PD Services

Let Solution Tree put you on the path to long-term success. We'll partner together and develop a comprehensive and sustainable professional development plan based on your most critical challenges.

These multifaceted plans have the potential to span over multiple months or years. Guided by our diverse specialists, you'll simultaneously target key issues with integrated approaches, products, and resources.

With a comprehensive and sustainable professional development plan, you will:

• Enjoy personalized long-term attention from high-caliber presenters and Solution Tree staff.
• Get a library of research-based resources combined with high-touch, onsite support.
• Focus on one strategy or combine the work of several education leaders.
• Stay on track with debriefings and interim support.
• Nurture a consistent plan for sustained improvement.

To discuss your specific needs and determine what sort of sustainable professional development plan will work best for you, please call 888-763-9045.

Customized Workshops

Create a collaborative culture. Build a unified vision. Determine cross-curricular assessment, improve literacy, integrate 21st century skills... the list goes on and on!

With more than 100 topics to choose from and no limit to how many participants you can invite, our customized workshops put you in the driver's seat on the road to success.

These workshops offer interactive activities, practical strategies, and informative content that help inform teams and create common objectives. You choose the topic, and we'll work together to find a presenter or author who has the same outlook as you and your staff.

Standard Workshops

Attended one of our 2-day workshops and want to bring it back home to the rest of your team?

We can do it. Contact a Solution Tree professional development representative, and tell them what you're interested in. They'll efficiently work to bring the power and inspiration of these workshops to your school whenever you'd like.

If you've ever been to one of our institutes or summits, then you know the command our keynote speakers have over the room. Bring their inspirational stories, thought-provoking questions, and no-nonsense strategies into your school to help relight the fire among staff and colleagues.

Two highly customizable tools, interactive web conferencing (IWC) and interactive video conferencing (IVC), offer your school, district, or regional staff an affordable opportunity to receive ongoing support from education's top experts.

Follow up your book study with a Q&A with the author. Schedule an ongoing professional development series focused on a specific research-based topic. Enhance comprehension with between-visit booster sessions. Plan in-depth discussion with the most noted education experts in North America. The only limit to the number of attendees you invite is the space you have available.

Bring Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, and Robert Eaker's Professional Learning Communities at Work™ process into your school. This package of consulting and professional development engagements occurs over 9 to 12 months.

The academy is facilitated by one or more PLC Master Coaches and includes three two-day on-site sessions, with targeted action occurring between sessions, along with a robust selection of resources for each participant.

The PLC at Work™ Progress Report

Assess your school's development. This report provides an unbiased observation of your current practices and outlines next action steps.

An expert Facilitation Team will come to your school to assist in the analysis of current practices and identification of improvement strategies. These teams—each member carefully selected based on their specific expertise in the practices of PLCs—will present their findings through one onsite meeting, along with convenient conference calls.

Assessment Practices Progress Report

Learn practical strategies to design and implement effective assessments. Our assessment associates draw from decades of research and present proven, practical strategies that are working for students and educators all around the world.