Learning Design Teams (Professional Learning Communities)

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Collaboration that Changes Practice

PLCs are engines for collective learning and continuous improvement—not meetings. We build coherence, clear cycles, and the conditions for collaborative inquiry to change practice (any model).

  • Do PLCs lead to changes in instruction and improved results, or mostly to planning?

  • Do teams have a clear Plan → Assess → Analyze → Act cycle with evidence?

  • Do we have facilitation and agreements that protect productive collaboration?

What this means:  

WiMLSS requires alignment across Tier 1 instruction, intervention, data routines, and leadership decisions. SIL builds equity-driven systems for timely support without reactive referral patterns.

CESA 2 Tip: Start with WiMLSS Foundations + Tier 1 Coaching.

Systems

  • WiMLSS (C)

  • Inclusive Systems Learning Cohorts (Y2District Strategic Planning (C)

Instruction

  • Inclusive Tier 1 Instruction Coaching (Y1)

  • PIP Clinics (Y2)

  • UDL Support (B/O/A)

Data

  • Progress Monitoring Systems (Y2)

  • Data Inquiry Cycles (Y1)

  • Title I Network (C)

Capacity

  • Leadership Team Coaching (C)

  • Networks: DOI / Principal / Union HS (C)

Innovation

  • Inclusion Leadership Sprint (Y3)

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