Welcome our new PL Coordinator, Angie Leal!
1:1 Quarterback Check InsIt's time to schedule your first 1:1 check-in with your PL Coach! Quarterbacks, see coach + Calendly information below to schedule 45 minutes with you and your PL coach. During this time we'll identify supports YOU need from our team to be successful in your role this year.  Use the links/information below to schedule 40 minutes with your PL Coach between August 2nd-12th.
It’s time to sign up for your PL Support Kickoff Meeting!These meetings will be 75 minutes with Lily, your PL Central Coach, principal, + QB during August 15th -September 14th via Zoom or in person, your choice. During this meeting we’ll review your support plan, schedule supports, and norm on campus priorities for the upcoming year. If you’d like to include others on your leadership team, please feel free to forward them the calendar invite once you've selected your date. Click here to sign up for your meeting. Submit your campus administration team InformationWe need your administration team members for the upcoming school year. Please update using this form by Friday, August 12th. PL Cohort Master CalendarThe PL calendar dates have been been finalized and can be accessed here. We will be finalizing locations in the next couple of weeks. If there are any conflicts, please share with Lily as soon as possible. Want to add the Personalized Learning calendar to your Outlook? Follow the directions below! Note: These directions are for those who have the Outlook program installed on their device. 1. Click File > Open > Shared Calendar 2. In search bar, type in [email protected] 3. Click open. You will then find this calendar under the dropdown, shared calendars. 
*New* Blended Learning Coaching Progression: Lab Rotation
 Schoology Need-to-KnowsAs many of you maybe already be aware, Schoology is now being used districtwide to share curriculum with teachers and leaders. This means that Schoology is now officially being managed by the Information Technology [IT] Department and that Kristen Watkins is no longer the district administrator.
See below for some important technical updates:
Schoology Teacher PD If your teachers attended the 3rd day of PL Homecoming in July, they received two hours of Schoology training. We flipped this session in the event you need to use it with teachers. Click here to access the sharable recording and slides from recording here. Access the Self-Paced Learning Checklist from the session:
All PL teachers are encouraged to join PL Collaborative Groups so that they can meet and plan alongside others in the PL Cohort in their grade level and/or content area. Click here for these group codes. If you have any Schoology questions, reach out to Kristen at [email protected].
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2021-2022 End of Year Cohort Support Survey We’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 3rd. Summer 2022 Personalized Learning Professional Development
PL Summer Teacher Onboarding and Back to School Kick Off Take pride in and celebrate blended and personalized learning by joining us in person for PL Homecoming Week! Throughout the week we’ll take pride in our practice, run PL plays, and celebrate the start of a new year, together. Who: Teachers who are at PL Cohort schools, identified emerging PL schools, and Raising Blended Learners [RBL] schools What: three-days of in person workshops designed to prepare new, emerging, and returning teachers to begin blended and personalized learning at the beginning of the school year. When: Tuesday, July 19th, Wednesday, July 20th, and Thursday July 21st. Times differ across days. Where: Robert T. Hill Middle School | 505 Easton Road, Dallas, TX How: Register here We're also looking for current personalized learning teachers to present on Wednesday, July 20th and Thursday July 21st. Please pass along the opportunity 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. New PL Leader Onboarding Who: Leaders new to your campus for the 2022-2023 school year or leaders who started the 2021-2022 school year late. What: Three-hour session dedicated to understanding the PL department's support, coaching tools, and answer any questions. When: Tuesday, July 16th from 9:00-11:00 AM or Tuesday, August 2nd from 9:00-11:00 (only attend one session). Where: Tuesday, July 16th | Dan D. Rogers Elementary, 5314 Abrams Road Tuesday, August 2nd | 9400 North Central Expressway, Room 205 How: Register here  RBL Grant CampusesThe due date for your final Student Agency Progress Monitoring and SMART Goal data submission of this school year is Wednesday, June 1. For step by step video instructions please view the how to video below to help you with submission. You may also access the slide deck at https://bit.ly/RBLQBMAP. We look forward to seeing you all at our final MIZ/RBL QB Huddle on Wednesday June 1st from 1:00-2:30 pm. If you have any questions, please contact Brittny, [email protected] Flip the Switch Podcast Summer Break We hope that you have enjoyed this light preview of our new podcast! Flip the Switch will return this fall with more of the PL stories and journeys that you love! Stay up to date by subscribing on your favorite podcast platform.
