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ONLINE COURSE SPOTLIGHT
Learn the building blocks of a professional learning system
By Chad Schmidt
October 2024
Whether you’re new to your role or want to improve your professional learning skills, Learning Forward’s four-hour self-paced course, Professional Learning Essentials, can boost your knowledge of the fundamentals of leading high-quality professional learning. It delves into the key attributes of a comprehensive professional learning system and the roles within it. Through videos, vignettes, readings, and reflection activities, participants learn how to help move their system from a “PD mindset” to one of embedded professional learning. The course explores how to plan, implement, and evaluate professional learning that results in better teaching and improved student outcomes. Instructor Chad Schmidt provided insight into what participants can glean from this asynchronous learning opportunity. Who should take this course? The course helps participants establish and maintain a vision
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Dr. Chad Schmidt is a learning leader and advocate for high-quality, standards-based professional learning. He has served in a wide variety of roles over the course of his career including middle school math teacher, chair of school and district professional learning committees, professor of preservice educators and graduate teacher leaders, administrator of research & evaluation and learning & equity, and board member/officer on Minnesota’s Learning Forward affiliate. His focus on leadership development is rooted in designing, facilitating, and evaluating professional learning that is part of ongoing individual and systemic continuous improvement.
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