SLO Preparation

This is the time of the year we are reflecting on our progress and preparing our data for our midyear SLO conference with our principal.  It's important to celebrate what is going well and to determine areas that could use improvement.  This process mirrors the Professional Learning Community Process by Richard and Rebecca DuFour.  They believe these questions need to be discussed at every successful PLC or Day 6 Collaboration Meeting to make an impact on student learning.

Professional Learning Communities Four Essential Questions and how we respond

1.     What do we expect our students to learn?        (Goals/Expectations)

2.     How will we know they are learning?                 (Assessment)

3.     How will we respond when they don’t learn?       (Intervention)

4.     How will we respond if they already know it?       (Gifted or High Achieving)

5.     Frequent Celebrations 

Don't forget to utilize colleagues, your instructional coach, and your principals as supports through this SLO process.

Here are some supports to help you with this process:

Reflection Question for Midyear Conference
Midyear Reflection Questions

Voice thread with Hudson Prairie Example
How do I prepare for your midyear SLO?

Wikispace with all resources
Hudson SLO Wikispace

WI DPI Resources
WI DPI Resources on SLO


PLC Questions
Richard Dufour's PLC Questions 
Video of Rebecca DuFour Discussing PLC Questions