With K–12 schools heading back into session for the fall, leaders face a difficult decision—planning for a post-stimulus environment and making the investments that have the biggest impact on student ...

Part of the experiential curricula for the Presidents Leadership Class includes the completion of the Applied Leadership Experience (ALE) process. An ALE is defined, primarily, by its grounding in ...

Professional learning communities (PLCs) offer a collaborative approach to professional development in which small groups of educators meet regularly to reflect on instructional planning and practice, ...

In schools across the country, teacher turnover and burnout have reached crisis levels. Educators are stretched thin, often working in isolation, and many professional learning communities (PLCs) fail ...

Empower students to make decisions and take action in their own leadership education. Students participate in experiential learning as an integral method in leadership development. The PLCers who ...

Bill Ferriter offers some reflections on a recent virtual dicussion on “structuring professional learning communities” led by PLC experts Rick and Becky DuFour. One point that stuck out for him: PLC’s ...