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Build a collaborative culture
committed to learning for all

Why PLC at Work®?

Professional learning communities (PLCs) are schools that empower educators to work collaboratively in recurring cycles of collective inquiry and action research to achieve better results for the students they serve.

At the heart of the PLC at Work process are four critical questions that drive the daily actions of every team member:

  1. What is it we want our students to know and be able to do?
  2. How will we know if each student has learned it?
  3. How will we respond when some students do not learn it?
  4. How will we extend the learning for students who have demonstrated proficiency?

See how Fillmore United School District is transforming education with PLC at Work® in partnership with Solution Tree.

Embed key PLC practices and strategies in your school’s culture

With help from our experts, you will build collective capacity for continuous improvement and create clarity of purpose, a common vision, collective commitments, and agreed-upon goals to move your school or district forward.

Solution Tree helps leaders:


  • Create a guiding coalition and introduce the PLC at Work process to all of your stakeholders
  • Develop a shared mission, vision, collective commitments (values), and goals
  • Build a sustainable infrastructure and communication process
  • Draft a districtwide blueprint for achieving your learning outcomes
  • Analyze your progress on district SMART goal attainment, alignment of resources, and evidence of a focus on results

Solution Tree helps teachers:


  • Build a collaborative culture that is committed to collective inquiry, action research, and continuous improvement
  • Lead all students to high levels of achievement by working in teams, not in isolation
  • Develop a shared understanding of assessments, implement common formative assessments, analyze evidence of student learning, and use that evidence to learn from one another and respond to the individual needs of students
  • Build a systematic process to provide additional time and support for students who are experiencing difficulty and to ensure every student has a clear path to deeper learning

Meet some of our PLC at Work Experts

Tim Brown

Tim Brown

Tim Brown

Tim Brown is an internationally recognized presenter and practitioner who specializes in helping school leaders and teachers align their school improvement efforts across an entire campus and/or district.

Robert Eaker

Robert Eaker

Robert Eaker

Robert Eaker, EdD, is a professor emeritus at Middle Tennessee State University, where he also served as dean of the College of Education and interim vice president and provost.

Janel Keating

Janel Keating

Janel Keating

Janel Keating is former superintendent of the White River School District in the state of Washington. She is a former elementary and middle school teacher, elementary principal, director of student learning, and deputy superintendent.

Mike Mattos

Mike Mattos

Mike Mattos

Mike Mattos is an internationally recognized author, presenter, and practitioner who specializes in uniting teachers, administrators, and support staff to transform schools by implementing response to intervention and professional learning communities.

Anthony Muhammad

Anthony Muhammad

Anthony Muhammad

Anthony Muhammad, PhD, is an author and international thought leader. He served as a practitioner for nearly twenty years where he served as a teacher, assistant principal, and principal. He is recognized as one of the fields leading experts in the areas of school culture and Professional Learning Communities at Work (PLC).

Regina Stephens Owens

Regina Stephens Owens

Regina Stephens Owens

Regina Stephens Owens, EdD is an internationally recognized presenter and practitioner who specializes in creating a culture of connectivity and collaboration while utilizing systems thinking.

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