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Dusti Larsen
Dusti Larsen, MEd, currently serves as the alternative learning environment teacher focusing on behavior plans and social-emotional skills at Gravette Upper Elementary in northwest Arkansas. She is also the coordinator of math interventions.
Dusti Larsen
Dusti Larsen, MEd, currently serves as the alternative learning environment teacher focusing on behavior plans and social-emotional skills at Gravette Upper Elementary in northwest Arkansas. She is also the coordinator of math interventions. As a member of the guiding coalition team, she was an instrumental part of her school becoming a Model PLC at Work® school in 2018.
Dusti has 20 years of experience working in high-poverty schools, with students with behavior concerns, and with those in special education, and she always takes a student-centered approach to her methodology. She has held many leadership roles in her school, facilitating numerous collaborative meetings in her own grade level as well as whole-school and vertical teams. She was a member of the fourth-grade Arkansas State Guiding Coalition team, helping to create the PLC Playbook and presenting to fourth-grade educators across the state.
Dusti earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in teacher education from the University of Illinois Springfield as well as a master’s degree in educational leadership from Arkansas State University. She holds certifications in elementary education, special education, ESL, and administration.
Mathematics at Work™
Mathematics at Work™ experts are practitioners with deep expertise in research-affirmed mathematics instruction and assessment processes that ensure improved student learning. Work with them to develop a collaborative teacher culture focused on engaging instruction and formative feedback assessment practices.
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.
Yes We Can!
Yes We Can! experts have proven success in improving outcomes for students with special needs. Work with them to develop collaborative partnerships in order to implement inclusive processes and programs that support every learner in your school community.
Presentations by Dusti Larsen
- The Why of PLCs
- Unwrapping Standards/Identifying Learning Targets
- Depth of Knowledge
- Common Assessments
- Developing the Arkansas Playbook
