When defining PLC in a podcast with me, Mike Mattos, one of the authors of Learning By Doing, A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work, suggested that rather than just the group of teacher working together, the larger organization was in fact the professional learning community. If a school commits to the process, the […]

Last week’s blog covered some of my thoughts connected with Martin Seligman’s book, Flourish, and connections I made to coaching. I had an opportunity this week to explore another element from Seligman’s work with members of a middle school staff: Chapter 6 in Flourish… Self Control, Character and Grit presents a formula: Achievement = Skill x Effort which […]