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    Put Yourself In Someone Else's Shoes

    By Learning Forward
    Categories: Leadership
    December 2015
    Being comfortable is nice, but it can also be dangerous. While education professionals are always dealing with change, sometimes we can get stuck in our perspective. We know how critical it is to develop a vision and a point of view, we know what matters to us, and we know where we’re headed. Operating with a steady perspective keeps us focused. And yet, it can be limiting. We may not see potential solutions or new possibilities for coming at challenges from a different direction. We may not see that the problems in front of us aren’t the problems we should be concerned about. Often when Frederick Brown, Learning Forward’s deputy executive director, hears educators talk about a problem such as curriculum implementation, they assume the

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    Tracy Crow

    Tracy Crow (tracy.crow@learningforward.org) is director of communications for Learning Forward.


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    Learning Forward is the only professional association devoted exclusively to those who work in educator professional development. We help our members plan, implement, and measure high-quality professional learning so they can achieve success with their systems, schools, and students.


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