Throughout his professional life, Richard DuFour shared insights to guide educators in continuously strengthening PLC process implementation. One of his most notable keynote presentations captured which aspects of the PLC process must be tight and which could be loose. Luis F. Cruz honors the life of Dr. DuFour by reminding audiences about Rick’s message and his purpose of ensuring learning for all students. Outcomes from this session include: • Understanding why adopting a collaborative culture is a “must do” in a successful PLC • Learning why ensuring a guaranteed and viable curriculum is essential to the PLC process • Exploring why allowing teachers the “defined autonomy” to teach how they believe most effective is a loose aspect of the PLC process
