Real Talk with Jeanne and Matt: Real People, Real Schools, and Real Situations

In this episode of Real Talk with Jeanne and Matt, hosts Jeanne Spiller and Matt Treadway sit down with new author, educational consultant, and thought leader Jason Williams to discuss his new book, Shared Data, Shared Decisions: A Student-Centered Framework for a Healthy Data Culture. Jason shares how schools can move beyond viewing data as something intimidating, punitive, or simply admired from a distance and instead create systems where data becomes a meaningful tool that drives decisions, strengthens collaboration, and improves student learning outcomes.

In this special episode of Real Talk with Jeanne and Matt, Matt sits down with Superintendent Eric Knowles of Waverly Central School District in Waverly, New York to discuss the district’s journey toward becoming a Professional Learning Community at Work®.Eric shares the leadership moves, cultural shifts, and lessons learned as Waverly has worked to build clarity around essential learning, strengthen collaborative teacher teams, and stay focused on student results. This conversation offers an honest look at what it takes to move PLC work from theory to practice across an entire district.

In this episode of Real Talk with Jeanne and Matt, hosts Jeanne Spiller and Matt Treadway dive deep into Matt’s new book Partners in Practice: Co-Teaching at Every Stage of Instruction. The conversation challenges the idea that co-teaching is simply two adults in a room and reframes it as shared responsibility across planning, instruction, assessment, and response.

In this episode of Real Talk with Jeanne and Matt, hosts Jeanne Spiller and Matt Treadway sit down with Jen Minor and Amy Moore, authors of Multi-School Collaborative Teams: Building Districtwide Partnerships in a PLC at Work®. Together, they explore how to connect teachers beyond the four walls of their building—linking educators across schools and districts to ensure no teacher ever works in isolation.

In this episode of Real Talk with Jeanne and Matt, hosts Jeanne Spiller and Matt Treadway discuss the importance of celebrating the work schools and teams are engaged as they pursue the PLC process. Authors of the book Celebrating in a PLC @ Work: A Leader’s Guide to Building Collective Efficacy and High‑Performing Collaborative Teams, Phillip Page and David Chiprany discuss this topic and offer guidance on how to celebrate the work from the district level down to the school level.