Professional Learning

ARC's workshop structure supports a transformational literacy design. Teachers work to establish a culture of engaged readers and writers and to increase rigor through the use of high-quality, grade level texts.

ARC Coaches work collaboratively with teachers in PLCs as they learn to effectively implement ARC Core. While engaged in 1:1 coaching, teachers develop a high capacity to analyze student work to plan effective lessons and to deliver strong, grade level core instruction and differentiated instruction. 

Certified ARC Executive Coaches engage with teachers and leaders to co-plan, co-teach, demonstrate, and observe lessons. Feedback and cycles of continuous improvement are used to further instructional practice, identify unique teacher and classroom needs, and to ensure PL sessions remain relevant across the system and implementation. 

ARC's Professional Learning is flexible and adaptable to meet the needs of schools and districts. ARC provides targeted support to improve implementation of its HQIM, ARC Core, through consultative partnership. This partnership may include iterative cycles of continuous improvement with leaders in its Leadership Learning Series, and/or custom PD.

ARC Executive Coaches, in collaboration with district leadership, develop literacy leaders to run site-based coaching in their building. Principals and Literacy Coaches from across the district work together with targeted support from the ARC Executive Coach in the lab school to create a working model with demonstrated impact. Participants collaboratively determine a shared vision of success and are responsible for coaching their own schools.