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From The Director
Throughout my career, I’ve met educators who have expressed a disdain for professional learning. I don’t doubt that many have had experiences that didn’t help them see a link between professiona..
Abstracts
Everyone at school is a learner. To achieve continuous improvement, every professional has the responsibility to engage as a committed learner, willing to acknowledge and ex..
Foundation’s New Board Members
The Learning Forward Foundation has added four new members to its board. Steve Barkley is executive vice president of PLS 3rd Learning and a former New Jersey elementary school tea..
On Board
I believe in the future of professional learning. I’ve heard that to believe in the future, you must be able to see it. I know this is true. But sometimes seeing the future starts with capturing nos..
Book Club
The Powers Of Teacher Rounds A Guide for Facilitators, Principals, & Department Chairs By Vivian B. Troen and Katherine C. Boles The practice of Teacher Rounds is a profession..
Learning Guide Focuses On Principals
Learning Forward has launched a free web-based professional learning guide using excerpts from the award-winning PBS documentary, The Principal Story, to illustrate five key practices of effe..
Lessons From Research
What The Study Says Adopting new curricula presents both a need and an opportunity for professional development to advance teacher content knowledge and instructional practi..
Tool
While effective professional learning necessitates identifying and leveraging the expertise that exists in schools already, external vendors and technical assistance providers also have an important r..
Essentials
State Policies 2013 State Teacher Policy Yearbook National Council on Teacher Quality, January 2014 The ..
From The Editor
There’s an awful video making the rounds right now of a roomful of educators in a professional development workshop. It’s the classic horror show, at least from what we can see of it — a present..