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So grateful to have been able to attend this event with our district and be surrounded by phenomenal educators! The information I gained to become a better teacher is PRICELESS!
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Great first morning at the RTI Summit in Austin, TX. Learning about systematic behavior intervention and how we can help all students learn and succeed.
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Gain new knowledge and momentum to achieve your goals. Keynotes from internationally acclaimed authors offer big-picture ideas for implementing and sustaining research-based best practices. Our summits are ideal for district leaders, building administrators, teacher leaders, and
Focus on crucial challenges in education. A variety of keynotes and breakout sessions offer meaningful content and practical solutions. Your district and school teams will gain foundational knowledge and then deepen that understanding throughout the event. Panel discussions and role-alike networking groups offer unique opportunities to connect with expert practitioners.
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Active participation in key Solution Tree events drove Moline Elementary's significant transformation in early literacy outcomes. Learn how.
Moline Elementary School in St. Louis, Missouri, once underperforming, has transformed through the Priority Schools in a PLC at Work® process, reducing students struggling with early literacy from 75% to 37%. This achievement has earned them recognition as a Promising Practices school.
› 295 students
› 100% free and reduced lunch
› 12.5% students with special needs
RACIAL/ETHNIC PERCENTAGES
› 98.6% Black
› 1.4% White
Moline Elementary School, serving K–5 students in the Riverview Gardens School District, is dedicated to ensuring all Trailblazers achieve high levels of learning. Moline is committed to continuous improvement, data-driven instruction, and strong partnerships with families, embodying the belief that all means all.
Like many other schools facing systemic challenges, Moline Elementary School’s journey toward improvement began from a place of struggle. Designated as a Targeted School in Missouri and ranked among the lowest-performing in the state, by 2022 the school was under a district mandate to improve student outcomes. However, Moline lacked the foundational knowledge to effectively implement the Professional Learning Communities (PLC) at Work® process, making meaningful progress difficult.
Moline serves a predominantly Black student population—learners that have been historically disadvantaged across the country—and Principal Amber White faced the daunting task of reviving a faculty used to the status quo. Professional development and district initiatives changed often, lacking a foundation in evidence-based practices. Persistent underperformance had become the norm. While the school’s climate was positive, Moline’s culture lacked high expectations for teaching and learning with students continuing to perform below grade level.
Following Covid, existing academic challenges at the school only deepened after being away from in-person learning for nearly a full year.
During the 2022–2023 school year, Moline Elementary began its Priority Schools in a PLC at Work® journey with the guidance of job-embedded coaching by Kristi S. Langley. While this initial year was primarily focused on professional development for teachers, a schoolwide literacy block (the first attempt at a systemic intervention) was also implemented.
A pivotal shift occurred during the summer of 2023. Amber and her guiding coalition attended a PLC at Work Institute in June, which transformed their understanding of the PLC process. This conference, coupled with ongoing support from district-level principal coach Clara Sale-Davis, provided the foundation for a more focused approach to PLC implementation.
Please note that all data and people mentioned in this story represent solely the time frame in which Solution Tree actively worked with the school or district and the time frame in which the school or district committed to implementing processes and practices set forth by Solution Tree. Building and district leaders and staff featured in Evidence of Excellence stories may have changed since the stories were published.
Returning with renewed enthusiasm and a solidified vision, the team dove into The Big Book of Tools for Collaborative Teams by William M. Ferriter, Mike Mattos, and Rob J. Meyer, utilizing its guidance to develop school processes, documents, and collaborative structures. Adding two content coaches, Dr. Taylar B. Wenzel for English language arts (ELA) and Dr. Brian Buckhalter for math, along with new jobembedded coaching from Michael McWilliams, further strengthened the school’s capacity for growth.
The 2023–2024 school year saw the implementation of learning cycle calendars in math and ELA. While grades 3–5 received specialized ELA coaching to enhance their understanding of priority standards and effective instructional strategies, K–2 concentrated on bolstering early literacy skills.
Our PLC journey truly gained momentum when we shifted to a shared vision. What began as a simple conference takeaway from our collective experience at the PLC at Work Conference became the heartbeat of our school. ‘Together, Everyone Achieves Mastery’ is more than a theme—it’s our daily commitment to collaboration, high expectations, and ensuring success for every student.”
— Amber White, principal, Moline Elementary School, Missouri
In math, a structured system for Tier 2 intervention emerged, ensuring timely assessment and support within a 10-day timeframe. Motivated by The 15-Day Challenge by Maria Nielsen, the guiding coalition developed a structured process for learning cycles in math, including quick checks and data trackers.
The school’s commitment to continuous improvement led them to an RTI at Work™ Institute in March 2024, further refining their approach to intervention. Amber, inspired by the conference, began utilizing
Early literacy proficiency rates: The percentage of students who struggle in early literacy has decreased from 75% to 37%, while proficiency has increased from 16.3% to 51.5%.
Reading proficiency: Students scoring Below Basic have decreased from 62.4% in 2022–2023 to 41.4% in 2024–2025, while proficiency has increased from 15.5% to 28.8%.
