Great schools aren't built in isolation

Strong professional learning communities (PLC) are the engine that drives successful schools. The PLC Toolkit is a curated collection of self-guided professional development designed by world-renowned PLC experts and equips collaborative teams with the tools and strategies to create a thriving PLC.

The 32 resources in this toolkit will help you:

• Explore the core principles of the PLC^® concept
• Understand how PLCs improve student learning
• Improve academic performance
• Increase collective teacher efficacy

"When I was a teacher, it felt like we lived on islands of our own. Everyone taught their classroom based on what they enjoyed the most. Now as a principal, I see my teams collaborating and learning best teaching practices from one another, all based on the same essential standards. That's the beauty of the PLC process."

–Cara C. Bowie, principal, Camden Fairview High School, Arkansas

Amplify your school’s impact and strengthen your teacher teams

Done right, PLCs create a powerful environment for shared learning, effective core instruction, and continuous improvement. By working together, educators can learn to share best practices, analyze student data, and develop targeted interventions—all aimed at taking collective responsibility for maximizing student achievement.

Meet some of the authors featured in this toolkit:

Robert Eaker

Robert Eaker, EdD, is a professor emeritus at Middle Tennessee State University, where he also served as dean of the College of Education and interim vice president and provost.

Mike Mattos

Mike Mattos is an internationally recognized author, presenter, and practitioner who specializes in uniting teachers, administrators, and support staff to transform schools by implementing response to intervention and professional learning communities.

Anthony Muhammad

Anthony Muhammad, PhD, is a much sought-after educational speaker and presenter. A practitioner for nearly 20 years, he has served as a middle school teacher, assistant principal, and principal, and also as a high school principal.

Thomas W. Many

Thomas W. Many, EdD, works with teachers, administrators, school boards, parents, and other education stakeholders on organizational leadership, implementation and change, and PLC at Work^® strategies and concepts.

Janel Keating

Janel Keating is former superintendent of the White River School District in the state of Washington. She is a former elementary and middle school teacher, elementary principal, director of student learning, and deputy superintendent.

Maria Nielsen

Maria Nielsen, educational speaker and author, specializes in supporting teachers and administrators in the areas of PLCs, RTI, school culture, curriculum design, the highly engaged classroom, and assessment systems. Her life’s work is to help schools build successful systems to ensure high levels of student learning.

Eric Twadell

Eric Twadell, PhD, is superintendent of Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois. He has been a social studies teacher, curriculum director, and assistant superintendent for leadership and organizational development.

Kim Bailey

Kim Bailey is former director of professional development and instructional support for the Capistrano Unified School District in California. She also served as an adjunct faculty member at Chapman University in California.

William M. Ferriter

William M. Ferriter uses his 29 years of experience as a full-time classroom teacher to design professional development sessions for educators on topics ranging from establishing professional learning communities and effective systems of intervention to integrating meaningful differentiation, extension, and student-involved assessment opportunities into classroom instruction.

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