School partnership services

At Priority Learning Solutions we believe creating a Professional Learning Community (PLC), as defined by Richard DuFour, is a collaborative approach in which educators work together to improve teaching and learning with a focus on student achievement. Central to creating the PLC at each school is implementing the four guiding questions:  

1.  What do we want students to learn? 
2. How will we know if they have learned it? 
3. What will we do if they do not learn it? 
4. What will we do if they already know it? 

These questions create a cycle of continuous assessment, reflection, and instructional adjustment, ensuring that teaching is data-driven and targeted to student needs. PLCs are important for academic achievement because they align teacher efforts, encourage shared responsibility for learning outcomes, and foster consistent, research-based strategies across classrooms. When implemented school-wide, PLCs promote a culture of collaboration, collective accountability, and ongoing professional growth, ultimately leading to more equitable and improved outcomes for all students.

 Professional Development/Workshops

• Implementing the Four Questions 
• Explicit Direct Instruction in Reading – Focus on the 5 Areas of Reading
• Data Driven Intervention – Creating a Power Hour based on Individual Reading Diagnostic Data

Coaching

• Team Coaching – Implementing a 15 Day Planning Cycle using the 4 Questions
• Individual Coaching – Working one on one with teachers to increase teacher and student academic achievement

Schoolwide Screening/Intervention and Enrichment Planning

• Diagnostic Screening 
  • Reading 
  • Math
• Intervention and Enrichment Planning based on data creating intervention/enrichment groups for direct, explicit small group instruction using a Walk to Intervention format.