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How The World’S Best Schools Stay On Top
Teacher professional learning drives school improvement, according to a new study from Learning First commissioned by the Center on International Education Benchmarking of the National Center on Educa..
Why Adoption Of Standards Matters
A total of 39 states have adopted, adapted, or endorsed the Standards for Professional Learning, including the standards issued in 2011 (labeled in red) and those published earlier (labeled in blue). ..
Build Cultural Proficiency To Ensure Equity
Cultural proficiency is about serving the needs of all students, with a laser-like focus on historically underserved students. When education is offered in a culturally proficient manner, historically..
Amplify Change With Professional Capital
In our recent work on professional capital, Andy Hargreaves and I (2013) have been explicit about the conditions at the school level that are essential for continuous professional learning. We see ..
Use A Variety Of Practices To Connect With All
The first strand of the Learning Designs standard focuses on the underlying beliefs and values that drive professional learning and the common features of robust learning environments that are informe..
Gauge Impact With 5 Levels Of Data
Effective professional learning evaluation requires consideration of five critical stages or levels of information (Guskey, 2000a, 2002a, 2005). These five levels represent an adaptation of an evaluat..
Take A Whole New Look At How To Use Resources
Let’s investigate in detail the most powerful resource levers for improving instruction. The following strategies, incorporating our findings from district research, case studies, and research on be..
A Leader's Top Task Is To Nurture Talent
“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.” Albert Einstein School leaders who take professional learning seriously recogn..
Harness The Energy Of Collaboration
In 2008, we characterized professional learning communities (PLCs) as “ongoing groups of teachers who meet regularly for the purpose of increasing their own learning and that of their students” (L..
Discover The Possibilities
In 2011, Learning Forward revealed its third iteration of Standards for Professional Learning — seven characteristics of professional learning that lead to effective teaching practices, supportive l..
