November 2022 Lighthouse

Welcome to the November 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. ​

November Quarterback Check-ins

Starting 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:

• Angie
• Mary
• Lily
• Kristen
• Vanessa
• Brittny

2.  Before your check-in, please reflect on your leadership goal in your learner profile in the Fall column (pictured below).

Social Media Take Over

Interested 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 9th

The 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. 

Flipped Classroom Coaching Progression is LIVE on The PL Toolbox!

The Flipped Classroom page on the The PL Toolbox is now live. You can find the introduction video, PDFs to print, and the inspiration bank! Find the resources at: thepltoolbox.com/flippedclassroom.

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:

• Access to teacher-created professional development with concrete strategies for making  learning environments more student-centered.
• Enrollment in a 12-week virtual, asynchronous training where teachers will receive one-on-one coaching and personalized feedback on classroom-ready submissions, from instructional videos to mastery checks.

Scholarships are limited; learn more and apply for the Winter cohort, which runs January 23-April 16th, by January 13th by clicking here. 

Raising Blended Learners Grant Specific Updates

These 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

• November 2nd | 4:30-6:00 at 9400 North Central Expressway Room 207/208 | Student Agency Workshop for pilot teachers only. You are welcome to attend, but please ensure all of your pilot teachers attend.
• November 3rd | 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 have your pre-observation video completed to review.
• November 29th | Texas Tech coaching workshop. This will be our second (virtual) workshop with Texas Tech, calendar invites have been sent.

Action Items for RBL Quarterbacks

• Set your campus specific student agency goal (see images below). Reach out to Brittny, [email protected], if you have any questions.
• Complete one observation for each pilot teacher by 10/31. Be sure to use the Google form for your campus to capture the Blended Learning model, Progression Pause, and I Like's.