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This highly interactive two-day workshop lays out a framework for small schools or schools with singleton teachers to collaborate meaningfully in order to help students learn skills that really matter. Following a seven-step framework, you’ll learn how to develop a schedule that allows for effective teaming for all, determine collaborative essential outcomes, set SMART goals, and monitor progress throughout.
- Build a case for urgency.
- Understand why collaboration and improvement matter.
- Explore the five structures of collaborative teams using stories from real PLC at Work® schools.
- Consider what skills are needed for students to succeed in an “innovation economy.”
- Learn a process for identifying essential skills that transcend any single content discipline.
- Develop a means for progress monitoring and gathering data.
- Discover how to use data to make appropriate and doable intervention decisions.
- Create a concrete and doable plan for collaborating in powerful, meaningful ways that support student achievement.
Learn from leading experts
Agenda and speakers are subject to change.
Thursday, May 2nd
| 7:00–8:00 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00–11:30 a.m. |
Presentations |
| 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. |
Lunch (on your own) |
| 1:00–4:00 p.m. | Presentations |
Friday, May 3rd
| 7:00–8:00 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00–11:30 a.m. |
Presentations |
| 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. |
Lunch (on your own) |
| 1:00–4:00 p.m. | Presentations |
Events reach capacity quickly. Please confirm your registration before making travel plans.
Parking: $18 plus taxes for overnight parking
In order to receive the discounted hotel room rate, please mention Solution Tree. After the deadline listed below, rates will be determined by the hotel.
Primary Hotel
Embassy Suites by Hilton Des Moines Downtown
101 E Locust St
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
800.362.2779
Discounted Rate: (single or double) $179/night
Deadline: April 5, 2024, or until group rate is sold out
Venue
Embassy Suites by Hilton Des Moines Downtown
101 E Locust St
Des Moines, Iowa
Participation Information
You will receive a certificate of participation 6 weeks after the event concludes. Please check with your state department of education for CEU availability.
Additional Information
Product code: WSG193
Five Reasons to Attend a Solution Tree Event (PDF)
A Letter to Your Boss (DOC)
Included with your registration
How to Develop PLCs for Singletons and Small Schools
Discover how small schools, full of singleton teachers who are the only ones in their schools teaching their subject areas, can build successful PLCs.
Event Journal
We’re enhancing your event experience. In addition to providing presentations in digital format, Solution Tree is publishing retail-quality, perfect-bound notebooks expertly designed to support your learning. Any printed handouts or worksheets integrated into your sessions will continue to be provided.
