School-site, guiding coalition, or central office leaders face the challenge of leading others into the PLC life. Yet, they also must overcome obstacles that prevent full, ongoing, and sustained implementation of the PLC life in their programs, schools, or districts. In this interactive one-hour discussion session, Timothy D. Kanold reveals how school district leaders, administrators, program leaders, and instructional coaches can become dynamic decision makers that others want to follow. As participants identify primary barriers to the PLC life, Dr. Kanold facilitates dialogue to find meaningful solutions based on what is “loose” and “tight” in a PLC at Work culture. Dr. Kanold indicates, “As we become professionals, we tie our workplace decision making to the vision for our work life actions and the results of our leadership wisdom, in order to promote coherence—and celebrate the difficult daily actions of others.” Participants learn how to: • Help others eliminate districtwide barriers to PLC process implementation by connecting daily actions to measurable outcomes and vision. • Commit to a complex yet simple and clear leadership heuristic to avoid randomness, chaos, and incoherence when implementing the PLC culture.
