Pinnacle Performance Learning Group
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Georgia, United States
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Pinnacle Performance Learning Group (PPLG), LLC. is devoted to school reform and continuous school improvement. PPLG calls itself the Educator Effectiveness Ambassador because it strongly believes in the value of job-embedded professional development held on-site and led by school personnel. Because it isn’t feasible to physically support all systems and schools to the degree that PPLG would like, PPLG is excited to provide the Teachers Pay Teachers community with the tools that help educational agencies, districts, and schools build capacity, competency, and capability to effect positive change and learning outcomes at all levels and for all stakeholders. If you need support with your PPLG product, contact PPLG to inquire about our services.
PPLG’s founder is the visionary behind its products and services. Our founder is respected for helping struggling schools make significant achievement gains, improve school programs, and enhance leader and teacher effectiveness to improve the total school program. She has over 25 years of teaching and instructional leadership experience supporting urban and rural school districts across the United States. She has served in various capacities at the state and local levels, including DOE Education Program Specialist, DOE Teacher and Leader Evaluation Specialist, district Director of Curriculum and Instruction, district School Improvement Specialist, and district Data Administrator. In addition to being a college writing adjunct professor, she succeeded in numerous roles at the building level: Curriculum Administrator, Instructional Coach, Test Coordinator, Department Chair, Assistant Athletics Director, RTI Coordinator, After-School Program Coordinator, and High School English Literature and Composition teacher (grades 9-12, remedial, honors, AP, and Gifted). Beyond K-12, she has supported public, charter, and private educational agencies as an education consultant for over a decade.
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RTI Tiers 1-3 Intervention Guide and Drop-Down Menu | Distance Learning
Product DescriptionUse this resource to enhance your understanding of the research-based strategies, supports, and interventions that are most appropriate for Response to Intervention (RTI) Tiers 1 through 3. This two-page MS Word form (protected) includes a drop-down menu of recommended research-based strategies and interventions for each RTI Tier. Try these great companion resources to support effective RTI program planning and progress monitoring at the classroom and school levels: RTI-PBIS
PreK - 11th
For All Subjects
RTI Progress Monitoring Tool | Data Management | Distance Learning
Product DescriptionMonitor and manage student progress through the RTI progress monitoring cycle with these easy-to-use Excel workbooks! This resource includes two Excel workbooks - one template for teachers and an identical template for leaders - and a complimentary copy of the RTI Tiers 1-3 Intervention Guide and Drop-Down Menu | Distance Learning. For Teachers and School Leaders!Classroom teachers, use the seven-sheet template to maintain student data and the Response to Intervention (RTI)
PreK - 12th
For All Subjects
RTI Tiers 2-3 Plan & Progress Monitoring Tools K-5 | Distance Learning
Product DescriptionUse these easy-to-implement tools to enhance your understanding of RTI and to effectively plan and monitor your Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions, conference and collaborate with students to develop a Student Success Plan, and communicate students' daily or weekly progress to parents and the RTI team. This compressed zip file includes eight Adobe and MS Word files (total of 13 pages) that you can customize and edit. RTI Tiers 1-3 Intervention Guide (MS Word Form)RTI-PBIS Tiers 2
PreK - 6th
For All Subjects
DUTI Data Report Excel Templates
Data Talks made easy! Use these data management tools to create simple school-wide, team, or classroom reports for data displays and data analysis and use for achievement, demographic, perception, and program data. This is a compressed zipped folder, which includes Excel files with customizable pie and bar graphs for your convenience. The spreadsheets are password-protected to protect the formulas. Passwords will not be provided, but feel free to contact PPLG for minor change requests. Simply e
PreK - 12th
RTI-PBIS Tier 1 Intervention Tools for Grades K-5 | Distance Learning
Product DescriptionUse these easy-to-implement tools to enhance your understanding of RTI Tier 1, effectively plan and monitor Tier 1 classroom interventions, and communicate students' daily or weekly progress to parents and the RTI team. This compressed zip file includes five Adobe and MS Word files (total of 9 pages) that you can customize and edit. RTI Tiers 1-3 Intervention Guide (MS Word Form, 2 pages)RTI-PBIS Tier I Intervention Plan and Progress Monitoring Form (Adobe Form, 4 pp)RTI-PBIS
PreK - 5th
For All Subjects
Blended Learning Lesson Plan Templates | Distance Learning
Product DescriptionWhat will teaching and learning look like in your school this fall? Whether your school is offering face-to-face or online instruction, PPLG's Lesson Plan Templates are the tools that will help you to effectively plan and deliver all three modes of instruction: in-person, synchronous, and asynchronous! The drop-down menus, checklists, and blank fields make it easy for you to effectively plan an opening, work session, and closing that is research-based, engaging, promote best
PreK - 12th
For All Subjects
Blended Learning Planning Bundle for Teachers & Leaders | Distance Learning
