While Ranch Creek Elementary students soak in the freedom that twice-monthly two-hour late starts allow, their teachers are hard at work inside the classroom. They are bouncing ideas off of one ...

As a new school year begins and your responsibilities again increase, I encourage you to continue learning, sharing and connecting with your PLC, or if you are not yet participating in a PLC, I urge ...

Jennifer Hitchcock teaches AP Government and Politics for Virginia’s Fairfax County public schools, at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology and the district’s Online Campus: A few ...

Late last year, the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation published a widely noted study intended to explore what teachers want when it comes to professional development. But particularly on the important ...

PEARCY – Lake Hamilton Middle School joined Lake Hamilton Intermediate School and Lake Hamilton Junior High School this month as being named a Model Professional Learning Community at Work by Solution ...

When Cobden Junior-Senior High School Principal Crystal Housman and several teachers attended a PLC (professional learning community) conference five years ago, they decided they wanted their school ...

Zwink Elementary has joined the ranks of an elite group. The school is one of only eight elementary schools in Texas to earn the title of Model PLC (Professional Learning Community) school. “This ...

Peer-led groups of faculty and professionals. (8-30 participants per group). Designed for active engagement, collaboration, and action research on topics ranging from academic technology to equity in ...

Schools in Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Elementary District 181 have received plenty of accolades over the years, including having the majority being recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School, the ...

While educators seem predisposed to worrying about the needs of others before they address their own needs, now is the time to be selfish about personal growth. For educators across the country, it’s ...