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The 15-Day Challenge: Putting All the Pieces of Daily Life in a PLC at Work® Together Workshop
Your school is committed to building a professional learning community—but how do you sustain the work of PLCs throughout the year? Through this two-day interactive workshop, you will discover a 15-day challenge that has helped schools across the nation strengthen their PLCs. Join expert Maria Nielsen as she shares how to jump-start the work of collaborative teams and bring the PLC at Work® process to life in classrooms, schools, and districts.
Participants will:
- Clarify the work of collaborative teams
- Develop collective commitments for each team
- Establish steps for a guaranteed and viable curriculum
- Determine short- and long-term SMART goals
- Recognize how to use depth of knowledge (DOK) levels to teach and assess at the rigor and complexity of the standards
- Complete a 15-day pacing guide for a unit of study
- Establish a learning-assessing cycle for a unit of study
- Anticipate and plan for Tier 1 and Tier 2 interventions as the unit is planned
- Design a plan for taking the 15-day challenge back to your entire school or district
- Acquire a toolkit of templates and organizers to take back to your school or district
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Hear from our attendees
Hear from our attendeesAgenda and speakers are subject to change.
Monday, October 27th
| 7:00–8:00 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00–11:30 a.m. |
Presentation |
| 11:30–1:00 p.m. |
Lunch (on your own) |
| 1:00–4:00 p.m. | Presentation |
Tuesday, October 28th
| 7:00–8:00 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00–11:30 a.m. |
Presentation |
| 11:30–1:00 p.m. |
Lunch (on your own) |
| 1:00–4:00 p.m. | Presentation |
Events reach capacity quickly. Please confirm your registration before making travel plans.
Parking information: Valet Parking is currently $25 and Self-parking overnight is currently $17, reduced to $7 (without in/out privileges).
In order to receive the discounted hotel room rate, please mention Solution Tree. After the deadline listed below, rates will be determined by the hotel.
Primary Hotel
Marriott Syracuse Downtown
100 East Onondaga Street
Syracuse, New York 13202
888.236.2427
Discounted Rate: (single or double) $217/night
Deadline: September 26, 2025, or until group rate is sold out
Venue
Marriott Syracuse Downtown
100 East Onondaga Street
Syracuse, New York
Participation Information
You will receive a certificate of participation 6 weeks after the event concludes. Please check with your state department of education for CEU availability.
Teams should bring the following:
- Laptop for the team (not necessary every member of the team have one)
- Standards for the content area they are choosing to work on
- Any curriculum materials they presently have for that unit of study
- Any assessments they presently have for that unit of study
Additional Information
Product code: WSG335
Five Reasons to Attend a Solution Tree Event (PDF)
A Letter to Your Boss (DOC)
Included with your registration
The 15-Day Challenge
Simplicity of the PLC process and energy to drive the work are essential for teams to collaborate successfully. Author Maria Nielsen provides you with the structure and tools you need to confidently utilize both of these staples to become a high-functioning professional learning community.
Event Journal
We’re enhancing your event experience. In addition to providing presentations in digital format, Solution Tree is publishing retail-quality, perfect-bound notebooks expertly designed to support your learning. Any printed handouts or worksheets integrated into your sessions will continue to be provided.
