"Professional Learning Associates (PLA) is a team of accomplished educators dedicated to helping schools and districts improve student learning. All of our facilitators are present or former teachers and administrators. They have extensive K-12 classroom experience with curriculum mapping, standards-based assessment, and/or the effective use of instructional technology.
Here at PLA, we are committed to providing the highest quality professional development possible. We work as your partner to help you make informed decisions and improve student performance."
-- Michael Rush, Vice President, Professional Learning Associates
Cathy Gilbert -- Senior Education Consultant
- Cathy Gilbert joined Professional Learning
Associates in 2005 as an Education Consultant. An educator for over
twenty years, she has taught almost every grade level, from Pre-school
through college, having earned an Associate degree from College of
DuPage, a Bachelor degree from National-Louis, and a Master of Education
degree in Curriculum Design and Development from Benedictine University.
She is an adjunct Liberal Arts instructor at College of DuPage,
distinguished as a “Part-time Teacher of the Year” in 2003.
Cathy is mother to four and grandmother to eight, and has been married for thirty-four years. She was born and raised in Chicago, but moved to the western suburbs over twenty-five years ago. She enjoys teaching, both English and art, as well as spending time with her grandchildren.
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