Brig Leane is an Education consultant and former principal of Fruita Middle School in Colorado, which under his leadership became a national Model Professional Learning Community. A veteran of the United States Coast Guard, he began his 2nd career as an educator in 2000, and has served as a principal, assistant principal, and teacher at the middle and high school levels in inner-city, suburban, and rural schools. He has also been an adjunct professor at Colorado Christian University.

Brig’s work has been published in Phi Delta Kappan, Principal Leadership, and elsewhere, and he’s the author of Singletons in a PLC At Work as well as the new book The PLC Dashboard: Implementing, Leading, and Sustaining Your Professional Learning Community at Work.

Visit Brig’s website, www.BrigLeane.com Follow Brig on X, IG @BrigLeane

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Episode # 412: Craig Randall

Repeat guest Craig Randall is the developer and author of Trust-Based Observations, an Amazon number one best seller in five countries. Craig has spent the last 30 plus years in education working as...

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Episode # 210: Tim Shanahan

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