Literacy in a PLC at Work® Collaborative Teams Workshop

Syracuse, New York | March 25–26, 2026

Venue

Marriott Syracuse Downtown

100 East Onondaga Street

Syracuse, NY 13202
Directions

Daily Parking: Valet parking $7 (with in/out privileges)

Workshop Overview

K–6 educators will walk through a process using the TEAMS framework that makes high levels of learning for all literacy scholars not only possible, but probable and practical.

Paula Maeker will explore how to provide equitable literacy instruction and assessment so every student masters essential standards. Teachers will navigate the teaching and learning of reading through the lens of the Professional Learning Communities (PLC) at Work® process, learn strategies for utilizing data as collaborative teams to answer the four critical questions of learning, and access templates and protocols to improve literacy for all.

Learning Outcomes

Analyze and improve their current literacy practices, curriculum, and instructional focus within the context of a PLC at Work.
Explore structures and systems to organize the work of literacy teams.
Learn how to identify and prioritize essential literacy outcomes.
Deconstruct essential literacy standards to develop a path for literacy proficiency.
Create or curate common formative team literacy assessments for learning targets.
Structure a supportive master schedule to include team collaboration and systemwide response.
Understand the components of a comprehensive literacy instructional block.
Create progress-monitoring tools and focused reading interventions and extensions.

Jacqueline Heller

Jacqueline Heller focuses on building capacity and collective efficacy with teachers, to ensure all students learn at high levels. As a literacy teacher and coach at Mason Crest Elementary, she helped the school become the first National Model PLC at Work School to receive the DuFour Award.

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