Learning Forward
Equity and excellence in teaching and learning.
Keys To Collaboration
What it takes to move toward collective responsibility
By Learning Forward
Categories: Collaboration, Learning communitiesJune 2015
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Effective Learning Defined
Learning Forward’s definition of professional learning describes effective, job-embedded, continuous, collaborative learning. The definition was created originally for use in federal policy during an earlier reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), also referred to as the No Child Left Behind Act.
Since then, Learning Forward has used the definition to help not only policymakers but also educators and other stakeholders understand what effective professional learning looks like in practice when it is aligned with the Standards for Professional Learning.
As the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives continue to work on the reauthorization of ESEA, Learning Forward is again advocating the definition of professional learning in policy. To learn more about Learning Forward’s definition and its role in policy, see www.learningforward.org/who-we-are/professional-learning-definition.
References
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. (2014, December). Teachers know best: Teachers’ views on professional development. Seattle, WA: Author. Available at www.teachersknowbest.org/reports.
Learning Forward. (2013). Establishing time for professional learning. Oxford, OH: Author. Available at www.learningforward.org/docs/default-source/commoncore/establishing-time-for-professional-learning.pdf.
Learning Forward. (2011). Standards for Professional Learning. Oxford, OH: Author.
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.
Categories: Collaboration, Learning communities
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