Chad Dumas
Chad Dumas is a Solution Tree PLC and RTI at Work®, Assessment, and Priority Schools associate and international consultant, presenter and award-winning researcher. His leadership training and coaching focuses on building capacity for self, team, and system improvement. He shares his research and knowledge in his books, Let’s Put the C in PLC, An Action Guide to Put the C in PLC, and The Teacher Team Leader Handbook, and consulting that includes research, stories, hands-on tools, useful knowledge, and practical skills.
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4 evaluation insights from powerful partnerships
Imagine investing time and resources teaching a unit on fractions in an elementary math class, then gauging students’ learning by merely asking for their opinions on the lessons. Surely many students’ skills wouldn’t live up to expectations for mastery and even the most experienced educator would be challenged to plan […] -
Wisdom From The Factory Floor
Imagine you are on a tour of an assembly line factory that makes air conditioners for large vehicles. Assembly line workers wearing hard hats, safety goggles, and ear protection are arranged in “pods” (similar responsibility teams): one for welding, another for electrical components, yet another for painting. Dozens of pods […] -
Complete The Picture
The workshop is done. The presenter — whether consultant, principal, district office, or building staff member — is packing up his or her materials. The LCD projector is turned off. The computer is packed away. Lights are being turned off. It’s time to go home. Staff in the session was […]
