Katy Sue Traicoff

Katy Sue Traicoff

Katy Sue Traicoff is an experienced educational leader with a passion for fostering collaborative learning environments and supporting the professional development of educators. Katy Sue has proven success in leading school improvement initiatives leveraging over 18 years in education from the classroom, to district instructional coaching, serving on a campus administration team, and as a professional learning community (PLC) presenter, coach, and author. Her experience with both high-performing and Title 1 campuses provides not only a perspective of how the PLC process benefits both student and educator learning and growth, and more importantly, a deep belief in how collaboration can help educators manage the intense pressures and demands of today’s educational challenges.

Katy Sue possesses a deep understanding of the value of collaborative decision-making within professional learning communities (PLCs). As a teacher leader for eight years, she collaboratively helped guide her campus to achieve "Model PLC at Work®" recognition through Solution Tree, demonstrating her commitment to fostering shared vision, mission, and collective responsibility for student and adult learning.

Katy Sue earned her bachelor’s degree in business communication from the University of Wisconsin–River Falls and her master’s degree in administration from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas.

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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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Presentations by Katy Sue Traicoff

• Creating a Mission, Vision, and Collective Commitments that Work for You
• Growing Beyond Grade-Level Groups to Powerful Teams
• Collaboration or Coordination: Which Gets Results?
• Powerful Common Formative Assessments to Drive Instruction