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Jeff Byrnes
Jeff Byrnes is the current assistant superintendent for teaching and learning in the St. Helens School District in St. Helens, Oregon. With over 25 years of experience in education, Jeff specializes in the implementation of professional learning communities and multitiered systems of supports. He is certified to lead in Professional Learning Communities (PLC) at Work® and Response to Intervention (RTI) at Work™. He has also served as a teacher, assistant principal, and principal in Arizona and Washington.
Jeff Byrnes
Jeff Byrnes is the current assistant superintendent for teaching and learning in the St. Helens School District in St. Helens, Oregon. With over 25 years of experience in education, Jeff specializes in the implementation of professional learning communities and multitiered systems of supports. He is certified to lead in Professional Learning Communities (PLC) at Work® and Response to Intervention (RTI) at Work™. He has also served as a teacher, assistant principal, and principal in Arizona and Washington.
Jeff is the former principal of Mountain Meadow Elementary School in the White River School District. During his time as the principal of Mountain Meadow, the school was recognized as a Model PLC at Work® school in 2016 and was named a finalist for the DuFour Award in 2019. In 2024, Mountain Meadow was recognized as an Ambassador Model PLC at Work school based on their high levels of student achievement and their ongoing support of other schools and districts. From 2021 to 2024, Mountain Meadow was the highest-performing elementary school in Pierce County, Washington.
Mountain Meadow welcomes teachers, administrators, and district leaders to observe their professional learning communities throughout the year. Jeff has provided extensive professional development in grades TK–12th grade, focusing on the successful implementation of the PLC process. Jeff has a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from St. Martin's College and a master's degree in educational leadership from Seattle Pacific University.
PLC at Work®
PLC at Work® experts have proven success in leading the PLC at Work process in a school or district. Work with them to implement a focus on learning, build a collaborative culture, and create a results orientation that leads to sustained, substantive school improvement.
RTI at Work™
RTI at Work experts focus on learning for all students and will empower you to build your own timely, targeted, and systematic intervention program. Work with them to implement a results-driven program that provides targeted instruction at all tiers of intervention.
Presentations by Jeff Byrnes
- Leading the Work of Collaborative Teams
- Multitiered System of Supports at an Elementary Level
- RTI in PLCs at the Elementary Level
- How to Ensure a Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum
- Student Engagement and Feedback
- Unit Planning Process
- Creating and Using Formative Assessments to Drive Intervention
- School Improvement Planning Using Data
