Books & Videos

This guide for reflective, educational leadership will focus your invaluable everyday work in schools. Discover actionable steps for staff collaboration, evidence-based decision making, and change leadership that will ensure student learning comes first.

AllThingsPLC Magazine is a must-have for emerging and veteran PLCs. Each issue includes inspiration, fixes, how-tos, and more.

Discover how your collaborative team can address the fourth critical question of a PLC: “How will we extend the learning for students who are already proficient?” Explore five elements of personalized learning and five instructional strategies for extending learning in a competency-based curriculum that motivate students to learn.

In this dynamic keynote video, Richard DuFour confronts criticisms American education has faced in the 21st century. A companion to Dr. DuFour’s In Praise of American Educators, this video about education in America details what teachers and educators have achieved and how they can continue improving.

The HEART! PD Playlist offers 23 short videos based on the inspiring bestseller by Timothy D. Kanold. In them, presenters explore the concepts of Happiness, Engagement, Alliances, Risk, and Thought in your career in the teaching profession—coming together to create a heartprint. Gain personal development plan ideas and self-care for teacher motivation.

The Learning by Doing PD Playlist offers 43 PLC videos for professional development on the PLC process. Aligned to the chapters of Learning by Doing, these videos address critical PLC topics, helping educators develop an action plan for school improvement to create a high-performing professional learning community.

The Simplifying Response to Intervention Professional Development Playlist features 22 short RTI video resources, aligned to chapters in the book and accessible online. Richard DuFour, Mike Mattos, and others demonstrate RTI strategies for creating an effective learning environment within an RTI model that works.

Based on Common Formative Assessment by Kim Bailey and Chris Jakicic, the Common Formative Assessment Professional Development (PD) Playlist offers 28 short videos for incorporating common formative assessments into the practices of a PLC at Work™ to help students reach learning objectives and power standards.

Transform a toxic school culture with professional development videos from education experts Anthony Muhammad, Richard DuFour, Tim Brown, and Luis F. Cruz. Designed to aid school leadership in creating a positive school culture, these videos will help guide your school improvement plan toward success and learning for all.