Math proficiency: Students scoring Below Basic have decreased from 67.1% to 51.8%, while proficiency has increased from 12.6% to 21.2%.
Student attendance: Attendance has increased by 8–10% annually since 2022–2023.
Awards:
• Beating the Odds ELA Award (2022–2023)
• Beating the Odds Math Award (2023–2024)
• 6th Statewide in Mathematics Growth (2023–2024)
While some teams are still progressing in their data analysis and planning, the overall shift from compliance to commitment is evident, and the school’s data-driven culture is taking root. Moline Elementary is well on its way to creating a schoolwide system that provides the extra time and support needed for all students to reach high levels of learning.
Training Teacher Leaders in a PLC at Work® by Jasmine K. Kullar to guide her efforts and further develop teacher leaders.
As Moline Elementary entered its third year of implementation of Priority Schools in a PLC at Work in 2024–2025, the focus shifted to refining intervention systems and leading a true Tier 2 and Tier 3 intervention model, which maximized resources and staggered intervention times and collaboration among teachers and support staff.
Percent of students at or above the district benchmark on the Star Early Literacy assessment. Uses the most recent score in the given district screening window.
Who should attend?
X Teachers (elementary, secondary, and special education)
X Instructional coaches
X Superintendents and assistant superintendents
X Curriculum directors
X Principals and assistant principals
X Professional learning directors
Take part in the #1 PLC at Work® conference for educators
Connect, collaborate, and master PLC strategies that drive student success. Join thousands of educators using the PLC at Work® process to transform teaching and learning.
This year’s event goes beyond traditional learning. You’ll engage with expert presenters and fellow leaders, gaining practical advice on key issues such as improving school culture and enhancing teacher retention. Interactive breakout sessions will allow for in-depth discussions on real-world challenges like work-life balance, student outcomes, and effective PLC implementation. Whether you’re starting your PLC journey or refining your approach, you’ll leave with concrete next steps to implement back at your school or district.
X Get fresh solutions to common educational challenges and leave with practical takeaways that can make a real difference for your team.
X Reconnect with peers, collaborate with experts, and expand your professional network to spark new ideas and partnerships.
X Gain the clarity and vision you need to lead your school or district toward greater success, creating lasting impact for students and staff.
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Keynote speakers
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Seeing Response to Intervention (RTI) at Work™ as a fundamental approach—not just a process—empowers educators to ensure every child’s success with focused time and support. It emphasizes strengthening Tier 1 instruction through the Teaching/Assessing/Learning Cycle, using assessment data effectively, teaching essential behaviors, addressing resistance, and supporting students needing all three tiers.
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December 2–4 | Pasadena, California
February 16–18, 2026 | Austin, Texas
Gather your district and building administrators along with new and veteran teachers and support staff to understand how everyone plays a role in student success. Learn directly from experts and practitioners who have firsthand experience implementing the RTI at Work™ process.
Engaging breakouts and keynotes will address how to:
• Create and target time in your master schedule for interventions, intensive remediation, and extension
• Gain proven intervention strategies for math and literacy
• Acquire practical solutions to current roadblocks and challenges
Avanti makes professional learning easy, accessible, and effective year-round. With expert strategies for Tier 1 instruction, classroom management, and more, you’ll build powerful teaching practices that ignite student success. Get 365 days of personalized, on-demand learning that fits your schedule so you can thrive, grow, and make every lesson count.
September 22–24 | Orlando, Florida
With our Effective Coaching Institute, teachers can learn how to effectively apply a multitiered system of supports in their classrooms, and districts can begin to measure the effectiveness of their coaches and monitor educator improvement.
This event will help you:
• Discover the importance of coaching as an essential component of effective teaching
• Understand the practical research around job-embedded adult learning
• Acquire research-based, high-impact strategies to improve teacher effectiveness
• Acquire tools, processes, and products for coaching collaborative teams
• Practice strategies for building transparency, feedback, clarity, and collaboration
• Understand how to intentionally shift from coaching individuals to coaching collaborative teams
• Examine your own role as a coach and learn how to influence systemic school improvement
June 16−18
Pleasant Hill (Des Moines), Iowa
July 21−23 Tulsa, Oklahoma
June 23−25
Kissimmee (Orlando), Florida
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Join an All Means All Institute to explore collaborative strategies for closing the achievement gap. Led by experts, this event equips educators with tools to support all students—especially the 7.3 million receiving special education services. This event will help you:
• Develop targeted plans to meet the needs of diverse lear ners
• Discover strategies for scaffolding instruction and leveraging technology
• Lear n effective collaboration strategies between general and special educators
• Align mindsets, practices, and culture to the belief that ALL learners can achieve at high levels
• Explore the foundational role of PLCs in promoting high levels of learning for all students
Research has validated what practitioners have known for decades: powerful principal leadership is key to increased student achievement. Principals are responsible for both building and keeping a positive and productive school culture.
