Ariel Durham
Director, Digital Marketing
Ariel Durham is the director of digital marketing at Learning Forward. Her work involves Learning Forward’s website, email, webinars, social media, and other marketing and communications to advance Learning Forward’s mission, vision, and strategic priorities. Her background is in media and public relations, writing, internal corporate communications, and digital marketing. Ariel received her bachelor’s degree in communications at The University of Louisiana at Monroe and received her master’s degree in marketing at The University of Texas at Dallas. A native of Dallas, Texas, but currently lives overseas with her husband most of the year, Ariel is passionate about using Learning Forward’s global reach to remove inequities in schools so all students experience meaningful learning.
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#PersonalizedPD Twitter chat recap: Podcasts as Professional Learning
On May 1, Learning Forward and featured guests Nader Twal, Amy Pendray, and Jennifer Crockett of Long Beach Unified School District led a conversation on how to boost learning with podcasts. This chat was based on an article from the April issue of The Learning Professional that discussed the Long […] -
#VirtualCoaching Twitter chat recap: Coaching in a time of crisis
On March 31, Learning Forward and featured guest Melissa Ellegood of Yuma Union High School District led a conversation on how instructional coaches can support educators – and take care of themselves – during this stressful time. This chat was based on an interview with Learning Forward senior consultants Eric […] -
Amplifying student voice in professional learning: #StuVoice recap
On March 4, 2020, Learning Forward and two members of the Prichard Committee Student Voice Team, Emanuelle Sippy and Rachel Belin, led a conversation about how educators can learn from and with students, not just for them. Sippy and Belin wrote the article "Students as education partners." In this article, […] -
Coaching for equity: #LearnFwdTLP recap
On January 23, Learning Forward hosted a Twitter chat to discuss building equity through instructional coaching with special guests Tonikiaa Orange, director of the Culture and Equity Project at UCLA, and Jo Ann Isken, director of the UCLA IMPACT Urban Teacher Residency Program. They wrote the article "Coaching for equity," […] -
#SatChat recap: Tackling instructional mismatch
On November 16, 2019, Learning Forward hosted a Twitter chat to discuss how to bridge the gap on instructional mismatch with experts Sarah Quebec Fuentes, associate professor of mathematics education, and Jo Beth Jimerson, associate professor of educational leadership at Texas Christian University. The chat was based on their article […] -
#CollaborativePD recap: School counselors need professional learning, too
On September 18, 2019, Learning Forward hosted a Twitter chat on the importance of professional learning for school counselors with experts Mandy Savitz-Romer of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Alice Anne Bailey of the Southern Regional Education Board. The chat was based on Savitz-Romer’s article in the June […] -
Top 10 Learning Forward tweets of 2018
To bring in the new year, we collected the top 10 most-liked tweets and reposted them during the weeks leading up to New Year's Day. The list below gives you insight into what topics our followers were interested in the most in 2018. Follow #Top10tweets2018 to view the tweets on […] -
Announcing the winner of the Teacher Appreciation Week Giveaway
For Teacher Appreciation Week this year, we wanted to hear how teachers not only inspire their students, but also how they inspire other educators. We asked professional developers everywhere to share how teachers have inspired them. To make it even more exciting, whoever received the most shares or retweets would […]
