What do teachers do on Tuesday afternoons or early release days?

We all know that Franklin teachers work incredibly hard to meet the needs or our students every day. But what do they do when the students leave on Tuesdays or on Thursday early release days?  At Franklin, all of the teachers are members of "Professional Learning Communities" or PLCs.  Each PLC meets at least twice a week to seek better ways to achieve mutual goals and accomplish their fundamental purpose of learning for all.  All teams engage in an ongoing cycle of:
• Gathering evidence of student learning and current levels of performance
• Developing strategies and ideas to build on strengths and address weaknesses in that learning
• Implementing the strategies and ideas
• Analyzing the impact of the changes to discover what was effective and what was not
• Applying the new knowledge in the next cycle of continuous improvement

                                                           Our Kindergarten PLC...

Our third grade PLC working with Mike Smalley, our math coach and Terri Bancroft, our intervention specialist...

Our 5th grade PLC ....

For more information about PLCs, go to the following link:
http://www.allthingsplc.info/pdf/links/brochureText.pdf