Bondurant-Farrar Community Schools

Artifact
Artifact Title: Professional Learning Community Log
Portfolio Author: Nicole Bruhn
Date: 2-6-16
Iowa Teaching Standard 7 Engages in professional growth.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Demonstrates habits and skills of continuous inquiry and learning.

Works collaboratively to improve professional practice and student learning.
Applies research, knowledge, and skills from professional development opportunities to improve practice.
Establishes and implements professional development plans based upon the teacher needs aligned to the Iowa
Teaching Standards and district/building student achievement goals.
e. Provides an analysis of student learning and growth based on teacher created tests and authentic measures as
well as any standardized and district-wide tests.

I chose this artifact to show:

_____ growth in this standard
__X_ strength and competency in this standard
Evidence to support attainment of this standard:
Description of artifact and how the artifact meets the standard:
The artifact that I have attached is the ongoing log for the fourth grade professional learning community (PLC). Each
Monday, our team meets to collaborate and discuss aspects of curriculum, instruction, and assessment. We use this
document to keep track of what conversations take place during our meeting. Each member has access to this document
to look back.

Reflection on artifact:
I have found our PLC time to be very beneficial. With seven sections of fourth grade, it can be difficult to stay on the
same page when it comes to curriculum, instruction, and assessment. We use this time to discuss how our curriculum
meets our student needs and if our assessments are assessing the Common Core standards with fidelity. This year we
have used much of our time looking into our Journeys curriculum. Since this is our districts second year with our new
curriculum, we have been able to look at the stories and the assessments and mold them to meet our students needs.
Over the summer, I will be attending a conference on Professional Learning Communities. I look forward to learning
more about how to use this time effectively and bring this information back to my team.