How much should a principal participate in a PLC? In this interactive fishbowl session, participants will observe the leadership moves that foster teacher ownership, collective efficacy, and meaningful data-driven collaboration. Rather than focusing on the PLC's outcomes, attendees will identify strategies principals use to ask purposeful questions, facilitate productive dialogue, and hold teams accountable for improving student learning. Participants will leave with practical leadership techniques to strike the right balance between guiding the work and empowering teachers to lead it.
Strong Professional Learning Communities don’t happen by chance—they are built through intentional leadership, clear structures, and a relentless focus on learning. In this session, leaders will explore how to strengthen PLCs by setting a clear vision, using data to drive decisions, and fostering collaboration that leads to improved instruction and student outcomes. Participants will learn practical strategies for leading productive team conversations, building collective accountability, and ensuring PLC time results in meaningful action. This session is designed to equip school leaders with tools to move PLCs from routine meetings to high-impact engines for continuous improvement.
Multilingual Learner success is not the responsibility of a single teacher or department; it is the work of an entire school community. This session will explore how principals and division leaders can leverage WIDA ACCESS data, cultivate a language-rich school culture, and identify high-impact instructional practices during classroom observations that support language development across all content areas. Participants will learn practical strategies for building staff ownership of multilingual learner success and creating systems that ensure every educator contributes to students' language growth. Join us as we examine how strong leadership, intentional practices, and collective responsibility can lead to improved ACCESS outcomes and greater academic achievement for Multilingual Learners.