This event will help you:
• Organize staff into high-performing learning teams
• Focus on the right work with intentionality
• Create and lead a safe school learning culture with effective systems, procedures, and high expectations
• Share leadership with a guiding coalition, collaborative teams, and community partners
• Observe, support, lead, and monitor effective instructional practices
• Build strong relationships with students, staff, parents, and the community
• Make data transparent for true evidencebased decision making
October 27−29 | Tacoma, Washington
October 27−29 | Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois
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Keynote speakers
Experience transformative professional development at the Effective Instruction Institute, where you’ll gain proven strategies to maximize student success. This immersive event equips educators with research-backed techniques to strengthen Tier 1 instruction, ensuring students master grade-level essential standards and build a solid academic foundation.
But the learning doesn’t stop when the institute ends. With your registration, you’ll receive a FREE oneyear subscription to Avanti—the innovative professional learning platform created by teachers, for teachers.
Avanti enhances the power of your PLC, providing tools for shared lesson planning, resource curation, and datadriven decision making. Imagine your team using Avanti to develop a unified approach to Tier 1 instruction, ensuring consistency and excellence across classrooms. Whether you're collaborating within a PLC or leading schoolwide instructional improvement, Avanti helps you align goals, build a shared language of instruction, and drive lasting student success.
ASSESSMENT
X Grading From the Inside Out
September 22−23 | Atlanta, Georgia
October 22–23 | San Diego, California
X Collaborative Common Assessments
October 6–7 | San Francisco, California
X Designing Engaging Assessments in Five Essential Phases
October 20–21 | San Diego, Californina
X Standards-Based Learning in Action
November 10–11 | San Antonio, Texas
December 2–3 | Austin, Texas
COACHING
X Instructional Coaching
September 17−18 | Nashville, Tennessee
October 22−23 | Little Rock, Arkansas
December 2–3 | Des Moines, Iowa
EDUCATOR WELLNESS
X Cultivating Educator Wellness
December 3−4 | Centennial, Colorado
INSTRUCTION
X Trauma-Sensitive Instruction
October 13−14 | Charleston, South Carolina
November 5–6 | Idaho Falls, Idaho
LEADERSHIP
X Time for Change
October 15−16 | Charleston, South Carolina
PLC AT WORK®
X Amplify Your Impact
September 10−11 | Des Moines, Iowa
September 22−23 | Tulsa, Oklahoma
October 1−2 | New Orleans, Louisiana
November 3–4 | Salt Lake City, Utah
November 10–11 | Grand Rapids, Michigan
X Literacy in a PLC at Work®
September 15−16 | Nashville, Tennessee
October 15−16 | Seattle, Washington
November 5–6 | Salt Lake City, Utah
December 4−5 | Des Moines, Iowa
X The 15-Day Challenge
September 17−18 | Houston, Texas
October 27–28 | Syracuse, New York
November 19–20 | Portland, Oregon
December 4–5 | Lexington, Kentucky
X You Can Learn
September 24−25 | Atlanta, Georgia
October 21–22 | Spokane, Washington
X The Way Forward
September 24−25 | Tulsa, Oklahoma
December 4–5 | Austin, Texas
X Starting a Movement
September 29−30 | New Orleans, Louisiana
X Teams
September 29−30 | Sacramento, California
October 6−7 | Naperville, Illinois
October 23–24 | Spokane, Washington
X Leading PLCs at Work® Districtwide
October 1−2 | Sacramento, California
November 12–13 | San Antonio, Texas
X Yes We Can!
October 8−9 | Naperville, Illinois
October 8−9 | San Francisco, California
X Singletons in a PLC
October 16−17 | Little Rock, Arkansas
December 2–3 | Lexington, Kentucky
RTI AT WORK™
X Behavior Solutions
September 15−16 | Houston, Texas
October 1 & 8 | Virtual
October 27–28 | Madison, Wisconsin
November 12–13 | Grand Rapids, Michigan
November 17–18 | Portland, Oregon
X RTI at Work™ Workhop
October 29–30 | Syracuse, New York
November 3–4 | Idaho Falls, Idaho
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
X School Improvement for All
October 13−14 | Seattle, Washington
MATHEMATICS
X Mathematics at Work™
October 29−30 | Madison, Wisconsin
Experience high-impact professional development with our new 1-Day Workshops. Designed for busy educators, these focused sessions provide expert guidance, practical strategies, and actionable insights on the topics that matter most. Grow your skills and drive meaningful change—all in a single, powerful day. Space is limited, so don't miss this opportunity!
X Harnessing the Power of AI to Transform K−12 Collaboration, Instruction, Intervention, and Extension
June 12 | Lincolnshire, Illinois, with Eric Twadell
July 15 | Centennial, Colorado, with Paul Cancellieri
November 6 | Des Moines, Iowa, with William M. Ferriter
December 4 | Little Rock, Arkansas, with Eric Twadell
X The Effective New Teacher: Strategies for Success
September 16 | Des Moines, Iowa, with Alex Kajitani
PLC AT WORK®
X Parentships in a PLC: Forming and Sustaining School-Home Relationships with Families
October 21 | Des Moines, Iowa, with Kyle Palmer
X Extending and Personalizing Student Learning in a PLC
November 11 | Des Moines, Iowa, with Steve Pearce and Mark Weichel
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