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Jerrod Dastrup

Jerrod Dastrup is the principal at Snow Canyon Middle School in Saint George, Utah. He is passionate about the Professional Learning Communities (PLC) at Work® process and specializes in motivating and supporting teachers and administrators in the areas of PLC, response to intervention (RTI), school culture, and data analysis.

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Jerrod Dastrup

Jerrod Dastrup is the principal at Snow Canyon Middle School in Saint George, Utah. He is passionate about the Professional Learning Communities (PLC) at Work® process and specializes in motivating and supporting teachers and administrators in the areas of PLC, response to intervention (RTI), school culture, and data analysis.

Jerrod has served as principal at both the elementary and middle school levels for more than ten years and received the 2014–15 Administrator of the Year Award in Carbon County School District No. 1. Under his leadership, Uinta Meadows Elementary implemented the PLC at Work process and has been recognized as a Model PLC at Work school. Uinta Meadows has also been certified as a High Reliability School.

Prior to becoming a principal, Jerrod was a physical education teacher and coach. A former collegiate basketball player, he earned an associate’s degree from Southwestern Oregon Community College, a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, and a master’s degree from Southern Oregon University.


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Presentations by Jerrod Dastrup

  • An Overview of Professional Learning Communities at Work®
  • Collaborative Teams and Data-Based Decision Making
  • Unpacking Essential Standards into Clear Learning Targets and Learning Progressions
  • Creating Valid and Reliable Common Formative Assessments
  • The Impact of a Powerful Guiding Coalition
  • The Four Pillars: Make It Happen
  • The Journey: Becoming a Model Professional Learning Community
  • Culture Trumps Climate
  • Leadership Principles for PLC Leaders and Principals
  • Guiding Coalitions That Work