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You simply cannot become an effective professional learning community (PLC) without true collaboration that focuses on student learning and results (data rules!). This hard-won knowledge is what drives the servant leadership principal Annie Griffin provides her staff at Tongue River Elementary, which recently received the distinction of Model PLC at Work® school.

In this podcast, we talk with principal Annie Griffin, as well as author and PLC at Work expert Brandon Jones, who worked with Tongue River extensively over the course of a year. Brandon and Annie reveal their first encounters with Solution Tree, the most helpful resources they’ve shared with peers, and the challenges that come with building a truly effective leadership team or guiding coalition that is so essential to the work of a PLC. In addition, they delve deep into what it means to be a collaborative team—from practical daily practice to the mind-shifts that must take place. Finally, Brandon takes us into the pages of his book Help Your Team, a resource worth reading if you’re tackling the challenges that come with moving from PLC lite to PLC done right.

Tune in to hear:

• Principal Griffin’s journey—from first learning about PLC as a teacher to leading Tongue River to National Blue Ribbon status with the PLC at Work process
• How the close-knit culture of commitment at Tongue River keeps driving the momentum of their PLC journey
• Why the journey to being a PLC is never ending—and why this is a good thing
• How to begin the work of becoming a PLC
• How to apply to become a Model PLC at Work if you’re already deeply invested in the process

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