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Dr. Chad Dumas Twitter is an educational consultant, international presenter and award-winning researcher whose primary focus is collaborating to develop capacity for continuous improvement. Having been a successful teacher, principal, central office administrator, professional developer and consultant in a variety of school districts, he brings his passion, expertise, and skills to his writing and speaking as he engages participants in meaningful and practical learning. In his new book, Let’s Put the C in PLC: A Practical Guide for School Leaders, Chad offers readers and audiences educational research, engaging stories, hands-on tools, and useful knowledge and skills they can implement immediately.
The results of Chad’s work speak for themselves. One district was identified as “Persistently Lowest Achieving” upon his arrival, and within a few years — by applying the principles of his book — multiple schools were recognized as National PLC Models for improving student learning. Chad has served on and led accreditation visits for Cognia around the United States and world, presented nationally and internationally, collaborated with school boards, intermediate service agencies, state departments of education, and professional associations, and trained as an agency trainer for Adaptive Schools.

• What is a PLC and how do we know if we are in a PLC?
• Where we are all taking collective responsibility for student learning.
• PLC is not a time.
• PLC is a community.
• 10 Elements of principal knowledge. 
* Why is it important for school leaders to create a collaborative environment for their staff?
* What are some of the biggest challenges to creating this culture? What are some ways that you’ve seen to overcome these?
* Relationships - cognitive conflict effectively. Day to day practice
• Affective conflict is not good.
• Pausing, paraphrasing, posing questions 3+1 - in an environment of being in rapport with each other.
• Rapport is a physical expression of being in a relationship with someone. 
* Quick wins early on - Leadership team
• Implementation science - if you do not have the team to lead the work, you may have 14–15% implementation.
• Make sure you’re talking with your staff about how organize for the team meeting.
• Make sure that teams are being effective during that time.
• What makes an effective team: not content, not how much they like each other. 1. Ability of members to read nonverbal cues from each other. 2. Equity of turn taking.
• How to be a transformative principal? How can I be most effective during the summer. Figure out a way to get your email under control.

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