2021-2022 End of Year Cohort Support Survey We’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, May 13th. PL Design Studio Follow Up As a reminder, all materials from Design Studio are on Schoology in the Design Studio Folder | April 27th, 8:30AM-4:00PM. Log in to Schoology by using your EAD account at dallasisd.schoology.com. Ensure you’ve completed the following tasks by Wednesday, May 4th, at 5:00 PM:
Want to learn from and support other campus teams in the PL Cohort? Sign up to join another PL campus defense at bit.ly/audPLdefense22. You’ll receive a calendar invite with the Zoom information to confirm your spot within 48 hours of submitting the form. Thank you for continuing to support the work across the PL Cohort! Interested in who’s signed up to attend your campus’ defense? Don’t forget to check your campus’ RSVP sheet at bit.ly/PLdefense2022 under the *Campus Teams* RSVPS tab. Remember, if your team only selected "I'd like to send my own invitation" the only outside audience, beyond the PL central team, you will have are those you invite. The PL team sent our external and internal invitations the week of April 18th. Summer Learning Opportunities Beginning next Monday, May 9th teachers will receive an email from [email protected] will all the summer PD opportunities. 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 and will include ONLY the opportunities you opted in to share with staff (from your Menu of Support). New PL Leader Orientation Do you have a new-to-PL principal, assistant principal, campus instructional coach, or coordinator joining the team? Make sure they register for New Leader Orientation on July 26th or August 2nd from 9:00-11:00 AM. Form to register here.
Tune in now to hear our first two episodes; Meet the Podcast with Brittny Fillmore and Mike Strange and Building Agency within Campus Culture with Dr. Rey Cervantes.
Flip the Switch is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and iHeart Radio. Like and subscribe so you don’t miss new episodes! For additional information about Flip the Switch, check out: www.thepltoolbox.com/fliptheswitch.
Design Studio | Wednesday, April 27th 8:30 AM- 4:00 PMOur final design studio of the year is Wednesday, April 27th from 8:30AM-4:00 PM and will be held IN-PERSON at Dallas Hybrid Preparatory at 3801 Herschel Avenue (Thanks to Dr. Romero's team for hosting!). This workshop is required for Principals + PL Quarterbacks at existing and year 1 schools. We strongly suggest that you bring others on your leadership team to help ensure that PL implementation is distributed across all leaders on campus. If you have any questions or concerns please reach out to Lily at [email protected] as soon as possible.
PL Defense PreparationWe are preparing for PL Defenses in May. The PL team will send internal and external audience invitations later this month! Campuses who opted to send their own invitation, keep an eye out in the next two weeks for an email from Lily with the RSVP form and sample email you can send to your invitees. [ACTION ITEM]: Submit your PL Defense team members on this form by Monday, April 11th.
Join us for our first annual Pitch for Good Competition in Dallas ISD! Every elementary and middle school campus is eligible to nominate a team of three to five rising entrepreneurs for this opportunity. Students participating in the Pitch for Good Competition will experience the entrepreneurship process firsthand and receive coaching to solve a problem they identify in their own community. Teams will pitch their proposed solution at the competition, and the top three teams will compete at the culminating event, the Big Ideas Festival, on Saturday, May 21st. Interested in sponsoring a team of students to participate in the Pitch for Good Competition? A representative from your campus must attend a virtual informational meeting in April. During this meeting, you will gain access to register your team to participate. To register for an informational session and learn more about the opportunity visit: bit.ly/dallaspitchforgood. Reach out to Vanessa at [email protected] if you have any questions!  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 seventh 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 2022-2023 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. Applications are due Monday, May 3rd by 11:59PM CST.
