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Power Up! Your PLCs - our newest professional learning offering

Professional Development

Power Up! Your PLCs is designed to help participants acquire the skills and knowledge needed to successfully implement professional learning communities (PLCs), whether the team is at the beginning of the process or has been working as a PLC for a long time. The key to becoming a successful PLC is the ongoing, intentional use of proven collaborative processes for focused, data-driven learning and improvement.

Our newest book - from Solution Tree Press:

by Anne E. Conzemius and Terry Morganti-Fisher

Solution Tree Press (2011)

The SMART Goals Learning Community on PD 360

The SMART Goals Learning Community on PD 360 has grown to include more than 1,400 members. The community is a vehicle for sharing documents, video segments and other resources relating to the use of the SMART Goals Process to drive improvement in student and adult learning.

QLD web event - S.M.A.R.T. Response to Intervention

Take a deep dive into response to intervention and become S.M.A.R.T.er in your approach. Discover a visual map that will establish shared language and responsibility for greater learning.

The 2013 - 2014 Illinois S.M.A.R.T. Coach Academy starts in August

Information and registration link for the 2013-2014 Illinois S.M.A.R.T. Coach Academy will be posted on or before June 14.

Here's what participants in the 2012-2013 Academy had to say:

It was a wonderful experience. I feel honored to have been chosen by my district as a member of the first team to learn and apply SMART coaching in my profession.

I learned that SMART goals are more than just "goals" -- it's a systematic approach to the district/school improvement process.

2013-2014 Wisconsin S.M.A.R.T. Coach Academy starts in September

". . . the most powerful professional development I've ever gone through." ~ a member of the 2012-13 Wisconsin Academy

The S.M.A.R.T. Coach Academy has proven to a highly effective way to build capacity for implementing the S.M.A.R.T. School Improvement Process in Wisconsin districts. We encourage you to send a team to the 2013-2014 Wisconsin Academy.

It's Not a Meeting; It's a Way of Being

Change Leadership

“It’s Not a Meeting; It’s a Way of Being!” ~ Brian Butler, Solution Tree PLC Associate

You’ve heard the joke, what are a teacher’s 3 favorite things? The answer, of course, is June, July and August. There is probably some truth to the joke, but . . .

"Begin with the end in mind." (Stephen Covey)

Change Leadership

Each of us has our own way of thinking about this simple, but profound statement. Perhaps we have more than one interpretation. Surely there are as yet undiscovered interpretations. That is the beauty of the statement and a very small example of the inimitable nature of Stephen Covey’s brilliance.

Watch an excerpt from Anne's keynote at Missouri's Powerful Learning Conference

Earlier this year, Anne presented the opening keynote address to more than 1400 participants at the 2012 Powerful Learning Conference. The theme of the conference, sponsored by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, was PLCs in Focus: From Vision to Results. Anne's topic in support of the conference theme was "SMART Goals for Focused Vision."

PLCs and S.M.A.R.T. Goals

Eddy Turns

What is the relationship between professional learning communities (PLCs) and S.M.A.R.T. goals? One way to think about this is from the perspective of a school’s organizational capacity for change, learning and improvement.