Professional Learning Communities at Work®

In the first session of the Mind the Gaps series, intervention expert Mike Mattos will discuss the three essential academic outcomes of an effective multitiered system of support and four critical actions that leaders should take to embed these supports in the school’s master schedule.

Building a strong, highly impactful team is more important than ever during these unpredictable times. Join our experts to learn as a team how to focus on the right work, take collective responsibility for student learning, and ensure every learner succeeds—regardless of the educational setting.

Join Dr. Timothy S. Stuart as he makes the case for professional learning communities in international schools. He demonstrates the positive impact this structure has had on student learning, professional growth, and school culture.

In order to answer the question “How will we know when students have learned it?”, PLCs need to utilize quality assessment practices.

Explore how teacher teams can ensure equitable literacy learning so that every student masters essential reading standards. Jacqueline Heller and Paula Maeker, authors of Literacy in a PLC at Work®: Guiding Teams to Get Going and Get Better in K–6 Reading, will help literacy educators navigate the teaching, learning, assessment, and feedback cycle of reading through the lens of Professional Learning Communities (PLC) at Work.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, educators face an unprecedented challenge: how to close the learning gaps created by months of school closures and uneven access to virtual learning opportunities? In this breakout, Mike Mattos will discuss specific steps that schools can take to create a highly effective, multitiered system of supports to target learning gaps using the PLC at Work® process.

This recorded edWebinar presents practices that have proven effective in building connections with students who struggle in the classroom.

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged schools to question their assessment practices and grading policies. Are students retaining and applying the concepts and skills of the standards? What can be evidence of their learning? This edWebinar examines how schools can answer these questions and more.

We know the pandemic has significantly affected learning results for students. However, there are ways of working differently in schools that will overcome these deficits and prove that our work in schools can be more powerful than a pandemic! A new mindset is needed to achieve new results.

Learn everything you need to know about the innovative PLC at Work^® process from our world-renowned team of PLC experts.