Virtual Professional Learning Community (PLC) MasterClasses with Dr. Howie Knoff
With over 40 years of experience in schools across the world (and in every state in the United States), Dr. Howie has been mentored and worked alongside some of the greatest experts and best minds in the field of school improvement and effective school and schooling processes. He has also learned hands-on lessons through his own work–especially what to do and what NOT to do.
Dr. Howie brings this expertise to his specialized, virtual PLC MasterClass Groups, where he shares his experiences and expertise (sometimes with other experts in the field) so that participants can go to THE NEXT LEVEL of excellence in hours and not days, days and not months, and months and not years.
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There are two types of PLC MasterClasses available:
- Cross-Country MasterClasses. MasterClasses that involve practitioners from across the US, Canada, and the world that are focused on a specific theme, that survey and address participants’ specific needs, and that involve both MasterClass information and guided discussions.
- Single-District, School, or Department MasterClasses. MasterClasses that involve selected staff from a specific district, agency, department/unit, or school(s) and are dedicated to addressing specific “in-house” needs, goals, and outcomes in a specific content area–once again, involving MasterClass information, guided discussions, and action planning.
Primary characteristics for all PLC MasterClass groups:
- MasterClasses are scheduled on an as-needed or on-demand basis–virtually, any time a class has commitments from enough participants.
- Team or multi-member sign-up discounts are available.
- Cross-Country MasterClass PLCs typically involves six weekly 90 minute sessions scheduled at an optimal time for PLC members. All presentations/meetings are recorded and posted on a private Facebook Page dedicated to the PLC and available to those who miss a session.
- Single-District, school, or department MasterClass PLCs involve a minimum of six weekly 90 minute sessions. More sessions, as determined, are available to address the specific needs and to accomplish the goals of the group.
PLC MasterClass Topics Available
- Improving Student Outcomes through School Improvement, Strategic Planning, and Systemic Change
- Improving Special Education Outcomes for Students with Disabilities: Results Driven Accountability
- School Discipline, Classroom Management, and Student Self-Management (Integrating Social-Emotional Learning and Positive Behavioral Support Systems, while Addressing Inequity and Disproportionality)
- Expanding Related Service Professionals’ Roles to Improve Services to Students
- Designing and Implementing Effective Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
- To design your own personalized Single-District PLC: Contact Dr. Howie
CLICK HERE for More Information or to Enroll in a CROSS-COUNTRY PLC Masterclass
CLICK HERE for More Information or to Enroll in a SINGLE-DISTRICT/School PLC Masterclass
About Dr. Howie
Howard M. Knoff, Ph.D. (Howie) is the creator and Director of Project ACHIEVE, and an internationally-known innovator and hands-on practitioner in the areas of:
- District/School Success, Continuous Improvement, and Turn-Around (ESEA/ESSA)
- Strategic Planning, Organizational Development, and Shared Leadership (Committees/PLCs)
- School Discipline, Classroom Management, and Student Self-Management (PBIS/SEL/PBSS)
- Special Education (IDEA) Planning and Implementation: Multi-Tiered (MTSS/RtI) Services and Supports for Academically Struggling and Behaviorally Challenging Students
- Curricular Alignment, Differentiated Instruction, and Academic Interventions for Struggling Students
- Social, Emotional, and Behavioral (Social Skills) Instruction, and Strategic/Intensive Interventions for Challenging Students
- Conference Keynotes and Professional Development/In-Service Workshops
- Due Process Hearings and Special Education Litigation (Expert Witness Testimony and Representation)
- Grant Writing and External Funding Support
Over the past 40+ years, Howie has implemented Project ACHIEVE components in thousands of schools or districts— training in every state in the country. He has also been awarded over $40 million in federal, state, or foundation grants for this work. Awarded grants include: Safe Schools/Healthy Students, School Climate Transformation, Elementary and Secondary Counseling, Title I, Safe and Drug-Free School, and MetLife grants.
Howie served as the Director of the State Improvement Grant (SIG)/State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) for the Arkansas Department of Education—Special Education Unit from 2003 through 2015. Here, he was directly responsible to the state’s Special Education Director, and his Project ACHIEVE program was the foundation for the state’s PBIS, Multi-Tiered Services (MTSS), and school improvement process (for all Focus schools).
Before his work in Arkansas, Howie was a university professor for 22 years (leaving as a tenured Full Professor) at two Research I institutions—the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa, and the State University of New York at Albany. At USF, he was the Director of the School Psychology Program for 12 years, and he established and directed its Institute for School Reform, Integrated Services, and Child Mental Health and Educational Policy for over a decade.
Dr. Knoff received his Ph.D. degree from Syracuse University in 1980, and has worked as a practitioner, consultant, licensed private psychologist, and university professor since 1978. He has authored or co-authored over 25 books, published over 100 articles and book chapters, and delivered more than 4,000 papers and workshops in the U.S. and abroad. He worked with the Department of Defense Dependents School District during Desert Storm in 1991, has collaborated with the Southern Poverty Law Center, and has been an expert witness in federal and state court innumerable times, largely representing special education and other students in need.
A recipient of the Lightner Witmer Award from the American Psychological Association’s School Psychology Division for early career contributions in 1990, Dr. Knoff also is a Fellow of that Division, a Nationally Certified School Psychologist, a Licensed Psychologist in Arkansas, and he has been trained in both crisis intervention and mediation processes. Frequently interviewed by the media, Dr. Knoff has been on the NBC Nightly News, numerous television and radio talk shows, and he was highlighted on an ABC News’ 20/20 program “Being Teased, Taunted, and Bullied.” Finally, Dr. Knoff was the 21st President of the National Association of School Psychologists which represents over 25,000 school psychologists nationwide.