About Us

We are the Positive Learning Collaborative. Since 2013, we’ve partnered with schools to ensure that every child develops the social, emotional and academic skills needed to succeed in school and life.

Our healing-centered approach is welcoming, culturally responsive, and recognizes the strengths of all people and communities. All children deserve equal opportunity to reach their full potential– and all educators should be equipped with the skills, tools, and mindset needed to make this happen. Through our healing-centered trainings and supports, we empower educators, administrators, and families to transform their schools into joyful communities by providing tools and resources to support everyone’s well being.

 

We hold ourselves accountable for delivering results, which is why we annually survey each of our schools to gauge our impact. But the numbers tell only part of the story. Ask educators, administrators, and families about PLC, and they’ll tell you they feel the difference the moment they enter the school–a place where everyone works together. Here, teachers are able to teach and students are able to thrive.

OUR MISSION is to bring equity to education by ensuring that every child has the opportunity to achieve their full potential.

Our Full-Support Schools

Today, the PLC team provides intensive support to 35 schools citywide. In 2022, we expanded our approach to 120 additional schools, partnering with District 9 in the Bronx and District 31 in Staten Island to offer healing-centered professional learning.

Brooklyn



PS 184 Newport
273 Newport Street
Brooklyn, NY 11212
PLC school since: 2019
🔗 School Website


PS 262 El Hajj Malik El Shabazz
500 Macon Street
Brooklyn, NY 11233
PLC school since: 2022
🔗 School Website


 


Bronx


 


PS 11 Highbridge
1257 Ogden Avenue
Bronx, NY 10452
PLC school since: 2022
🔗 School Website


PS 18 John Peter Zenger
502 Morris Avenue
Bronx, NY 10451
PLC school since: 2019
🔗  School Website


JHS 22 Jordan L. Mott
270 East 167th Street
Bronx, NY 10456
PLC school since: 2022
🔗 School Website


PS 28 Mount Hope
1861 Anthony Avenue
Bronx, NY 10457
PLC school since: 2022
🔗 School Website


PS 42 The Claremont School
1537 Washington Avenue
Bronx, NY 10457
PLC school since: 2014
🔗  School Website


PS 48 Joseph R. Drake
1290 Spofford Avenue
Bronx, NY 10474
PLC school since: 2019
🔗  School Website


PS 55 The Benjamin Franklin School
450 Saint Paul’s Place
Bronx, NY 10456
PLC school since: 2014
🔗  School Website


PS 109 Sedgwick School
1771 Popham Avenue
Bronx, NY 10453
PLC school since: 2018
🔗  School Website


PS 110 Theodore Schoenfeld
580 Crotona Avenue South
Bronx, NY 10456
PLC school since: 2022
🔗 School Website


PS 132 Garret A. Morgan
1245 Washington Avenue
Bronx, NY 10456
PLC school since: 2022
🔗 School Website


PS 168
3050 Webster Avenue
Bronx, NY 10467
PLC school since: 2021
🔗  School Website


PS/IS 218 Rafael Hernandez Dual Language Magnet School
1220 Gerard Avenue
Bronx, NY 10452
PLC school since: 2014
🔗  School Website


PS 369 Young Leaders Elementary School
468 East 140th Street
Bronx, NY 10454
PLC school since: 2014
🔗  School Website


 


Manhattan


 


PS 169 The Robert F. Kennedy School
110 East 88th Street
New York, NY 10128
PLC school since: 2018
🔗  School Website


PS 192 Jacob H. Schiff
500 West 138th Street
New York, NY 10031
PLC school since: 2019
🔗  School Website


PS 197 John B. Russwurm School
2230 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10037
PLC school since: 2017
🔗  School Website


 


Queens


 


PS 52 Queens
178-37 146th Terrace
Jamaica, NY 11434
PLC school since: 2019
🔗  School Website


PS 111 Jacob Blackwell School
3715 13th Street
Queens, NY 11101
PLC school since: 2016
🔗  School Website


 


Staten Island


 


PS 16 John J. Driscoll
195 Daniel Low Terrace
Staten Island, NY 10301
PLC school since: 2022
🔗 School Website


PS 21 Margaret Emery-Elm Park
168 Hooker Place
Staten Island, NY 1030
PLC school since: 2018
🔗  School Website


IS 27 Anning S. Prall
11 Clove Lake Place
Staten Island, NY 10310
PLC school since: 2021
🔗  School Website


PS 41 The Stephanie A. Vierno School
216 Clawson Street
Staten Island, NY 10306
PLC school since: 2022
🔗 School Website


PS 44 Thomas C. Brown
80 Maple Parkway
Staten Island, NY 10303
PLC school since: 2016
🔗  School Website


PS 45 The John Tyler School
58 Lawrence Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10310
PLC school since: 2014
🔗  School Website


PS 61 William A. Morris
445 Castleton Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10301
PLC school since: 2022
🔗 School Website


PS 65 The Academy of Innovative Learning
98 Grant Street
Staten Island, NY 10301
PLC school since: 2022
🔗 School Website


IS 72 Rocco Laurie
33 Ferndale Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10314
PLC school since: 2019
🔗  School Website


PS 78 Stapleton Lighthouse Community School
100 Tompkins Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10304
PLC school since: 2015
🔗  School Website


PS 85 Young Women’s Leadership School
45 Waverly Place
Staten Island, NY 10304
PLC school since: 2022
🔗 School Website


 

			

			

				
				
				
				
				

				
				
				
				
				
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WE BELIEVE in the power of relationships—among students, families, educators, and administrators—to transform schools into joyful communities in which to learn and grow.





































			

			

				
				
				
				
			

				
				
			

				
				
				
				
				
				
				

				

				
				
				
				
				

				
				
				
				
				
			

				
				
				
				
				
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As a partnership between the United Federation of Teachers and the NYC Department of Education, we deeply understand education, and how to work together collaboratively within school communities to benefit students. Our expert team of public-school educators and clinicians includes social workers, counselors, psychologists, and teachers with decades of experience in local school communities. It’s why our work is enthusiastically supported by educators and administrators, families and students.

			

			

				
				
				
				
				

				
				
				
				
				
     

			

			

				
				
				
				
			

				
				
			

				
				
				
				
				
				
				

				

				
				
				
				
				

				
				
				
				
				
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