helping real schools build, lead, and sustain authentic Professional Learning Communities
WHO WE ARE
Daniel R. Venables
Executive Director,
Center for Authentic PLCs
Daniel R. Venables is the author of The Practice of Authentic PLCs: A Guide to Effective Teacher Teams, the guiding work behind the Center’s efforts to help schools nationwide develop authentic PLCs or to authenticate existing PLCs. His experiences in education as an award-winning classroom teacher, a speaker and consultant, and as a professional development coordinator with our nation’s 18th largest district, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, span thirty years. He is a Math/Science Fellow with the Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) and a member of the National Re:Learning Faculty with CES. His presentation style is energetic, humorous, and intelligent. Whether presenting at national conferences or offering on-going, site-based assistance to individual schools, he is always well-received by teachers wherever he goes.
At the heart of it, he cares deeply for kids, their teachers, and the work authentic Professional Learning Communities can do to make a real impact in how much and how many kids learn.
He can be reached at dvenables@authenticPLCs.com.
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Cari Begin
Consultant,
Center for Authentic PLCs
Cari Begin has been an educator for nearly twenty years. Her career includes experiences as a middle school math and science teacher, an elementary teacher, a presenter at state and national conferences, a county level school improvement consultant and a professional development coordinator. Cari was an integral part of the team at Kent Intermediate School District that launched the first Data Warehouse used successfully in the Michigan school system. More recently, Cari trained and coached teachers in low-performing schools as a professional development coordinator for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Cari has an in depth understanding of how continuous improvement processes informed by student data can be a driving force in keeping teachers focused on student learning. She is an expert in differentiated instruction. Cari also has experience helping schools develop Professional Learning Communities. By using protocols, Cari helps schools build a collaborative culture and keeps teams focused on the work. She is professional, energetic and knowledgeable in a wide range of educational topics.
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She can be reached at cbegin@authenticPLCs.com.
