Student needs are at the center of strong professional learning and excellent teaching, but student voices rarely are. This issue examines how students’ perspectives can inform professional learning and what educators can gain as a result. It goes straight to the source to share insights from student authors as well as educators.
Student voice can only make a difference if we listen and follow through with action.
Kentucky student team bridges school policy and practice.
A middle school in Cambridge, Massachusetts strengthens teaching by focusing on student identity.
Using student interviews to drive professional learning can improve instructional practice.
High school student urges teachers and leaders to develop their cultural competency.
Student perception surveys give teachers valuable data to change their practices.
Student journalists share how teachers can help students feel safe, welcome, and successful.
The Learning Professional asked young people what educators should learn from them and why.
In this video, Tennessee students share their thoughts and thanks.
Reflection tool helps educators promote students’ problem solving and critical thinking.
Examine this issue through the lens of the Standards for Professional Learning.
Nine conversation frameworks can help PLCs turn reflection into public dialogue.
In “unbook clubs,” choice and voice fuel learning for Hawaii’s Teacher Leader Academy.
A university-district partnership in California revamps a professional learning support system.
Teacher leader program unites science teams across districts.
Principal and teacher collaboration in the classroom makes schoolwide change possible.
A survey of U.S. educators leads to insights on how to improve coaching’s effectiveness.
The latest research on coaching for literacy, teacher leadership policies, teacher attrition, and more.
Amid crisis, there is opportunity that can galvanize change. This issue examines what educators have learned over the past year and how it can shape practice moving forward. It also includes a special section on nurturing educator wellness.
Excellent educators are made, not born, and it takes a system-wide approach to build the workforce. This issue examines how to build a strong, diverse pipeline from pre-service and induction to expert practice and leadership. It highlights the roles of K-12 systems, higher education, government, and non-profit organizations.
What does it mean to support learning in challenging times? It means listening, communicating, and leading with empathy. It means committing to anti-racism and breaking down structural barriers to equity. This issue examines ways to do so in professional learning.
Technology constantly creates new opportunities for professional learning. Never have those developments been as important as they are now, during the COVID-19 pandemic. This issue examines how strategies like online mentoring, bug-in-ear coaching, virtual collaboration, and video observation have built educator capacity before and during the pandemic.