer PD opportunities, including registration for the PL Road Trip on July 24th and 25th. Principals and QBs will be cc:ed on this email so that you can follow up and/or share in campus communication as you see fit. Note: This email will be sent to the list of staff members included on the teacher roster spreadsheet. We're also looking for current personalized learning teachers to present on Monday, July 24th and Tuesday July 25th. Please send this form to any teachers on your campus who would be interested or benefit from this opportunity. We will offer supplemental pay and this is a great opportunity for DTR evidence.
 Raising Blended Learners Grant UpdatesNote, these updates are specific to the five PL schools involved in the Raising Blended Learners grant.
April Design Studio Update | Team-Paced Work PlanIn response to the demands we know your campuses are facing as we ramp up for testing, we have decided to rethink the April 4th design studio. Instead of meeting in-person at the admin building, we will flip the content and team tasks to provide a team-paced work plan with opportunities to opt in for support from our team. Teams will receive access to this plan via email on Thursday, April 6th, and all action items will be due no later than Thursday, April 27th. Throughout the month of April, our team will host office hours as well as open our Calendlys for team support. We hope that this adjustment provides more space and time for your team to reflect on all the year’s success as well as plan for the upcoming year.
 If you haven't registered to attend a PL Educator Tour yet, don't miss your chance! The following campus will be hosting in May:
 Please share this opportunity with other schools or nominate 3-5 teachers on your campus who are be ready to innovate in their classroom. Click here to access a quick nomination form or to share use, bit.ly/nominatefellows. Once a teacher has been nominated, they will receive an email regarding the opportunity, application, and submission deadline, which is Friday, April 14th. For additional information about the Innovation in Teaching Fellowship and the application process, check out www.thepltoolbox.com/fellowship.
March Quarterback HuddlesWe are excited to see our PL Quarterbacks twice this month! Below are the details for each huddle.
Design Studio | April 4, 8:30-4:00 PMOur third, and final, design studio of the year will be at 9400 North Central Expressway, 8:30 AM-4:00 PM, on Tuesday, April 4th. Principals and Quarterbacks, please plan to attend and invite any other leadership team members you'd like. Time will be spent self-assessing on the Readiness Continuum, selecting priorities for the upcoming school year, making menu of supports selections for the upcoming school year, and a choice workshop. Every member of your team who is attending needs to submit this Google Form by Friday, March 10th. On the form it will ask for your preference on the afternoon session you'd like to attend, so it is important we receive this from each person attending to plan for space and order lunch.
 If you haven't registered to attend a PL Educator Tour this month, don't miss your chance! The following campuses will be hosting in March:
We are excited to announce the Innovation in Teaching Fellowship, a professional learning opportunity to expand personalized learning instructional practices across Dallas ISD, is beginning to recruit teachers for our eighth cohort of fellows, and since you work closely with teachers, we’re hoping you might be able to help with the recruitment process. The Innovation in Teaching Fellowship equips Dallas ISD educators to grow in their understanding of and pilot Next Generation models in their classrooms. Over the 2023-2024 school year, fellows will draw from research, best practices, and their own ingenuity to design and test personalized learning in their classrooms. Fellows will have access to virtual workshops, pop-up (i.e., on-demand) professional development sessions, and coaching from the Dallas ISD central personalized learning team. At the conclusion of the fellowship, fellows will have an opportunity to share their learnings and ideas with the education community through our Innovation Showcase. Please feel free to pass along to other schools within your network or nominate 3-5 teachers on your campus who might be ready for the challenge. Please click here to access a quick nomination form or to share use, bit.ly/nominatefellows. Once a teacher has been nominated, he/she will receive an email regarding the opportunity, application, and deadline. For additional information about the Innovation in Teaching Fellowship and the application process, check out www.thepltoolbox.com/fellowship.
Design Studio | February 8th
 7th Annual Innovation Showcase | February 28thPlease join us at our 7th annual Innovation Showcase on Tuesday, February 28th from 5:15-7:00 PM at Conrad High School. This celebration and showcase is designed to recognize Dallas ISD's Innovation in Teaching, School Retool, and iDesign Central Fellows for the 2022-2023 school year. Learn more and register at www.thepltoolbox.com/showcase. Please feel free to pass this along to other colleagues and community members as you see fit. We kindly ask that all attendees register to ensure we order enough appetizers for guests. Click here for the recognition rosters for all fellowships. Agenda 5:15 | Welcome & Keynote 5:30 | Fellow Recognition | Innovation in Teaching 5:35 | Panel # 1, Leading Change with Empathy 5:45 | Fellow Recognitions | School Retool 5:50 | Panel # 2, Bringing Ideas to Life with Prototyping and Hacking 6:00 | Fellow Recognitions | iDesign Central 6:10 | Exhibition Orientation 6:15-7:00 | Exhibition Showcase Light appetizers provided
Updates for the PL Cohort Campuses in the Raising Blended Learners GrantSchedule your RBL Mid-year campus support meeting
WHO: RBL grant campus quarterbacks and principals WHAT: The PL/RBL team will meet with each Raising Blended Learners grant campus. During this meeting, we will discuss implementation progress being made, review data submissions and goal reflections, capture feedback around supports needed, and more. WHERE: ZOOM WHEN: February 21st- March 10th HOW: To schedule your RBL campus support meeting, use Brittny’s calendly link HERE to find the time that works best for the RBL QB and principal to attend. MAP MOY Data Reporting The due date for your MOY SMART Goal data submission is Friday, February 3rd. For step by step video instructions please review the instructional video to help you with submission. You may also access the slide deck at bit.ly/RBLMAP2223. If you have any questions, please contact Brittny, [email protected] Pilot Teacher [Optional] Office Hours A calendar invite was sent to all pilot teachers for February 15th from 4:00-5:00 PM. During this time the central RBL team will be available to brainstorm and answer any questions around blended learning implementation and all things student agency. Teachers may come and go during this time, but please encourage them to attend!
