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Principals, are you leading schools where teachers want to stay?
I was a building principal more than 25 years ago, and I’ll be the first to admit that schools have changed a great deal since then. There was no TikTok or Instagram for teachers to compete with, an..
Networks create opportunities for educators to work smarter, not harder
In the world of technology, a network is a set of computers that communicates with each other using common language or protocols, leading to more efficiency, speed, and quality of processes and output..
Novice teachers need safe spaces to learn and grow
When I was a first-year teacher, my assistant principal came to my classroom one afternoon and handed me a letter to distribute to my students. The letter notified them and their caregivers that I was..
Want to retain teachers? Ask them what they need
Have you seen the movie Field of Dreams? It’s about a farmer from my home state of Iowa who builds a baseball field among his cornstalks that attracts the spirits of past baseball legends. ..
Teacher burnout is real, but there are solutions
“How are the children?” is a question the Maasai people of East Africa ask in traditional salutation. The expected reply is, “All of the children are well.” The understanding is that if the co..
Board transitions
Nader Twal, program administrator in the Long Beach Unified School District’s Office of Curriculum, Instruction, and Professional Development, has joined Learning Forward’s board of trustees for a..
Curriculum-focused network
Learning Forward is designing a network focused on curriculum-based professional learning. With support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the network will support districts building educator ..
Online courses and webinars
Learning Forward’s spring online courses continue in March and April with offerings for coaches, leaders, and professional learning facilitators. Starting March 22, Leading a Learning Network wil..
Keynote videos and reflection tool available
More than 3,000 educators who attended Learning Forward’s 2022 Annual Conference received access to the full recordings of its keynote presentations as a benefit of attending the event in Nashville,..
2023 Annual Conference proposals
Learning Forward’s conference team is scoring the 740 session proposals submitted for the 2023 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. If you submitted a proposal, be sure to add ..