PL Team UpdateAs the work continues to evolve, new roles on the team emerge! Kristen is now the Executive Director of Personalized Learning and Innovation Sustainability. Lily is the Director of Personalized Learning. Congratulations to Kristen and Lily! PL Quarterback Virtual Huddle | March 30th, 12:30-1:30 We're looking forward to seeing all QBs together, virtually, Wednesday, March 30th from 12:30-2:30 PM! Please see the updated calendar invite for Zoom information. During our time, we'll be provide tools to help you prepare your team for April's Design studio as well as preparation time for the PL Defense in May. Upcoming PL Educator Tours for MarchIf you haven't registered to attend a PL Educator Tour this month, don't miss your chance. The following campuses will be hosting:
  It's Time to Celebrate our Fellows!Join us for our 6th annual Innovation Showcase on Tuesday, March 8th from 5:00-6:30 PM. This virtual celebration is designed to recognize Dallas ISD's Innovation in Teaching, School Retool, and iDesign Central Fellows for the 2021-2022 school year. This event will elevate the voices of our fellows through three panels and a release of a virtual exhibition for attendees to explore their design projects over the year. Click here for the recognition rosters for all fellowships. 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. All attendees must register via Zoom to receive their own unique link to join on March 8th. Agenda 5:00 | Welcome & Keynotes 5:20 | Fellow Recognitions 5:40 | Panel # 1, Leading Change with Empathy 5:50 | Panel # 2, Bringing Ideas to Life with Prototyping and Hacking 6:00 | Unveiling the Virtual Exhibition 6:15 | Panel # 3, Looking Ahead: Navigating Ambiguity and Hope for the Future 6:25 | Closing  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 seventh 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 2022-2023 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. Applications are due Monday, May 3rd by 11:59PM CST. NWEA Releases Updated Linking Study in TexasNWEA just released the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) Spanish Reading linking study report. This study will support predicting performance on the STAAR Spanish Reading 3–5 assessments based on MAP Growth RIT scores. You can also use the data to help identify students who are at risk of failing to meet standards so they can receive the necessary resources and assistance to meet their goals.
As of February 18th, your MAP Growth reports include the newest predictions of your students’ STAAR Spanish Reading scores. These are reflected in your Class Breakdown by Proficiency report, Projected Proficiency Summary report, Comprehensive Data File, and Individual Student Profile reports. If you re-run any reports generated prior to February 18th, you’ll see the new predictions applied to ensure that the most accurate information is reflected for your students.
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PL Defense Sign UP The PL defense scheduling form is live! If you haven't yet, please select the date and time between May 9th-May 27th your campus will present on the form here. Dates and times are on a first come basis. If your campus was not in attendance at the January 25th Design Studio, please do not sign up until your team has learned about the updates and the PL Lantern School Process at your makeup session February 1st. The PL Lightbulb is Turning 8!
 Upcoming Schoology WebinarsInterested in learning more about Schoology and all of its features? Join us for a webinar or two over the next two months. Webinars are open to anyone, but we have limited capacity. Each webinar will be hosted on Zoom and is capped at 25 participants. If a webinar is full, join the waitlist so that you can receive updates if a spot opens up. Following registration, you'll receive a calendar invite with Zoom information and final details). Learn more and register at bit.ly/springschoology. Note: If you are not able to attend, please cancel your registration so that someone else to take advantage of the opportunity.
  LanSchool is now live for every PL teacher! This is a 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 test, any much more! Every teacher at a PL campus received an email with directions on how to access their account on January 18th. Training Resources:
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The due date for your Student Agency Progress Monitoring and SMART Goal data submission is Monday February 7th. Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hR5W_W5am8 The video is a step-by-step guide for entering your pilot teacher MAP data. Slides are accessible at https://bit.ly/RBLQBMAP. RBL Master Calendar The RBL Master calendar has been updated to reflect rescheduled and canceled. events. Click here to access the calendar which is also available in your RBL Schoology course. Office Hours | February 2 Join with any questions + support for your benchmarking goals + BL model implementations.
