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About the Authors

Craig Dougherty, MA, has served as superintendent of Sheridan County School District 2 in Sheridan, Wyoming, since 2000. Craig has been an educator since 1983, serving as a teacher, principal, and assistant superintendent before becoming a superintendent. During his tenure in Sheridan, test scores have risen dramatically; students, schools, and educators have won numerous awards; and teachers have received among the highest teacher salaries in the state, while administrative costs have ranked among the state’s lowest. These accomplishments stem from rigorous implementation of the professional learning community (PLC) process. In 1995, Craig brought Reading Recovery to Wyoming, and he has served as president of the Reading Recovery Council of North America. His experiences teaching in Eskimo villages and on Indian reservations inspired him to begin work on the First People’s Center for Education in 1999.

Craig’s mission in education is to ensure teachers work collaboratively and systematically to drive student learning. He actively fosters opportunities to extend his work outside Sheridan County. His current focus areas include developing a statewide PLC principal academy, a clinical PLC teacher college, and a PLC framework that can improve education in all Wyoming schools, as well as exploring how to apply artificial intelligence to innovative education practices. Craig’s next transition will move him from K–12 education to social entrepreneurship, where he will look for opportunities to impact student learning across the United States. His pursuits will involve a radical redesign of teacher and principal preparation through public and private partnerships with the goal of transforming K–12 education. Craig’s future work will also explore how artificial intelligence can have a greater impact on students who struggle with reading and mathematics.

Craig received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Arizona State University and a master of arts in teaching from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He also completed principal and superintendent endorsement programs at the University of Wyoming and Montana State University.

Visit www.fpcfe.org to learn more about Craig’s work to improve learning for America’s First People.

Casey Reason, PhD, is an expert in leadership, school improvement, virtual learning, and the PLC process. Casey’s mission is to help support sustainable reform in education by using PLCs in conjunction with modern-day applications of technology and emerging brain science. A former urban high school principal and central office administrator, he has worked with school leaders all over the world to improve the academic achievement of the learners they serve.

Casey has published numerous books, and his publications have been endorsed by best-selling authors Ken Blanchard and Charlotte Danielson. In 2015, he coauthored Professional Learning Communities at Work® and Virtual Collaboration with transformational thought leader Richard DuFour.

Casey is also a distance-learning designer and strategist, winning the 2010 Blackboard International Course Designer of the Year award, a recognition featured on Forbes.com. He also works with Solution Tree’s online digital courses and is the developer of the BEST digital leadership solution, a one-of-a-kind leadership and school-improvement digital network serving school leaders from all over the world. He and his twin sons, Brice and Kiah, live in Scottsdale, Arizona.

To learn more about Casey’s work, visit www.caseyreason.com or www.facebook.com/CaseyReasonCompanies, or follow @CaseyReason on Twitter.

To book Craig Dougherty or Casey Reason for professional development, contact pd@SolutionTree.com.