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    The upside of transitions

    By Suzanne Bouffard
    April 2025
    Turnover and transition are facts of life in schools. Although these trends create challenges, they have some positive sides as well, including professional growth. Many educators change roles, schools, or focus areas at some point in their careers because they want to learn and deploy new skills or broaden the type of impact they make. Tailored professional learning and support are essential for achieving those goals, but they are often overlooked. In this issue of The Learning Professional, we dedicate articles to education professionals new to a range of roles: superintendents, principals, coaches, and teachers. The issue’s authors provide strategies and advice specific to each of these roles. At the same time, there are clear themes that apply to navigating all new roles, including listening

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    Suzanne Bouffard
    Senior Vice President, Communications & Publications | + posts

    Suzanne Bouffard is senior vice president of communications and publications at Learning Forward. She is the editor of The Learning Professional, Learning Forward’s flagship publication. She also contributes to the Learning Forward blog and webinars. With a background in child development, she has a passion for making research and best practices accessible to educators, policymakers, and families. She has written for many national publications including The New York Times and the Atlantic, and previously worked as a writer and researcher at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She has a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Duke University and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. She loves working with authors to help them develop their ideas and voices for publication.


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