PLC Agenda & Data Protocol Pack | PLC Templates for Principals, APs & Coaches (K-12)

Description

Turn PLC time into better teaching, not more meetings

Your teams meet every week. But without a clear agenda, PLC time turns into logistics, venting, or staring at a spreadsheet with no plan for what to do next.

The PLC Agenda & Data Protocol Pack gives you a ready-made agenda for every kind of PLC meeting your teams need across a unit: getting ready to teach, practicing it, and looking at what students learned. Every agenda is timed for 45 minutes and ends with clear next steps, an owner and a date.

7 PLC meeting types, one simple menu

• Assessment review: unpack the unit assessment before teaching, flag tricky vocabulary and map every item to a lesson
• Unit internalization: unpack the standards, map key lessons and predict misconceptions
• Lesson internalization: unpack the standard, do the exit ticket and plan checks for understanding
• Lesson rehearsal: practice high-leverage moves like think-alouds, anchor charts and student engagement strategies, with feedback in the moment
• Data analysis: a step-by-step protocol to go from results to named students
• Student work analysis: sort work into fully, partly and not yet, find patterns and plan short- and long-term moves
• Response planning: re-teach, practice and extension groups with a recheck date

Built for real school leaders

Created by a former principal, this pack works with any curriculum, including high-quality instructional materials (HQIM), at elementary, middle and high school. Use it whether PLCs are led by teacher leaders, instructional coaches, APs or the principal.

It also includes a PLC observation tool with look-fors for every meeting type, so whoever supports your PLCs can give specific, coaching-focused feedback.

Perfect for

• Principals and assistant principals building a PLC structure
• Instructional coaches and teacher team leads who facilitate PLCs
• District leaders supporting campus PLC implementation
• New administrators who want a proven system from day one

What’s included

The PLC Agenda & Data Protocol Pack (27 pages):

• PLC meeting menu and a sample month showing how to rotate meeting types across a unit
• Team setup: starter norms, rotating roles and a team commitments sheet
• 7 timed, 45-minute PLC agendas
• Grade-band adaptations for elementary, middle and high school
• 3 data protocols: common formative assessment, looking at student work, and benchmark/screener data
• Intervention grouping and progress tracker
• One-page board report template
• PLC observation tool (every-meeting look-fors plus look-fors by meeting type)
• Troubleshooting guide for 10 common PLC problems
• 7 printable fill-in templates, one for each meeting type

Bonus: Completed Example (13 pages). Follow one 3rd grade math team through a full fractions unit, with every template filled in by hand. Share it with teams so they know exactly what to aim for.

FAQ

Does this work with our curriculum? Yes. The agendas work with any curriculum, including high-quality instructional materials (HQIM). Teams bring their own unit, lessons, and assessments.

Our PLCs only get 30 minutes. Will it still work? Yes. Each agenda marks optional steps you can skip, and the protocols are broken into short, timed steps.

Who should lead the PLC? Anyone: a teacher, team lead, coach, AP, or principal. The observation tool works for any observer, including a peer principal or district leader when the principal facilitates.

Is it editable? The templates are designed to be printed and filled in by hand.

Can I share it with my staff? Yes, within your own school. For multiple campuses, please purchase a district license.