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Build a solid foundation for sustainable school success
The PLC at Work Summit is the premier event Solution Tree offers to bring educators around the world together to learn from true champions of this proven path to success. Spend three days with professionals who share your mission to transform education so that every student succeeds. Network with authors and experts who have done this work in classrooms of their own or have helped other teachers and leaders excel.
Professional Learning Communities (PLC) at Work® remains the undisputed, research-affirmed process for sustained, substantive school improvement. Despite the ever-changing landscape of education, the three big ideas and four critical questions central to transforming your school or district into a PLC at Work keep educators focused on the right strategies and daily practices that get results.
The three big ideas:
- A focus on learning
- A collaborative culture and collective responsibility
- A results orientation
The four critical questions
- What do we want students to learn?
- How will we know when each student has acquired the essential knowledge and skills?
- How will we respond when some students do not learn?
- How will we extend the learning for students who are already proficient?
If you’ve started this work, you know it is challenging and worth the effort. The Summit is a great opportunity to refine your practices and level up shared knowledge. If you are just now exploring the possibilities of PLC at Work, welcome! We are excited to help you get started on your journey!
If you are ready to make a serious commitment to high levels of learning for all, this is one event you won’t want to miss.
Who should attend?
- Teachers
- Curriculum and development specialists
- Superintendents and assistants
- Curriculum, instruction and assessment specialists and directors
- Principals and assistant principals
- Professional learning leaders
Participants will gain insights to:
- Develop a positive successful culture for students and staff
- Explore the essential actions to target preventions, interventions, extension, and remediation
- Strategically plan to assess and address nonacademic student traits
- Turn collaborative team practices into instructional practices that accelerate learning
- Coach competency, not just compliance
- Use classroom formative assessment to cost effectively improve student learning
- Minimize bias and conflict and maintain unity-centered relationships, even in the face of hot-button topics
VenuePhoenix Convention Center 100 N 3rd St Phoenix, Arizona |
Learn from leading experts
Keynote speakers
Schedule
Agenda and speakers are subject to change.
Onsite Solution Tree Bookstore Open Throughout Event
Tuesday, February 13th
| 6:30–8:00 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00–9:30 a.m. |
Keynote |
| 9:30–10:00 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:00–11:15 a.m. | Concurrent Keynotes |
| 11:15 a.m–12:45 p.m. |
Lunch (on your own) |
| 12:45–2:15 p.m. |
Breakouts |
| 2:15–2:45 p.m. |
Break |
| 2:45–4:00 p.m. |
Keynote |
Wednesday, February 14th
| 7:00–8:00 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00–9:30 a.m. |
Keynote |
| 9:30–10:00 a.m. | Break |
| 10:00–11:15 a.m. |
Concurrent Keynotes |
| 11:15 a.m.–12:45 p.m. |
Lunch (on your own) |
| 12:45–2:15 p.m. |
Breakouts |
| 2:15–2:45 p.m. |
Break |
| 2:45–3:30 p.m. |
Panel Discussion |
Thursday, February 15th
| 7:00–8:00 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00–9:30 a.m. |
Keynote |
| 9:30–9:45 a.m. |
Break
|
| 9:45–11:30 a.m. |
Keynote |
Featured Sessions
Keynote
All In! Digging Deeper Into Becoming a True Professional Learning Community
All In! Digging Deeper Into Becoming a True Professional Learning Community The PLC at Work framework is the most research-based, practitioner-conrmed process to improve student and adult learning. Yet many schools and districts are failing to reap the benets of their collaborative eorts because they fail to dig deeply and stay committed to the right work. Mike Mattos identies the essential thinking and actions of a true professional learning community and discusses how each collectively creates an ongoing process of continuous improvement.
Keynote
Building Impact Together
Nicole S. Turner invites educators, coaches, and leaders to unite around a shared vision of impact. Drawing from the Simple Core 4™ Framework, Nicole demonstrates how simplifying instructional priorities fosters alignment and collaboration to address the challenges of today’s classrooms. From managing teacher shortages to combating student learning loss, this session empowers attendees to take small, purposeful actions that ripple outward—transforming classrooms, schools, and communities. Participants discover their role in building a culture of impact and leave inspired to make sustainable, meaningful change. Together, we are not just educators; we are impact builders.
Keynote
Meaningful Connections: Leading With Love and Instructional Innovation
Jorge Valenzuela equips district and school leaders and teachers with actionable strategies to foster student partnerships, build strong rapport, and cultivate a positive school culture. He introduces the essential components of eective instruction, oering a systematic approach and a playbook for designing engaging lessons with a strong emphasis on literacy across all subjects. By incorporating these strategies, PLCs gain valuable insights to tailor instructional walk-throughs, rene teaching methods, and personalize learning through intentional dierentiation. This comprehensive approach ensures that the unique needs of every student are met eectively.