QB PL Huddle | January 12th, 1:00-3:00 PM We're looking forward to seeing all QBs together, virtually, Wednesday, January 12th from 1:00-3:00! Please see the updated calendar invite for Zoom information. During our time, we'll be preparing for design studio, team design excursions, and previewing our work around the BL Progressions this upcoming semester. Pre-Work: The Modern Classrooms Project will be presenting during our huddle. Please watch one of the videos below get an overview of the work they do to support teachers. Design Studio | January 25th, 8:30-11:30 AM This month's Design Studio will be two part! The morning workshop [8:30-11:30 AM] will be for principals, QBs, and other leadership team members and focused specifically on PL implementation on your campus. After lunch, our second design excursion workshop [1:00-4:00 PM] will launch with your selected teams (QBs will submit and prepare for this during the January 12th QB Huddle). You can find the Zoom links to both parts on the update calendar invites. RBL + MIZ QB Huddle | January 13th, 1:00-2:30 pm We are looking forward to virtually seeing all RBL QBs Thursday January 13th for an operational huddle. This month, RBL and MIZ QBs will be required to attend both PL and RBL January Huddles. While we understand the challenges that come from meeting consecutive days, we feel that this month’s huddle will be helpful in making sure that your campus is moving in the right direction for the new semester. During our time together we will review lessons learned from the Fall semester, grant requirements, we will discuss metric goals and progress as well as building culture around the BL Progressions.  SAVE THE DATE
We are so excited to announce we will be hosting a Google Virtual Summit on Saturday, April 23rd. This virtual summit will be from 9:00 AM-3:00 PM with sessions (45-60 minutes) throughout the day. Interested or know someone who may be interested in leading a session? Fill out or share this form.
This virtual event will provide campus teams an opportunity to share how they used design thinking to make progress towards one of their campus priorities (from the PL Readiness Continuum) for the year. Audience members will have the chance to learn from three design teams during team presentations to and will have a chance to ask questions and provide feedback to teams. The evening will conclude with parting inspiration from the Stanford d.school's K-12 Lab. [Action Item] Invite your support network to attend the exhibition using this link: https://www.thepltoolbox.com/winterdesignexhibition. Click here for a sample email you can use to send. Reminder to design teams that your final presentation slide deck and recording of team presentation are due Monday, December 6th. Social Media Take-Over Do you want to spotlight your campus to a new audience? We're handing over the password to our Instagram and Twitter accounts to those interested in taking over our social media for a day! [ACTION ITEM] Click here if you're interested in participating. We'll be in contact soon after you fill out the form to confirm your date and send details for the takeover.
SAVE THE DATE We are so excited to announce we will be hosting a Google Virtual Summit on Saturday, April 23rd. This virtual summit will be from 9:00 AM-3:00 PM with sessions (45-60 minutes) throughout the day. Interested or know someone who may be interested in leading a session? Fill out or share this form. PERSONALIZED LEARNING SPRING 2022 CONFERENCES Interested in attending a conference related to Personalized Learning? Check out the list here our team has curated based on past cohort favorites. All quarterbacks who are and remain in good standing (and with principal approval) are eligible to attend one conference during the 2021-2022 school year at no cost to campus. Quarterbacks, if you're interested in attending a conference, share your interest by submitting this form here at least 60 days before the conference begins. This will let the PL team know we need to begin getting you registered. A member of the PL team will follow up to confirm after your submission. Questions? Reach out to your PL Coach or Kristen. GRANT SPECIFIC UPDATES
1:1 Quarterback Check Ins During the month of November, please schedule a 1:1 check in with your PL coach. During this check in, we'll chat about your leadership goal, your campus' authentic assessment plan and priorities, and the design excursion. Action Items 1. Sign up for a 30 minute time-slot (starting November 1st) 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). 
