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August 2021
Professional learning can kickstart an uncertain school year by building knowledge about social and emotional learning strategies, fostering educators’ resilience, and cultivating the support that school communities need to thrive.
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Looking beyond current spending battles
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Re-visioning and building capacity for literacy instruction in the 21st century
Professional services
We equip leaders at all levels with the tools to meet educator and student learning needs head-on. Let us work with your schools and systems to provide professional learning support for teachers, coaches, and leaders.
We are now offering high-quality professional learning you’ve come to expect from Learning Forward in a virtual learning environment. Our virtual services help teacher leaders, coaches, mentors, and school leaders lead and facilitate virtual professional learning that reflects best practices in both adult learning and online learning.
See our full list of customized services or contact us for more information.
Build your coaches' capacity to accelerate recovery and reinvention with our virtual Coaches Academy
Participants will engage in 12 virtual learning sessions designed to enhance the effectiveness of their coaching conversations and professional learning design and facilitation skills. Both new and experienced coaches will benefit from this deep dive into instructional coaching.
Course is now closed. Click here to be one of the first notified when the next cohort is scheduled.
Standards for Professional Learning
Standards for Professional Learning outline the characteristics of professional learning that leads to effective teaching practices, supportive leadership, and improved students results. Through the Standard for Professional Learning, Learning Forward leads the field in understanding what links professional learning to improved student achievement.
Learning Forward requests your input on draft revised Standards for Professional Learning. Perspectives from practitioners, policymakers, and stakeholders are essential to ensuring revised Standards for Professional Learning support critical improvements to policy and practice. Learn more here.
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