This document discusses the importance of developing a positive professional learning community (PLC) culture in schools. It defines a PLC as a group of educators committed to collaborative learning and improvement to benefit students. The document contrasts a "toxic" school culture, where educators believe success depends on factors outside their control, with a "healthy" culture where all students are believed to be capable of success. It emphasizes that real change requires both developing new skills and shifting mindsets ("will"), and outlines strategies for transforming a toxic culture into one focused on student success.

1. No More Drama! Getting Everyone on the Bus and Becoming a Real PLC Anthony Muhammad, PhD

4. What’s next? Is change necessary? “ Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.” – Albert Einstein

7. Will and Skill

8. High Will and High Skill

11. Descriptive and Deflective

13. Recipe for Disaster

17. Prescriptive

21. The Quandary (Muhammad, 2009)

23. The Current State of School Reform The Clash Stalemate

27. Leadership at Every Level

28. Two Important Subcultures: Managerial and Collegial

30. Healthy Cultures

35. It’s not about us! It’s about them!