Have you clearly defined the expectations for face-to-face and online learning and provided teachers with the tools that they need to be successful in learning and meeting the expectations? Not quite? No worries! Get our Blended Learning Planning Power Pack for Teachers and Leaders! The paradigm shifts and program restructuring that schools must undertake as a result of the pandemic have never happened before, and they are nearly impossible to accomplish effectively at warp speed! But you don’
PreK - 12th
For All Subjects
Curriculum Unit Map-Instructional Pacing Calendar Templates | Distance Learning
Product DescriptionWhat will teaching and learning look like in your school this fall? Whether your school is offering face-to-face or online instruction, PPLG's Curriculum Planning Templates are the tools you need to effectively plan and deliver all three modes of instruction: in-person, synchronous, and asynchronous! This resource includes guidance and templates for curriculum planning and weekly instructional pacing. Map course standards into manageable, quarterly “chunks” for teaching, lea
PreK - 12th
For All Subjects
Five-Step Collaborative Planning & Curriculum Alignment Tool
Here's a peek at our Collaborative Planning Protocol PD bundle! Use the 5-Step Collaborative Planning worksheet (PDF form) and exemplar to help teacher teams follow five simple steps to effectively aligning curriculum, assessment, and instruction in lesson planning! Tag us as one of your favorites to receive updates on our products, freebies, and sales. This item is a digital download from our TpT store www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Pinnacle-Performance-Learning-Group. As such, it is for
PreK - 12th
For All Subjects
Blended Learning Instructional Framework Planning Template | Distance Learning
What will teaching and learning look like in your school this fall? Whether your school is offering face-to-face or online instruction, PPLG's OWC Instructional Framework Template® is the ONE tool that will help you to effectively plan and deliver all three modes of instruction: in-person, synchronous, and asynchronous! This template is completely editable, and you can it integrate with any learning management system! Watch a video preview and hear a detailed description of this template on
PreK - 12th
For All Subjects
Blended Learning Observation & Reporting Tools | Distance Learning
What will teaching and learning look like in your school this fall? Whether your school is offering face-to-face or online instruction, PPLG's Observation and Reporting Tools can help you to effectively monitor teaching and learning expectations for Face-to-Face and Online learning, especially the expectations outlined in the opening, work session, and closing sections of our FREE OWC Instructional Framework. NOTES FOR INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSThis compressed zip file includes 17 files. There are
PreK - 12th
For All Subjects
RAP-4-Success in Literacy Constructed Response Rubric
Here's a peek at our RAP-4-Success in Literacy across the Curriculum series! Use this four-point rubric to evaluate students' oral and written, evidence-based responses. Raise Academic Performance for Success in Literacy in your content area with this Common-Core-based, rubric today!
Tag us as one of your favorites to receive updates on our products, freebies, and sales. Our RAP-4-Success in Literacy across the Curriculum stations, social media stations, interactive flip notes and flip books, a
3rd - 12th
Close Reading, For All Subjects, Writing
CCSS
RL.6.1
, RL.6.10
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DUTI Data Wall and Learning Station Labels for Grades 3-8 Classrooms
Data Talks made easy! Effectively facilitate data talks in your classroom! Use this resource to promote data analysis and use in the classroom. Highlight student work and student performers; promote student ownership of learning by inviting them to participate in goal setting, data tracking, and progress monitoring; help students to recognize how their individual efforts impact the class, the school, and the system. Best of all, communicate current performance, progress, and goals to all stakeh
K - 8th
For All Subjects
Blended Teaching & Learning Expectations: Distance Learning
What will teaching and learning look like in your school this fall? Whether your school is offering face-to-face or online instruction, PPLG's OWC Instructional Frameworks for Face-to-Face and Online learning are the tools that will help you to effectively establish and communicate teaching and learning expectations for all three modes of instruction: in-person, synchronous, and asynchronous! The drop-down menus, checklists, and blank form fields make it easy for you to design an instructional
PreK - 12th
For All Subjects
DUTI Data Talks Forms for K-12 Students
Data Talks made easy! Use these tools to facilitate school-wide and classroom data talks. This compressed zipped folder includes Adobe files and MS Word forms. The MS Word forms are customizable for your convenience. The fields are password-protected to maintain formatting. Included in this bundle are the following 9 items: PPLG Data Literacy & Protocols GuidePPLG DUTI Data Talk Form for Grades 6-12PPLG DUTI Data Talk Forms for Grades 3-5PPLG DUTI Data Talk Form for Grades K-1PPLG Multi-Student
K - 12th
For All Subjects
Bell Ringers Interactive Notebook Template | Distance Learning
Use this interactive notebook template to plan bell-ringers, or bell work, that will help students develop effective close reading and test-taking skills as they engage in the steps of the question-answer-response-relationship (QARR) protocol. Provide students with daily exposure to the five most common item types on standardized assessments and use their responses to determine readiness, progress, and proficiency on the standards. If you're a school leader, promote and reinforce common research
K - 12th
For All Subjects
Digital Notebook Template (Google Slides) | Distance Learning
