John Eyolfson

How often have you come away from a dynamic professional learning experience wishing you could maintain that high level of energy, learning, and networking? Our mission as learning leaders in the Learning Forward Colorado affiliate is to make such ongoing engagement and learning the norm. During remote learning due to […]

Working collaboratively with teams of professionals continues to be a practice embraced within our educational communities. This is an important trend that should continue. In fact, I’ve seen the benefits of this approach in practice. Collaboration can take many forms. There are collaborative teams, communities of practice, learning communities, and […]

One of the big equity lessons our district has learned is that we can't deny students access to grade-level content. When we insisted that English learners learn English first, we positioned them to be behind in grade-level content — sometimes for the rest of their school career. Traditional English language […]

In our district, we have realized the importance of creating intentional connections within and beyond our buildings so that everyone has the capacity to bring rigorous content to life and offer meaningful learning experiences for all students. These connections have served us well in achieving our goal of having every […]

As a young boy in Colorado, I spent much of my time exploring, hiking, and climbing the Rocky Mountains. I learned early on the importance of being prepared for the elements. For instance, I knew I would always have in my backpack a way to start a fire, a knife, […]

I am Learning Forward! I want to share with you how I became a learning leader and a Learning Forward leader — both through the same process. In 2000, I applied to become an instructional technology specialist. This job was not about the hardware. It was about working with teachers […]