Denver Public Schools When Denver Public Schools joined the Redesign PD Community of Practice, leaders knew they needed to work on improving professional learning across the district. They had recently created a new Professional Learning Center and wanted to influence the learning delivered by central office departments and by instructional superintendents working with principals. “Data showed that the professional learning from the central level was not that great,” says Theress Pidick, the district’s executive director of the Professional Learning Center. “We felt compelled to create this new role.” That new role was the professional learning partner — a position that helps subject-matter experts and others provide educators with a high-quality learning experience. The first four professional learning partners hired planned to work with the central