Dr. Chad M.V. Dumas is a Solution Tree PLC at Work®, RTI at Work®, Assessment, and Priority Schools associate who collaborates to develop capacity for self-, team-, and system-improvement. With over a quarter century of successful leadership experience, and as an international educational presenter and award-winning researcher, he has led nationally recognized improvements for both students and staff. An author of numerous articles and award-winning books, Let’s Put the C in PLC, An Action Guide to Put the C in PLC, and The Teacher Team Leader Handbook, Chad offers readers and audiences educational research, engaging stories, hands-on tools, and useful knowledge and skills they can implement immediately.

The results of Chad’s work speak for themselves. One district was identified as “Persistently Lowest Achieving” upon his arrival, and within a few years —  by applying  the principles of this book — multiple schools were recognized as National Models for improving student learning. Chad has served on and led accreditation visits for Cognia around the United States and world, presented nationally and internationally, and collaborated with school boards, intermediate service agencies, state departments of education, and professional associations.