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Professional Learning and Leading Collaborative

Teaching, Leading and Learning in the Age of Complexity

The Professional Learning and Leading Collaborative promotes pedagogical shifts that engage educators at all levels, providing research based, job-embedded models and approaches for strategic planning and professional development with the belief that students deserve access to equitable personalized learning experiences. The members of our dedicated team are educational leaders who have extensive experience in strategic planning, leadership support and development, data-driven decision-making, and professional development planning and design that is customized and responsive to the needs of today’s schools.

Our Impact

2,014

Educators Receiving Professional Development
(2021-2022 SY)

31,243

Online 
Learners
(Since June 2023)

760

Microcredentials Awarded
(Since June 2023)

[PLLC] helped us to be able to prioritize what we would like to do moving forward to grow our grant initiatives and grow all our stakeholders – especially students.

Cohort Participant

North Carolina Digital Learning Plan

Featured Project: Virtual Schools Network

The Virtual Schools Network (VSN) is a partnership between the Friday Institute and NCVirtual that supports and connects traditional virtual public schools. The VSN creates capacity building opportunities, designs quality courses, assesses technology needs and establishes support structures to assist in scaling for size and planning for sustainability.

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PLLC Team

Partners We Have Proudly Worked With

  • Battelle
  • Belk Foundation
  • Code.org
  • Common Sense Media
  • Department of Education
  • Digital Promise
  • East Carolina University
  • Expanding Computing Education Pathways
  • FACES
  • Gates Foundation
  • International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
  • National Science Foundation
  • North Carolina Arts Foundation
  • North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
  • North Carolina State University College of Education
  • North Carolina Technology in Education Society (NCTies)
  • North Carolina Virtual Public School
  • Oak Foundation
  • Teach for America
  • WestEd