Learning Forward

As more educators and policymakers embrace Learning Forward’s Standards for Professional Learning (Learning Forward, 2011) for planning, implementing, and evaluating professional learning, they may be ready to ask: Now what do we do? Learning Forward has created Innovation Configuration (IC) maps for educators in 12 roles, from teacher leaders and […]

Elementary Focus Not So Elementary: Primary School Teacher Quality in Top-Performing Systems National Center on Education and the Economy, July 2016 This paper gives new insights into a critical driver of the success of the world’s top-performing education systems — developing elementary teachers with deep content knowledge. These high-performing systems […]

Because many school and system leaders and policymakers advocate and support teacher collaboration as a means to improve student achievement, it’s important to understand how collaboration, teacher characteristics, and school characteristics interact to affect student achievement — and how the Standards for Professional Learning (Learning Forward, 2011) fit into this […]

Twelve states represented; finalists to convene in Chicago to present plans detailing ESSA-ready professional learning strategies to panel of educators and experts WASHINGTON – June 23, 2016 – Learning Forward and the National Commission on Teaching & America’s Future (NCTAF) today announced 12 finalists in its Agents for Learning challenge, a […]

JSD: What do you wish you had known when you first began your journey as a learning leader? Warren: I wish that I had known the importance of establishing priority and balance. In doing this, I feel that I would have had a more purposeful focus of needs at the […]

JSD: What do you wish you had known when you first began your journey as a learning leader? McFarland: I wish I had a better understanding of the change process (theory of change). I also wish I had learned how to handle trying to “drink from a re hose” and […]

  Best Practice Takeaways A recent study highlights a pattern of common professional learning practices across four high-performing education systems. In the Winter 2016 issue of Tools for Learning Schools, Joellen Killion explores those practices and considers related factors that embed learning in schools each day. The accompanying tool can […]

Lay the foundation for great teaching and learning. By Eric Celeste Whether they are just building their skill set or need a refresher after decades in the professional learning field, learning leaders will want to fill their development tool kit with fundamental concepts and strategies that are essential to growing […]

The Transformative Power Of Collaborative Inquiry: Realizing Change in Schools and Classrooms By Jenni Donohoo and Moses Velasco This guide helps school leaders shape the development of a sustainable professional learning culture with practical suggestions and in-depth research. A follow-up to Jenni Donohoo’s Collaborative Inquiry for Educators: A Facilitator’s Guide […]