February+Essential+Skills+PLC+Minutes

__**February 8, 2011**__

**Members Present: ** Preston Meineke, Barb Wells, Joanne Tucker, Jan Magnussen, Barb Patten, Holli Safley

** Topics/Meeting Outcomes ** We discussed ways to use the numbered heads activity.

We will work on the questioning strategy at our next meeting.

We talked about 1st semester D's and F's. How do we deal with that? Some students haven't returned to school or completed requirements even with teacher TLC.

We all posted on our PLC discussion page.

**Questions/Concerns: ** What are we doing with our Honor Roll students?

__**February 17, 2011**__

**Members Present: ** Preston Meineke, Barb Wells, Barb Patten, Holli Safley, Allison Buechler-student teacher, Joanne Tucker

** Topics/Meeting Outcomes **

We participated in a KAGAN team building activity.

We discussed our IC's and wondered where our current page is located right now.

We read and discussed an article on "Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers"

We read Kagan Quick Card on Thinking Questions using Barb Patten's "Tap and Tell" technic.

We discussed ways to incorporate Critical Thinking questions into our assessments.

**Questions/Concerns: **

Where are our IC's?