Granite School District staff requests invitations to observe PLCs; district planning July professional development

A staff member with Granite School District asked school teams to invite district staff to observe their professional learning community (PLC) meetings and announced the district will rent space for a July professional development session featuring Dr. Anthony Mohammed of Solution Tree.

The staff member said PLCs "are an intrinsic part of what we do here in Granite School District" and that "some of our PLCs are not where they need to be, and others are just kind of in the start the starting phase of building that structure and asking the questions and reviewing the data." The speaker said the district will provide training and resources to schools and is arranging a session in July that will include outside presenter Dr. Anthony Mohammed.

The staff member described prior visits to school PLCs, saying, "I've had opportunity to come out and visit your PLCs. I've been to a Wilson Elementary, kindergarten PLC. I've been to several junior high PLCs, and I've blocked time in my schedules to come out and visit even more PLCs." The speaker asked school teams to extend invitations by email so the district can try to add visits to the district schedule: "So if you wouldn't mind extending me an invitation, shoot me an email, and, let's see if we can get it added to my schedule. I'd love to visit as many of those as I possibly can."

On the districtwide training, the staff member said the district will "rent some space and, really provide our schools with the resources and the professional development" and asked listeners to "put it on your calendar, and talk to your principal if that's something you'd like to—we want to accommodate as many individuals as possible." The transcript records the speaker saying the session will be in July and vocalizing the date as "on the 20 eighth"; the phrasing in the record is unclear and the exact calendar date was not specified elsewhere in the meeting.

The staff member said the district plans to invite "Doctor Anthony Mohammed, from Solution Tree, to come and visit with principals and school level leadership teams, and other individuals as the principal would designate." The announcement also referenced previous Solution Tree events when the speaker said, "I know many of our schools have gone to Solution Tree when it was here, this last summer and also in Vegas the year before."

The remarks were delivered as a request and an informational announcement; there was no formal board motion or vote recorded on the transcript. The staff member framed the outreach as support for teacher collaboration and student outcomes, saying, "This is our culture, and this is how we work to improve student outcomes, and support our students."