THE PLA MODEL
The PLA education model works to drive strong growth for
our school partners and student scholars. We support
our partner schools by ensuring the use of standards-
based curriculum; high quality professional
development; a coaching cycle that supports
teachers; enrichment opportunities for scholars;
and a proven process to authentically partner
with parents.
PLA has a proven track-record of helping
children achieve remarkable success. Our
goal is for our partner schools to be one of
the highest performing schools in their host
district after two years with us and to
outperform the state average after five years.
Much of our leadership is representative of the
communities that it serves. The founder and most of its
board, leadership team and headquarters staff are
representative of the community of children and families
that we serve. PLA has also been successful in recruiting high percentages of teachers of color, both male and female. Our diverse staff and our deep knowledge of our communities have enhanced our ability to partner with families, and help our scholars excel.