Join districts nationwide implementing PLC solutions.
We aim to help administrators fully understand and implement the PLC process. Implementation districtwide can be challenging—especially if your district has struggled to implement beyond “PLC lite” or seen only small pockets of success. If you as a leader want to effectively implement PLCs districtwide to truly support student achievement, the National PLC Cohort is for you.
“This is the right work at the right time for our District! We are clearly on track for Year 1 outcomes with the virtual sessions and our onsite work … our leadership team with our Guiding Coalition are doing amazing work with focus, collaboration, enthusiasm, and perseverance. Thanks for all that you and the Solution Tree team are doing to support us!”
How will the National PLC at Work® Cohort Project help your district?
You have a unique opportunity to join districts from across the country to learn and grow simultaneously through the National PLC at Work® Cohort. When you sign up for this highly customized cohort, your district will join a prescheduled agenda of trainings from some of Solution Tree’s top experts. You’ll share knowledge and network with educators throughout the United States to learn about:
- Implementing a guaranteed and viable curriculum
- Creating a balanced assessment system
- Removing barriers to create support and extension opportunities
- Building an inclusive and healthy culture
- Addressing equity issues through effective, fair, and accurate standards-based reporting and grading practices
Solution Tree’s National PLC Cohort will assist your district in putting systems and processes in place at the district, school, and classroom levels to ensure equity and high levels of learning for all your students.
Benefits for your district
In this five-year cohort, you'll receive targeted training that takes you deep into the PLC at Work process, with each year focusing on a different topic. The training in each year includes:
- District office, principal, school leadership team workshops
- School board services
- District-embedded coaching
- Books and resources
- Attendance at annual events
Year one:
You will form a district team or guiding coalition that will participate in the project and help lead the work. You will also develop a strong understanding of the 4 Critical Questions—along with a deep dive into Question 1, "What is it we want our students to learn?"— for ELA and math
Year two:
Continue Critical Question 1 in content areas other than ELA and math, and begin to unpack the nuances of Question 2 in the PLC at Work process for ELA and math to answer, “How will we know if each student has learned it?” Sessions will focus on designing formative assessments and using them to inform instruction.
Year three:
Build on the lessons learned in Year Two to create and utilize formative assessments in content areas other than ELA and math, and begin work on response to intervention/multitiered system of supports (RTI/MTSS) implementation.
Year four:
Develop an understanding of the essential elements of fair and accurate reporting of student progress based on essential standards, data analysis, and goal setting to support MTSS systems. Year four will also establish cascading goals that align with the school board's vision and create CFAs (Common Formative Assessments) beyond ELA and Math to include singletons. Finally, year four will also emphasize academic and behavioral interventions and extensions to meet student needs districtwide.
Year five:
Refine and operationalize district systems and school guiding coalitions layered under the 4 Critical Questions to improve learning for all students with a focus on sustainability beyond the project. Apply to become a Model PLC School based on the work completed within the project!
Learn more about enrolling in the national cohort of the PLC at Work® Project.
