Learning Forward Blog
Does your professional learning experience have a ‘strong door’?
By Jennifer Abrams |
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBp70_CZZxk[/embedyt] I have a restauranteur friend, Lynn. Although we come from different industries and perspectives, we both believe a restaurant needs to have a “strong door”: the good feeling you get when you walk through the door and immediately feel welcomed. Within the first moments of your arrival, the strong door hostess greets you, positively manages your…
Teacher survey provides a benchmark for schools and systems in the U.S.
By Stephanie Hirsh |
In partnership with Corwin and NEA, we’ve just released results from a survey of teachers responding to questions about the professional learning they experience. In The State of Teacher Professional Learning, we highlight findings and recommendations based on the responses of more than 6,300 teachers. More than 35 states have adopted or adapted the Standards for Professional…
Teachers, here’s how to have hard conversations with your veteran administrator
By Jennifer Abrams |
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqlgy9zAmjI[/embedyt] We want to enthusiastically recognize those of you who have joined us in the field. Welcome! We have some amazing millennial teachers (born between 1980-2000) in our schools. Many of you are replacing our baby boomer teachers, who are quickly approaching retirement. As millennials, you have a valuable perspective to contribute to our…
We all need an upgrade
By Brett Bigham |
Are you running Windows 95? Would you choose Atari Pong over Pokemon Go? I’m guessing none of you said yes to Windows 95 and only one or two of the video game-impaired chose Pong. Why? Because we upgrade. We upgrade everything over and over so that we can perform at peak efficiency. I am the…
Leaning in & lifting up: A look inside the Learning Forward Foundation retreat
By Heather Lageman |
The Learning Forward Foundation is a place of leaning in and lifting up educators in pursuit of their professional learning hopes and dreams. Having just concluded our July Foundation Retreat, we would like to share with you some of the “behind the scenes” conversation, reflection, and planning that goes into the Learning Forward Foundation work….
Guilford County’s new rubric allows ‘everyone to own equity as a priority’
By Linda Jacobson |
With diversity in mind, Guilford County Schools in North Carolina is expanding professional learning options for teachers and ensuring that teachers have opportunities to go deeper in their learning.
An open letter to my Academy coach: Reflections on a career of growth and discovery
By Vicky Spear |
Vicky Spear recently shared this letter with Joellen Killion, her former coach from the Learning Forward Academy. Read her inspirational story here. It serves as a testament to the power of professional collaboration.
Make the connection between Learning Forward’s standards and ESSA
By Stephanie Hirsh |
The ESSA definition of professional learning is aligned with Learning Forward’s Standards for Professional Learning. Explore the connections between the two.
Send the message that learning is for leaders, too
By Scott Laurence |
Good professional learning is not only important for teachers, it’s also vital for principals and assistant principals.
74 interview: Harvard’s Fernando Reimers on the crucial need to teach kids to be strong global citizens
By Kate Stringer |
Fernando Reimers, a keynote speaker at our upcoming Annual Conference, shares his perspective on the duty that public schools have, in a politically divided country and world, to instruct students on empathy, collaboration, and being globally minded. At stake, he says, is world peace.
