Professional Learning Community Opportunity for BCPS 1st Year Teachers!

As part of GVSU’s Early Career Teacher program, the Professional Learning Community provides the opportunity to engage in meaningful dialogue focused on the pragmatic experiences of early career teachers in an urban public school environment.

This program serves teachers who are in the first year of their teaching careers. The PLC benefits teachers interested in receiving GVSU/peer support. It also provides an opportunity for them to receive support in their instruction.

Major Topics include:

Trauma-informed teaching practices

Widening participation and equity 

Culturally responsive teaching and school community 

Problem-based learning

Instruction, motivation behavior and connections   

Planning, assessment and curriculum design

Approaches in using school data to inform instruction

The teacher as a leader - organization and systems-thinking approaches in the classroom

Participants will have the opportunity: 

• To develop and deepen professional relationships 
• To share resources and collaborative teaching strategies 
• To explore the use of differing assessment strategies  
• To examine current themes and trends in K-12 education 
• To explore career goals  

Sessions will be held from 4:30 to 6:00 pm at the Battle Creek Area Math and Science Center on the Mondays listed below.  Dinner will be served at 4:30 pm and the PLC will begin at 4:50 pm.

10 SCECHs and a $500 stipend will be provided to those who attend all 10 sessions.

September 9
September 30
October 21 
November 18
December 9

January 13
February 10
March 3
April 7
April 21

For more information, please contact Liz Winter ([email protected]) or Dr. Sarah Cox ([email protected]).