Breakout
Getting on the Same Page: Establishing Collective Commitments About Learning and Collaboration
Daniel Goleman (author of Emotional Intelligence) argues that explicitly stated values are one of the most powerful steps we can take to help a team become a powerful team. Developing a common vision of instruction, assessment, and interventions at the classroom, team, and schoolwide levels are critical steps in the PLC process. Tim Brown shares strategies and provides examples that educators have found helpful for developing their collective commitments and common vision.
Breakout
MTSS and Professional Learning Communities: Leveraging Collaboration to Eectively Intervene
The fundamental purpose of a professional learning community is to ensure high levels of learning for every student. Achieving this goal will undoubtedly require schools to eectively answer the critical question: How will we respond when students don’t learn? Mike Mattos discusses specic steps that schools can take to create a highly eective, multitiered system of supports to target learning gaps, and demonstrates how the PLC at Work process fosters the schoolwide framework required to successfully intervene.
Panel Discussion
PLC at Work Panel Discussion
The fundamental purpose of a professional learning community is to ensure high levels of learning for every student. Achieving this goal will undoubtedly require schools to eectively answer the critical question: How will we respond when students don’t learn? Mike Mattos discusses specic steps that schools can take to create a highly eective, multitiered system of supports to target learning gaps, and demonstrates how the PLC at Work process fosters the schoolwide framework required to successfully intervene.
Accommodations
Events reach capacity quickly. Please confirm your registration before making travel plans.
In order to receive the discounted hotel room rate, please mention Solution Tree. After the deadline listed below, rates will be determined by the hotel. While discounted rooms in our hotel room block may be sold out, the primary hotel may still have rooms available at their standard rates. Please inquire directly with the hotel.
Parking information:
- Sheraton: $20 self; $30 valet
- Residence/Courtyard: $36 valet only
All rates are per day and subject to change.
Additional hotel block to be added soon.
Hotels
Primary Hotel
Sheraton Grand Phoenix
340 N 3rd StPhoenix, AZ 85004
866.837.4213
Discounted Rate: (single or double) $289 per night
Deadline: January 22, 2024 or until group rate is sold out.
Additional Hotel 1
Residence Inn Phoenix Downtown
132 S. Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004
602.603.2000
Discounted Rate: (single or double) $279 per night
Deadline: January 11, 2024 or until group rate is sold out.
Additional Hotel 2
Courtyard Phoenix Downtown
132 S. Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85003
602.603.2001
Discounted Rate: (single or double) $269 per night
Deadline: January 11, 2024 or until group rate is sold out.
VenuePhoenix Convention Center 100 N 3rd St Phoenix, Arizona |
Hear from our attendees
Event Reviews
“The speakers were so knowledgeable. We walked away reflecting on what we can do now and what we can do going into the new school year. Each keynote and breakout session was well worth it!”
“Thank you! This is one of the best events I have attended in quite some time. This event made me reflect on my teaching. It allowed me to look at what I am doing and ask myself ‘Are ALL students learning in my classroom?’”
“Great, positive atmosphere! I am energized and full of ideas. Our principal attended last year and brought the entire building leadership team with him this year.”
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Additional Information
Product code: CFF760
Five Reasons to Attend a Solution Tree Event (PDF)A Letter to Your Boss (DOC)
Included with registration
CEUs & Credits
You will receive a certificate of participation 6 weeks after the event concludes. Please check with your department of education for CEU availability.
On-Site Solution Tree Book Co-op Discounts
- Buy 5 or more Solution Tree titles or resources and receive 30% off and free shipping
- On-site book co-op open daily throughout the event
Discounts above are for on-site purchases only. Does not include any non-Marzano Resources product, toolkit, or sale table items. Purchase orders and credit cards accepted. We now accept Apple, Google and Samsung Pay onsite. Continental US only.
Special Requests
If you have any dietary restrictions or require special assistance to participate in this event, please email events@solutiontree.com with your name and the event you are attending.
Included with your registration
The Big Book of Tools for Collaborative Teams in a PLC at Work®
Organized around the four critical questions of PLC at Work®, this resource provides collaborative teams with tools to become agents of positive change. Objectives are organized in an explicit structure to foster best practices in teaching and improve team learning outcomes.
AllThingsPLC Magazine Single Event Issue
AllThingsPLC Magazine is a must-have for emerging and veteran professional learning communities (PLCs). Each issue includes PLC research, inspiration, fixes, how-tos, and more.
Event Notebook
We’re enhancing your event experience. In addition to providing presentations in digital format, Solution Tree is publishing retail-quality, perfect-bound notebooks expertly designed to support your learning. Any printed handouts or worksheets integrated into your sessions will continue to be provided.
