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Cheyana Leiva
Cheyana Leiva is a transformational leader who understands the challenges schools are facing and the strategies necessary to improve. As a principal, she led her high-poverty school to an A rating in three years.
Cheyana Leiva
Cheyana Leiva is a transformational leader who understands the challenges schools are facing and the strategies necessary to develop a high-performing professional learning community (PLC).
Currently a principal in Phoenix, Arizona, Cheyana led her high-poverty school from a C rating to an A rating in three years. Over this time, the school has been awarded as an A+ School of Excellence, designated a Model PLC, and named an Arizona Title One Exemplary Program. Cheyana was also awarded 2018 Principal of the Year by her school district.
Previously, Cheyana taught kindergarten through middle school and led multiple campuses as an assistant principal and principal. During her time as a mathematics teacher, she took on the challenge of uniting singletons throughout her district, creating several multischool collaborative teams. More than 14 schools and 30 teachers throughout the district participated.
Cheyana has presented for the Arizona School Administrators Association, as well as to schools throughout Arizona.
Cheyana earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Arizona State University and her master’s degree in educational leadership from Northern Arizona University.
Priority Schools in a PLC at Work®
Hand-selected and trained by PLC at Work champions our Priority Schools in a PLC at Work experts have proven success in leading the PLC at Work process and have specific experience with the unique challenges that face schools labeled as low performing. Work with them to identify and prioritize critical areas of growth to implement changes in a timely manner with a focus on student achievement.
PLC at Work®
PLC at Work® experts have proven success in leading the PLC at Work process in a school or district. Work with them to implement a focus on learning, build a collaborative culture, and create a results orientation that leads to sustained, substantive school improvement.
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RTI at Work experts focus on learning for all students and will empower you to build your own timely, targeted, and systematic intervention program. Work with them to implement a results-driven program that provides targeted instruction at all tiers of intervention.
Presentations by Cheyana Leiva
- Creating Effective Collaborative Teams and Tools to Support in a PLC
- Transforming Schools with a Loose/Tight Culture in a PLC
- Singletons and Collaborative Teams, Value All Members
- High-Performing Collaborative Teams + Focused Collaborative Team Meetings = Results
