Today’s episode is all about the PLC process.  We have a special guest on this episode named Micheal Maffoni.  He works with Solution Tree and has been working with our district this school year.  I snagged him one afternoon after a training session at my school.  The training this year has been life changing for my career as an educator.  I’m so excited about this work!  Let me tell you a little bit about Micheal,  an educator since 1987, he has a diverse background that includes experience as a teacher, principal, and central administrator in a variety of districts in Colorado.

Michael is the former director of professional learning communities for Jeffco Public Schools in Golden, Colorado. During his tenure, he led PLC implementation in more than one hundred schools throughout the district. His collaborative leadership was instrumental in developing integrated PLC support systems, monitoring processes, and aligned professional learning. Three schools in Jeffco are nationally recognized model PLC schools.

Michael specializes in increasing education and student learning by developing agencies to coach and support collaborative teams. Additionally, he coaches leadership teams to scale PLC implementation in any size school system, both large and small.

He has presented at state and national events on topics related to continuous improvement for schools, teams, and individual educators. Michael has co-authored articles on increasing the effectiveness of collaborative teams and is a coauthor of Amplify Your Impact: Coaching Collaborative Teams in PLCs at Work®. A great book I highly recommend if you’re interested in the true PLC process.

To learn more about Michael’s work, follow @mjmaffoni64 on Twitter.