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Professional Development

Grow Confident Learners

Assessment Center Coaching Academy

Quality assessment is central to every learner’s success. Through our Assessment Coaching Academy, your leadership team will participate in a comprehensive series of professional development engagements and discover how to implement assessment practices that have the power to reduce failure rates and increase achievement.

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Events

Achieve Your PLC Goals

PLC at Work Institutes

Join our PLC experts at the Professional Learning Communities at Work® Institute event in Laval, Quebec. You'll discover how to create a culture of collective responsibility, amplify the impact of collaborative teams, ensure the learning of every student, and more.

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Resources

Lead successful, lasting grading reform

On Your Mark

Make school a better experience for students by ensuring grading and reporting practices are honest, accurate, meaningful, and fair. A follow-up to the best-selling On Your Mark, this newest book by Thomas R. Guskey outlines an action plan you can start immediately.

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Resources

Help students thrive with effective grading

On Your Mark

In this best-selling book, you’ll learn how to clarify the purpose of grades, craft a vision statement aligned with this purpose, and discover research-based strategies to implement effective grading and reporting practices.

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Success for learners

For nearly 20 years, we've empowered K–12 educators to raise student achievement through a comprehensive range of services and products including events, district solutions for long-term professional development, books, videos, online courses, and more. No matter where you are on your journey, we 'll help move you toward your goals.

Learn about our success stories

5%

increase in grade 6
language arts scores
on PAT

Closing the achievement gap at Esther Starkman

Through the PLC at Work® process, Esther Starkman School in Edmonton met the diverse needs of its students in grades K–9 by taking collective responsibility for the success of each learner. See how its PLC collaborated to improve instructional practices and close the achievement gap.

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22%

increase in primary students
meeting or exceeding
grade-level
expectations

Six straight years of academic improvement

See how St. Andrews School in Winnipeg used the PLC at Work® process to provide staff with more time to collaborate, improve data collection practices, and increase student reading scores year over year.

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Learn from the best

Richard DuFour on Becoming a True PLC

Making Sense of Mathematics for Teaching K–12 Author Interviews

Tom Schimmer on Instructional Agility