Educators convene to learn how to work together

County educators meet in a group session at Colfax High School.

Most schools in the county shut down Friday, Oct. 9, for a countywide school staff conference on learning at Colfax High School. Approximately 275 educators swarmed the hallways of the building to begin a day of sessions to learn about Professional Learning Communities (PLC), a buzzword for teachers learning to work together to boost student performance.

“Some kids, they pick it up. Other kids, it’s like, ‘What?’” said Sara Bedient, a special education teacher at Jennings Elementary in Colfax, during a group session which focused...