Crummie's+Page

Crummie's Page
Hello! I'm Mrs. Crummie. I have been in the field of education as a teacher for 21 years. I have taught every subject in grades 4 - 8. I love teaching our youth. My favorite subjects are language arts and history. I'm from a family of 6 children and we are all teachers including my mom. I guess teaching is in my blood. As of now, I'm in the field of administration and supervision. This is my 4th year in administration and 1st year as a principal of a great elementary school. I hope to gain much knowledge from this Dynamic PLC wiki course. I would like to apply this new knowledge to create a Crozet Elementary School Wiki page. I have 2 wikis that are quite empty. One was used at Baker-Butler to create a kids literary newsletter called Blabbermouth. It is actually quite cool. The other wiki is for my personal use that happens to be empty. I look forward to this new journey of learning.

PLC Characteristics

 * My first experiences of Dufours PLC were in Albemarle County. I have observed and experienced grade level PLCs that worked together to complete grade level housekeeping to do lists or kid talk, but not really working together sharing lesson plans and instructional strategies as it relates to the formative assessments. It takes mutual respect and trust among teammates to get that that point of creative sharing of your craft.
 * Email communications - I believe that there should be training on email communications/etiquette in the workplace. Not everyone knows that capital letters mean shouting. Because you cannot see the person, an email can be impersonal unless you set a positive tone of checking for understanding and being as respectful as possible with your use of words. I feel through my life experiences, I have learned to take my time before sending an email or write a draft and come back to it to check how it really sounds. I am constantly learning to be better with my email communications. Sometimes, I will take the time to go see the person and have a discussion rather than an email because of the personal warm touch of communicating in person.
 * WFP Principal PLC - I believe the key characteristic to a strong PLC is a shared vision/values with mutual respect and trustworthiness. Then, all else will follow with the collective creativity and shared personal practices among team members/colleagues. I think each PLC team leader should implement team-building activities and social events so that everyone can get know each other and build a community of trust among your team mates. The same strategies in Responsive classroom and Culturally Responsive classroom could be used in PLC teams.