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PRINCIPAL SUPERVISOR INITIATIVE A New Role Emerges for Principal Supervisors: Evidence from Six Districts in the Principal Supervisor Initiative The Wallace Foundation, July 2..
Sowing seeds of SEL
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is critical to the success of students from preschool through high school — and for educators, across all stages of the career continuum. Because SEL skills ta..
Academy participant leads change in her Texas district
For many of us who work in curriculum and instruction, Learning Forward’s Standards for Professional Learning (Learning Forward, 2011) resonate as relevant and even intuitive. However, putting those..
Learning Forward Executive Director Stephanie Hirsh to retire
Stephanie Hirsh, who has served as Learning Forward’s executive director since 2007, will retire on June 30, 2019. “Under Stephanie Hirsh’s leadership, Learning Forward has expanded its influen..
Aligned in Anchorage
The Anchorage (Alaska) School District has been committed to social and emotional learning (SEL) for the last 30 years. Throughout this time, we have made progress and gone through many changes. Altho..
Learning to lead
The role of the principal is a complex one. How well principals play that role matters to the success of the students and teachers they serve. Since Roland Barth (1984) succinctly noted that “the..
The importance of understanding student misconceptions
Professional learning strategies often rely on the belief that teaching and learning outcomes are best when teachers have a clear understanding of students’ thinking. This may seem like common sense..
Growing opportunities
How can teachers move from working in isolation within ineffective systems to building thriving, collaborative teaching environments in which they are supported and inspired to work with their colleag..
Motivation in motion
This article describes an approach to learning walks that focuses on enhancing student intrinsic motivation and learning at a dual-language pre-K-8 urban public school. The descriptions and ideas ..
Circles of gratitude create time and space for learning
Practicing a spirit of gratitude is one of the most profound ways that any of us can enrich our lives. It is an attitude of appreciation and thankfulness for the good that we receive in life. As we ho..
