I am currently consulting with a school district leadership team as they plan to introduce Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) systemwide next school year.  Quite often, I am consulting with teams looking to strengthen, change, or fix PLCs that too are just another meeting on teachers’ busy calendars. The effectiveness of PLCs doesn’t lie in their […]

Simon Senik’s advice to focus communicating the WHY of your organization before the how and what has a direct application to a staff’s understanding of “why” an investment in instructional coaching would be made. Decisions about a coaching model, the selection of coaches, the training provided to coaches, as well as the expectations for administrators, […]