PLC conducted a two-day Leadership Institute for Early Reading for 65 educators, including classroom teachers and school-, district-, and state-level administrators. The institute featured Dr. Cyndy McGurl (The HILL for Literacy) and Dr. Ed Kame`nui who combined their expertise to facilitate discussions and school action plans around strategies to shape and guide the process of deploying science-based, whole school change through leadership and teacher training, coaching, and creating a culture of accountability that results in sustained, systemic improvements in children’s literacy achievement.