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Kristin Ernst
Kristin Ernst is an instructional coach at Bowman Middle School in Plano, Texas, where she utilizes the Professional Learning Communities at Work® process to impact student achievement campuswide. Previously, she served as a middle school English teacher and athletic coach.
Kristin Ernst
Kristin Ernst is an instructional coach at Bowman Middle School in Plano, Texas, where she spent the past six years implementing the Professional Learning Communities (PLC) at Work® process. Working closely with teams, she guides and nurtures collaboration centered around the four critical questions with the ultimate goal of significantly impacting student achievement campuswide. Previously, she was a middle school English teacher and an athletic coach before moving into her current role.
In the fall of 2021, Bowman Middle School was recognized as a Model PLC at Work campus. Kristin played a key role in earning the distinction by supporting teams and providing professional learning to team leaders as they grew in their understanding of data-driven practices and collective responsibility. Her continued support of teams and individual teachers has allowed the culture of collaboration to become a vital component of the work done at Bowman Middle School every day.
Kristin has worked exclusively at Title I campuses throughout her career, and she is passionate about supporting teachers of emergent bilinguals and helping them create lessons that allow EBs opportunities to learn and achieve at the same level as their native-speaking peers.
Kristin earned a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction at the University of North Texas. She earned a bachelor’s degree in integrated language arts education at Cedarville 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.
Presentations by Kristin Ernst
- The Right Work for Collaborative Teams
- Implementing the 4 Critical Questions
- Coaching Collaborative Teams to Impact Individual Teacher Growth
- Improving Tier I Instruction by Determining Essential Standards
- Supporting Emergent Bilinguals through the PLC Process
- A Not-One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Coaching Teams
