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Learning Forward
Equity and excellence in teaching and learning.
Learning Forward shows you how to plan, implement, and measure high-quality professional learning so you and your team can achieve success with your system, your school, and your students.
We help educators hone their advocacy skills, including the collection and compilation of data, to make the case in local education settings for effective professional learning.
Standards for Professional Learning outline the characteristics of professional learning that leads to effective teaching practices, supportive leadership, and improved student results.
Learning Forward supports leaders at all levels to transform their systems into true learning systems, where all educators engage in a measurable and scalable cycle of improvement.
Our new Standards for Professional Learning book offers educators the latest knowledge and insights to design, implement, and sustain high-quality professional learning.
Establish shared expectations well before the observation.
Deepen your understanding of the Standards for Professional Learning through this issue’s articles.
The American Institutes for Research’s tools guide coaches and leaders to help teachers integrate SEL.
A process for detailing a learning plan from our book Becoming a Learning Team.
Three tools to help you analyze and improve your initiatives.
Explore a full chapter from A Playbook for Professional Learning: Putting the Standards into Action by Stephanie Hirsh and Shirley Hord. Available for purchase in the Learning Forward bookstore.
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