Frederick Brown
President | CEO
Frederick Brown is Learning Forward’s president | CEO. Fred is an education visionary who knows firsthand that our nation’s schools need transformational change if we are to meet the challenges of the next decades. Fred advocates that every child deserves to reach their highest potential and every educator must have the opportunity to participate in exemplary, ongoing, professional learning programs to provide students the skills needed to meet their unique needs. Supporting educators at all levels and improving student achievement are through lines of Fred's career. An elementary school teacher, a middle school assistant principal, and school principal, Fred saw firsthand the impact high-leverage instructional practices and school culture have on school success. Fred is a frequent speaker on leadership and building high-quality learning in schools. He has co-authored two books that have made significant contributions to the field of education, demonstrating how a comprehensive approach to professional learning can be achieved so that everyone in a system is a learner, and how principals apply a learning lens to their many critical responsibilities to create a productive climate for learning and collaboration. "Becoming a Learning System" and "The Learning Principal -- Becoming a Learning Leader" are time-tested Learning Forward resources for schools and leaders. Fred is a Learning Forward Academy graduate and serves as secretary/treasurer on the board of Learning First Alliance.
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Uninterrupted learning for all
As an elementary teacher in Elyria, Ohio, a small urban district about 30 miles west of Cleveland, I looked forward to asking my students the question all my teachers had asked me that first day of school: "What did you do this summer?" However, I quickly realized that many of […] -
Advancing the standards: Leaders in a learning system
Principals create the conditions for effective teaching and learning that is scaled throughout their buildings and sustained over time. See what a learning system looks like from the perspective of a school leader. -
Advancing the standards: Strike up the band: Lessons in leadership
By Frederick Brown Frederick Brown shares his reflections on his high school band leader, Mr. White, who embodied the Leadership standard of the Standards for Professional Learning by developing capacity for learning and leading, advocating for learning, and creating support systems and structures. -
Advancing the standards: Real change requires a focus on implementation
By Frederick Brown A lot of change efforts and professional learning are well-intentioned, but simply don't bring about the kinds of changes in practice their designers envisioned. The Implementation standard tells us that successful implementation begins with adult learning and change process research; provides ongoing support for individuals, teams, and […] -
Advancing the standards: It’s time to take a Galilean approach to analyzing our data
Sometimes the data tell us things about our systems or ourselves that we may not want to hear. Learn strategies for making meaning from the data in front of us instead of forcing it to fit a preconceived understanding. -
Advancing the standards: Align your professional learning resources when facing limited budgets
By Frederick Brown When resources are limited and calls to trim the budget are made, how should school leaders respond? See how much of what we need is at our fingertips and how to harness it effectively in order to avoid repeating past mistakes. -
Advancing the standards: Get a clue - use that data!
By Frederick Brown Discover how using data can be like playing a board game, but one rule needs to change in order for students to win. -
Advancing the standards: Articulate a clear vision for beliefs and practices
By Frederick Brown See how teachable points of view, which are defined as articulations of beliefs and principles related to one's practice, demonstrate alignment with the Leadership standard when they are shared within and beyond schools. (Available to the public.) -
Advancing the standards: Poof! Everyone's effective!
By Frederick Brown Read how the newly released Standards for Professional Learning outline a reality-based relationship between professional learning, effective practice, and student results. -
School leadership: Use professional learning to protect children from bullying
By Frederick Brown Leaders have a responsibility to develop their own capacity to build successful learning environments free from hatred.
