Professional Learning Communities at Work®

Take strategic action to close the systemic behavior gap with the support of Behavior Solutions. Foster social-emotional learning (SEL) by utilizing the PLC at Work® and RTI at Work™ processes to boost student metacognition and create an action plan for meeting their psychological needs.

Create a student intervention plan that leads to success for all. With 40 weekly planning pages and space for eight class periods, the RTI at Work™ Plan Book by Austin Buffum and Mike Mattos will guide teachers and collaborative team through implementing response to intervention (RTI) within a PLC at Work®.

Prepare students to move forward in mathematics learning, and ensure their continued growth in critical thinking and problem solving.

Change how you think about RTI, and learn how to create an effective model that begins with quality instruction in every classroom.

In this breakout session, Mike shows how professional learning community practices provide the foundation for a successful intervention program and offers practical, effective strategies for beginning to build that foundation.

Dr. Buffum shows you how the big ideas of a PLC are foundationally important when implementing RTI.

Accessible language and compelling K12 stories illustrate how RTI is most effective when built on the Professional Learning Communities at Work® process.

Brian K. Butler is an educational presenter with over 30 years of experience who has worked with thousands of schools throughout the U.S.A., Australia, and Canada presenting on the PLC at Work and RTI at Work models. Brian is a retired principal who last served at Mason Crest Elementary School in Fairfax County, Virginia in 2017. Under Brian’s leadership, Mason Crest received Solution Tree’s first annual DuFour Award in 2016.

David LaRose is an education coach and presenter specializing in PLCs, RTI, leadership, and organizational culture. He is former superintendent for Culver City Unified School District in California.

Dennis King, EdD, has focused on school improvement throughout his career, first as a practicing school administrator and now as an educational presenter. His 28 years in education include teaching in an alternative school, an urban high school, and two suburban school districts where he also served as a district administrator.