Starting a Movement

Starting a movement: Building culture from the inside out in professional learning communities helps to sustain and support the energy and purpose of schools as they transform into professional learning communities (PLCs). The authentic alignment model helps bridge the gulf between principles and practice to cultivate an environment where a PLC soars rather than stalls.

Educators will:

• learn to express, clarify and align their beliefs so that they are meaningful to teachers, staff and other stakeholders
• create a maximum buy-in among all members of the school community
• use the authors’ authentic alignment model to help keep their actions aligned to their schools’ mission and vision
• reinforce the researched, results-proven PLC within their school culture.