Recent Blog Posts
By William M. Ferriter
July 02, 2021
I became a champion of the PLC process fifteen years ago, when I started working in a school that opened as a professional learning community.
What left me so jazzed about the PLC process was . . . Read more
By William M. Ferriter
December 11, 2019
The joy of my life is my 10-year-old daughter, Reece. She’s beautiful and funny and smart and curious—and I’d do anything to help her succeed.
That’s why her third-grade . . . Read more
By William M. Ferriter
February 27, 2019
One question I am often asked by classroom teachers is, “Why should we care about PLCs, Bill?” We are almost always skeptical when our bosses bring something new back to our building and try to convince us that it is worth investing in. But when they are done right, PLCs answer my three why questions better than anything I’ve seen in over 25 years of full-time teaching. Read more
By William M. Ferriter
December 20, 2017
Let me start with a simple truth: There is no single decision made by the principal of a professional learning community more important than who to hire to fill vacancies on individual learning teams. After all, the teachers that you hire today are likely to be a part of your faculty—working with students, influencing colleagues, shaping decisions, impacting public relations—for years to come. Read more
By William M. Ferriter
April 10, 2014
Walk into the Evernote headquarters in Redwood City, California, and you are bound to be impressed by the full-scale espresso bar in the lobby. Whether you are in the mood for a vegan raspberry . . . Read more