Operational QB Huddle | Wednesday, January 25th, 1:00-2:30 PMThe Operational QB Huddle date is now Wednesday, January 25th from 1:00-2:30 PM. The calendar invite has been updated and this will be held virtually. At this huddle we will be prepping Quarterbacks for the upcoming Design Studio in February. Design Studio | Wednesday, February 8th, 8:30 PM-4:00 PMOur second Design Studio of the year is quickly approaching! This time we'll be meeting at Dallas Hybrid Preparatory [3801 Herschel Ave, Dallas, TX 75219]. Principals and Quarterbacks, please plan to attend and invite any other leadership team team members you'd like. Time will be spent digging into your mid-year campus snapshot (Blended Learning observations, ACP, and MAP), PL campus priority benchmarking, Design Excursion Exhibition, and differentiated Blended Learning workshops. So we can plan for space, please submit your attendance for design studio here by Thursday, January 26th.  Design Excursion UpdatesThursday, January 12th, your Design Excursion coach will email out final details on how your team will present their learning. Below are a few key changes:
 PL Transformation Collaborative RecruitmentApplications are open until January 31st to apply to attend a PL Transformation School! Please consider helping our PL Transformation Schools advertise by sharing their upcoming open houses in your campus newsletters and/or via Social Media.
Grant UpdatesThursday, January 19th from 12:00-3:00 PM | Our third Texas Tech Workshop 3 for RBL Quarterbacks in person at 9400 North Central Expressway, Suite 205. There is no pre-work and we look forward to seeing you all there! Friday, January 20th | Texas Tech coaching visits at your campus! A calendar invite will be sent from Lily with the specific time your Texas Tech visitor and either Nicolette or Lily will be visiting. The pre-work for this coaching visit will be discussed during the afternoon of January 19th. Monday, January 30th | Hold this date for NWEA MAP Training! Details and calendar invite are coming soon.
 If you haven't registered to attend a PL Educator Tour this month, don't miss your chance. The following campuses will be hosting in January:
 Grant UpdatesWednesday December 7th, 4:30-5:30 on Zoom | RBL quarterbacks and principals, please join us for a fall update. If you cannot attend the fall update, please let Lily know as soon as possible. Friday, December 9th | Texas Tech coaching visits at your campus! A calendar invite was sent from Lily with the specific time your Texas Tech visitor and either Brittny or Lily will be visiting. Remember to provide a written reflection on needs or concerns around the classroom visit and post-visit meeting with a pilot teacher OR a video of the post-visit debrief with a pilot teacher. Be prepared to verbally reflect on how the visit went as well. Wednesday, December 21st | Complete one observation for each pilot teacher. Be sure to use the Google form for your campus to capture the Blended Learning model, Progression Pause, and I Like's. 
November Quarterback Check-insStarting November 7th, please schedule a 1:1 check in with your PL coach. During this check in, we'll chat about your leadership goal, your campus' implementation portfolio and BL progression walks in the spring. All check-ins should be completed by December 7th. Action Items 1. Sign up for a 30 minute time-slot (starting November 7th) with your PL coach by clicking their name: 2. Before your check-in, please reflect on your leadership goal in your learner profile in the Fall column (pictured below).  Social Media Take OverInterested in taking over the PL Instagram and/or Twitter for a day? Fill out this form and we'll be in touch! This is a great opportunity to market your campus and share your hard work with a different audience.  PL Lite-Brite | Releases November 9thThe Lite-Brite is a PL practitioner facing newsletter that spotlights PL strategies and opportunities to spark implementation around the Dallas ISD PL cohort. This newsletter will be shared exclusively to the PL Collaborative Schoology Group members. To ensure that your teachers don’t miss out, please share the following link with your staff, if you have not already done so. This link will give them step by step instructions for how to join their respective collaborative groups in Schoology.