Distribute this interactive notebook template to students "as is" or personalize it by including course information, notes, links, resources, and graphic organizers that will help students learn and apply disciplinary knowledge and skills. If you're a school leader use this template to set the standard for interactive notebooks in your building! This interactive notebook is completely editable, making it easy for you to customize it for a course and personalize it for students. It is a Google S
PreK - 12th
For All Subjects
Distance Learning Planning Notebook for Parents (FREE)
Here's a thrifty Interactive Distance Learning Notebook for Parents developed by our college readiness and college planning team, Pinnacle Prep! Parents (and students) can use the templates in this notebook to create a home learning schedule and record important school and class information. If you're a teacher or school leader, share this product link with parents so that they can download and use this FREE parent tool! This interactive notebook is editable, making it easy for parents and stu
PreK - 12th
For All Subjects
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About the store
Experience
Pinnacle Performance Learning Group (PPLG), LLC. is devoted to school reform and continuous school improvement. PPLG calls itself the Educator Effectiveness Ambassador because it strongly believes in the value of job-embedded professional development held on-site and led by school personnel. Because it isn’t feasible to physically support all systems and schools to the degree that PPLG would like, PPLG is excited to provide the Teachers Pay Teachers community with the tools that help educational agencies, districts, and schools build capacity, competency, and capability to effect positive change and learning outcomes at all levels and for all stakeholders. If you need support with your PPLG product, contact PPLG to inquire about our services.
PPLG’s founder is the visionary behind its products and services. Our founder is respected for helping struggling schools make significant achievement gains, improve school programs, and enhance leader and teacher effectiveness to improve the total school program. She has over 25 years of teaching and instructional leadership experience supporting urban and rural school districts across the United States. She has served in various capacities at the state and local levels, including DOE Education Program Specialist, DOE Teacher and Leader Evaluation Specialist, district Director of Curriculum and Instruction, district School Improvement Specialist, and district Data Administrator. In addition to being a college writing adjunct professor, she succeeded in numerous roles at the building level: Curriculum Administrator, Instructional Coach, Test Coordinator, Department Chair, Assistant Athletics Director, RTI Coordinator, After-School Program Coordinator, and High School English Literature and Composition teacher (grades 9-12, remedial, honors, AP, and Gifted). Beyond K-12, she has supported public, charter, and private educational agencies as an education consultant for over a decade.
Teaching style
PPLG believes that all students can succeed at learning when schools, leaders, and teachers are equipped with the tools to maximize student and teacher success. Therefore, PPLG aims to provide ready-to-use professional development products that integrate pedagogical literacy and application into immediate practice. In addition, PPLG offers teaching and PD products that promote and support effective scaffolding, gradual release of responsibility, and balanced, disciplinary literacy across the content areas and grade bands that optimize students’ opportunity for success within and across the content areas.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Effective teaching drives the core of PPLG's work. PPLG's founder is passionate about delivering effective instruction to both adult and student learners. She was the 2005 Miami-Dade County Teacher of the Year, served on numerous educational boards and initiatives with state legislators, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, and former U.S. First Lady/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Among the honors and awards she has received, Demeka was inducted in the National Library of Congress for Excellence in Education.
My own education history
PPLG's founder has a Bachelor of Arts in English Education and a Master of Science Education in Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology. She's held leadership and secondary teaching certifications and National Board Certification in Adolescent Literature and English Language Arts. Lastly, she has effectively developed and implemented programs for all grade bands and content areas that consistently yield positive teaching and learning outcomes.
Additional biographical information
PPLG has planned and facilitated national, state, district, and school-wide professional development and workshops for leaders teachers, parents, and students, and its founder has delivered keynote addresses and presented at education conferences. PPLG works regularly with practicing district and school administrators, instructional leaders, and teachers on all areas of continuous school improvement. PPLG welcomes your comments, recommendations, and feedback. Feel free to contact PPLG at info@p2learninggroup.com and explore our services on our website at www.p2learninggroup.com. Ask about our professional development bundles that promote and support powerful best practices in blended and hybrid learning, curriculum, assessment, instruction, data use, professional learning communities, personalized learning, teacher and leader development, disciplinary literacy, MTSS, RtI, PBIS, and more! PPLG will be happy to provide any PD bundle that interests you through TPT.
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