Upper St. Clair Hosting National Teachers Traning Session

UPPER ST. CLAIR, PA - Hundreds of teachers from across the country will pack Upper St. Clair High School Wednesday to launch a three-day Professional Learning Communities At Work Institute training session.

Professional learning communities provide an environment for educators to work collaboratively to become better at their jobs via occupation-embedded learning. The training sessions were developed by Solution Tree, an Indiana company that provides comprehensive professional development to schools and districts worldwide.

Within a professional learning community, teachers meet regularly by grade level, team and/or discipline to discuss student needs, share expertise and share ideas on how to improve student learning.

An anonymous donor is underwriting the $42,320 cost for dozens of Upper St. Clair teachers, principals and administrators to attend the training.

“The PLC Institute at Work conference is an intensive and expensive staff development experience that we would never have been able to provide at this magnitude,”deputy/assistant superintendent Sharon Suritsky said. “Undoubtedly, this initiative will have a transformational and lasting impact on our educational program.”