Modern Classrooms Opportunity | Winter Cohort Openings!We have partnered with the Modern Classrooms Project to offer scholarships to PL teachers who would like to enroll in the Virtual Mentorship Program. This opportunity is right for you if you’ve been interested in designing a student-centered, self-paced, mastery-based learning environment. The Virtual Mentorship Program is a virtual, asynchronous training that pairs teachers with expert mentors, guides you through the steps to creating content for self-paced units, and connects teachers to a community of like-minded educators across the world. Click here for more details about the opportunity. A scholarship includes:
Raising Blended Learners Grant Specific UpdatesThese updates are for campuses participating in the Raising Blended Learners grant: IDEA, IGNITE, PL Prep, Dan D. Rogers, Chapel Hill, Solar Preparatory for Girls, and Solar Preparatory for Boys. November Events
 Design Excursions kick off this month! Teams will meet by in Design Excursion groups on the dates below. PL Coaches leading the excursion will reach out to QBs with final details.
PL Principal Huddle | Thursday, October 6th, 9:00-10:00 AMThe first PL Principal Huddle is this Thursday, October 6th, from 9:00-10:00 AM via Zoom. During this time we'll use a design method to explore the 2.0 domain of The PL Classroom. Bonus, this design method can be applied in lots of scenarios! Calendar invites were sent out to principals who selected this support on the Menu of Supports. If you did not receive a calendar invite and wish to attend, please email Lily, [email protected]. Quarterback [Instructional] Huddle | Thursday, October 27thThis month we will meet in person at a campus--Thanks LK Hall and IDEA for hosting! During our time together we will walk classrooms using the BL Progressions. A calendar invite was sent out with the huddle location and time. Please note that Elementary and Secondary QBs are meeting at separate locations and different start/end times. Elementary Quarterbacks | 8:30-11:00 AM at L.K. Hall Personalized Learning Academy at Oak Cliff Secondary Quarterbacks | 9:30 AM-12:00 PM at IDEA High School
Design Studio Follow Up
What a great half day of learning together! Thanks to everyone for prioritizing your time last Tuesday to work with your team. Below are a couple of reminders on action items from the workshop:
Social Media Takeover Sign UpInterested in taking over the PL Instagram and/or Twitter for a day? Fill out this form and we'll be in touch! This is a great opportunity to market your campus and share your hard work with a different audience.
September 14th, 1:00-2:30 PM | QB [Operational] HuddleWe're looking forward to meeting with all QBs Wednesday, September 14th! This huddle will be hosted via Zoom and will prepare you for the upcoming Design Studio and Design Excursions. Please see the Outlook calendar invite for joining information. Design Studio | September 27th 8:30 AM-12:00 PMOur first Design Studio is quickly approaching! Please note, we have adjusted the time to be during the morning only [8:30-12:00 PM] at 9400 North Central Expressway. Principals and Quarterbacks please plan to attend and invite any other leadership team team members you'd like. Workshops will highlight the PL Readiness Continuum, strengthening systems for observation and feedback, PL campus priority benchmarking and a differentiated workshop based on your campus type. So we can plan for space, please submit your attendance for design studio here by Thursday, September 15th. Design Excursion UpdateDesign excursions will now kick off during the month of October based on your priority. At the September 14th QB huddle, we will provide more information on submitting your team and selecting your kick off date. LanSchool is Live for the 2022-2023 School YearThis is an easy-to-use classroom management tool allows teachers to monitor screens, take over devices through a 'blank screen' feature, limiting web usage during quizzes or tests, and much more! Every teacher at a PL campus received an email today (August 29th) with directions on how to access their account. See below for what this email looks like that you can share with staff to help them find the email. Teachers must activate their account within 30 days of receiving the email or their account will not be set up. Check out the Resource Center here on the LanSchool website for additional resources you can use to train or share with teachers 
Last Call | PL Readiness Continuum FeedbackWe are in the process of updating the PL Readiness Continuum to reflect our lessons learned over the past four years and need your feedback as we work to finalize this month. See below for a few different working documents of our progress to date. As you review each document, use the comments feature to ask questions, clarify, or suggest changes. Working Documents
During Design Studio all schools will attend a workshop to understand the rationale for change, review the final draft, and provide any last suggestions before we publish on September 30th. If you have any questions, concerns, feedback or want to talk about any of the changes feel free to register (will receive calendar invite) and join for one of the office hours below.
PL Collaborative Schoology GroupsDuring Homecoming Week, we launched our PL Collaborative Schoology Groups. These groups are grade-band specific and were built to foster relationships for teachers across the cohort. They are a place to share and discuss PL practices specific to their grade-band. We will also be posting the Lite Brite, our teacher-facing newsletter, starting in October, directly to those groups. Please share the following link (image below) with your staff. This link will give them steps by step instructions for how to join their respective collaborative groups in schoology. 
[FYI] District Wide Technology PurchasesClick here for a list of all the technology applications and programs that the Professional Digital and Learning department has purchased for the 2022-2023 school year. On the last page you'll find the alignment to the STAAR items.
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