Live Learning Schedule: Wednesday, November 3rd 5:00 - 6:00 PM --> KickOff Webinar Tuesday, November 16th 5:00 - 6:00 PM --> Optional Q&A Meeting Thursday, November 18th 5:00 - 6:00 PM --> Prep-Rally Webinar This opportunity is open to any teachers and leaders in Dallas ISD. Spots are limited. Register here today!  SAVE THE DATE + TIME | FALL 2021 PL Cohort Celebration + Exhibition VIRTUAL Event This fall teams from every PL Campus have been working hard through the Design Thinking process to tackle one of the PL Priorities aligned from the PL Readiness Continuum. We're excited to announce that our Fall 2021 PL Cohort Virtual Celebration + Exhibition will be Thursday, December 9th from 4:00-5:30 PM! During this event every team will present lessons learned from their design challenge with the PL Cohort and community members. Note: This was originally scheduled for the morning of December 9th, but we've moved to the end of the day due to the high number of teachers on design teams. More information and registration will be coming out next week.  Opportunity for Assistant Principals The Stanford d.school is coming to Dallas ISD in the winter of 2021-2022 to facilitate the sixth cohort of the School Retool fellowship. School Retool takes a design thinking approach to spreading Deeper Learning practices and will equip participating APs with tools, processes, and resources to intentionally and creatively tackle campus challenges using small experiments called “hacks." The fellowship includes the following commitments from participants:
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PL QB Instructional Huddles Elementary | October 5th at Cowart ES has been postponed to later this semester. More information coming soon. We will NOT be meeting virtually on Tuesday, October 5th. Middle | October 7th at Hill MS | Marsh and IGNiTE visit Hill from 8:30AM- 12:30 PM High | October 7th at IDEA | CityLab visits IDEA from 8:30- 12:30 PM PL Principal Huddle | October 28th, 9:00-10:00 AM We will have our first PL Principal Huddle Thursday, October 28th, from 9:00-10:00 AM via Zoom. During this time we'll norm on how to identify BL models when observing (using the PL Coaching guide/PL Progressions) and share strategies for how your teams are using them to drive coaching and support.  A major shout out to PL QBs for helping us kick off our fall design excursion with all PL campus teams. Thank you! We know the last 10-15 minutes were challenging due to district wifi going down for the majority of us. If your team was not able to complete all tasks from Thursday afternoon, please plan to complete by Tuesday, October 5th at 5:00 PM. If you are missing any items, you and your team will receive an email from your design coach. IDEATE Modules will go live October 6th at 8:00 AM The next team module will go live this Wednesday at 8:00 AM and will be updated in your Team Work Book. You will also receive an email from your design coach with more details. The deadline to complete this as a team is October 15th at 5:00 PM.
 PL Defense Rubric Before we finalize the PL Defense Rubric for the 2021-2022 school year, we need your feedback. Please review the PL Defense Rubric DRAFT here and leave any comments, concerns, or questions directly in the document via Google Comments. We will review and respond to feedback. The document will be finalized and shared early Spring 2022.
Google Level 1 & 2 Certification Courses Calling all Googlers. Join us virtually this fall to earn your Level 1 and Level 2 Certification from Google. Participants will have the opportunity to demonstrate their mastery of Google tools in their classroom with the Educator Level 1 Certification, and then validate that expertise and advanced technology integration skills with the Educator Level 2 Certification by Winter Break 2021. Live Learning Schedule: Wednesday, November 3rd 5:00 - 6:00 PM --> KickOff Webinar Tuesday, November 16th 5:00 - 6:00 PM --> Optional Q&A Meeting Thursday, November 18th 5:00 - 6:00 PM --> Prep-Rally Webinar This opportunity is open to all teachers and leaders in Dallas ISD. Register here. Opportunity for Assistant Principals
The Stanford d.school is coming to Dallas ISD in the winter of 2021-2022 to facilitate the sixth cohort of the School Retool fellowship. School Retool takes a design thinking approach to spreading Deeper Learning practices and will equip participating APs with tools, processes, and resources to intentionally and creatively tackle campus challenges using small experiments called “hacks." The fellowship includes the following commitments from participants:
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