Learning Forward
Equity and excellence in teaching and learning.
Virtual professional learning structures and strategies
Presenters: Daniel Bullock, Rohini McKee, Kunjan Narechania and Laura Lee Summers
More and more, educators are engaging in professional learning digitally, both out of necessity and for the convenience of gaining new skills and practices from wherever they sit their laptop. How can professional learning virtually connect educators to colleagues and engaging opportunities for growth? In this webinar, panelists will share models and strategies for online professional learning.
Participants of this webinar will:
- Share ideas and tools for online learning and engagement;
- Explore how to maintain high standards for virtual professional learning;
- Consider ways to collaborate and maintain relationships online; and
- Learn how to keep critical connections between educator and student learning.
Presenters
In his role, Daniel Bullock specializes in identifying and reducing inequities that exist in students' educational experiences.
Rohini McKee has a strong belief that every problem has a solution, in every experience there is a lesson to be learned, and no day is complete without at least a little bit of fun.
Kunjan Narechania is a proven systems leader who has devoted her 20-year career to offering all children the high-quality education they deserve. A key architect of one of America’s most powerful school improvement stories, Narechania served as a top leader at the Louisiana Department of Education and as CEO of the Louisiana Recovery School District. Narechania started her career as a middle school math and science teacher.
Laura Lee Summers is an associate clinical professor within the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Colorado-Denver. She is also a digital designer and facilitator for Learning Forward’s virtual course: 8 Dimensions of Educator Wellness and the upcoming virtual course: Adapting Best Pedagogical Practices in an Equitable, Digital Environment. Her most recent publications for The Learning Professional are “The right blend: SEL supports teacher learning in person and online” (August 2020) and “Eight dimensions of wellness for educators” (February 2021).
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