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Coaches help us become better selves and better educators
When I work with school leaders and their teams, I always share this belief: Growing into who we can become is a lifelong journey that never ends. Usually, there is pushback. Some will ask, “Shouldn..
Coaching support connects educators in isolated communities
Her role in professional learning: I support literacy programming and instructional coaches in nine schools in eight small, isolated communities, some of which are fly-in only. Our sc..
Stay true to coaching principles, even in high-pressure situations
If you have ever worked in a school that is being overseen by an organization not linked to the district (e.g. a state receiver or external operator), you understand the unique challenges that teache..
CEO Denise Glyn Borders to retire
Denise Glyn Borders will retire as Learning Forward’s president/CEO on June 30. The board of trustees will select her replacement by July 1. Borders has been an invaluable addition to the Learnin..
Standards kickoff week
Standards kickoff week April 25–29 Learning Forward will release the revised Standards for Professional Learning with a livestream event on April 25, followed by four consecutive..
Conference keynotes announced
Here are the keynote speakers for the 2022 Learning Forward Annual Conference, to be held Dec. 4-7 in Nashville, Tennessee. Baruti Kafele, transformational school leader and author..
Professional learning funding passed
The Department of Education will receive a nearly $3 billion increase over the last fiscal year in the Omnibus Appropriations Bill passed by Congress and signe..
Coaches grow through virtual Coaches Academy
When facilitator Joellen Killion launched the most recent Virtual Coaches Academy with the assertion that “the most important reason we have coaching in sc..
Professional learning can lead us to common ground
If I did a search of the most frequent words used in Learning Forward’s resources, “community” and “collaboration” would surely appear in the top five. Collaborative relationships are at the..
