Lois Brown Easton
Consultant, Coach, and Author
Lois Easton works as a consultant, coach, and author and is a senior consultant with Learning Forward. Her work focuses on learning designs for adults and struggling students. Easton retired in 2005 as director of professional development with Eagle Rock School and Professional Development Center, Estes Park, Colorado. Easton is the editor and a contributor to Powerful Designs for Professional Learning.
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Mix it up
Variety may be the spice of life, but in terms of data sources, variety is more than a spice — it’s one of the basic food groups. Alternative data sources, such as student interviews and walkthroughs, are essential for a well-balanced diet. Data from test scores alone, whether from norm-referenced […] -
Tap the power of peers
Tap the power of peers By Lois Brown Easton Read how peer-to-peer professional learning strategies can transform teaching practice, as well as a school's culture, to improve student learning. Easton shares several examples of learning strategies along with an explanation of how meaningful professional learning communities further schools' goals for […] -
NSDC tool: Ripe for the picking: Collection of 21 strategies satisfies a taste for context and content
When schools and staff developers plan professional development, they consider the context of the school, the content educators need to learn, and the process that best fits the content and context. Explore the process aspect of the learning experience in this article about 21 learning strategies. Easton describes considerations in […] -
NSDC tools: Ripe for the picking: Collection of 21 strategies satisfies a taste for context and content
Explore 21 designs for professional learning through this overview article accompanied by tools that will help you understand where and when each design will work most effectively. -
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August/September 2004 Vol. 8 No. 1
Process: Select the strategy that works for your context and content
