A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

There is often a debate in physical and virtual spaces about who should facilitate professional learning for educators. Quality professional learning takes time and goes well beyond one and done. That is what all educators expect and deserve when it comes to professional learning. Substance matters.

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American Consortium for Equity in Education

JULY 24, 2023

SUPPORTING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES…HOW SCHOOLS AND THE EDUCATION INDUSTRY WORK TOGETHER FOR MUTUAL SUPPORT. Learn more Keep Reading SUPPORTING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES The post SUPPORTING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES appeared first on Equity in Education.

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Discovery Education

JULY 10, 2023

Education is constantly changing—from how to engage today’s students to updated technology in the classroom, there’s always something new to learn. So how can professional learning help keep educators up to speed with all these changes?

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Digital Promise

MAY 20, 2020

With schools closed and social distancing orders in place due to COVID-19, micro-credentials —which are online and on-demand—allow educators to continue their professional learning without leaving their homes. Micro-credentials support timely topics like distance learning.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2021

The Edcamp Community supports educators to organize and participate in participant-driven professional learning designed by and for educators. However, with educators pivoting to distance learning, organizers have developed virtual Edcamps to continue creating opportunities for voice and choice in their professional learning.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Research shows that professional learning has the potential to transform teaching and advance equitable learning and student success. Recent research in the field demonstrates the effectiveness of professional learning in advancing equity-focused change in education. What does best practice look like?

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Education Elements

JANUARY 24, 2022

School district leaders face the enormous challenge of understanding and responding to how professional learning has been impacted by the global pandemic.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 15, 2019

If the expectation is for teachers and administrators to leave a learning experience with practical, ready to use strategies, then anyone who is leading the professional learning should incorporate a mix of modeling, hands-on activities, and performance tasks (i.e., in settings that emulate a classroom or school.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 18, 2019

This past Thursday I created 25 professional learning ‘conversation stations’ for my principal licensure students. How are you introducing school leaders and teachers to alternative (better) forms of professional learning? I printed them all out and spread them around our classroom (which is a school library).

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

As part of our robust micro-credential ecosystem, we proudly partner with organizations to provide opportunities for on-demand, personalized professional learning. The post New Micro-credentials for Back-to-School Professional Learning appeared first on Digital Promise. Denotes a privately hosted micro-credential stack.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2020

As part of our robust micro-credential ecosystem, we proudly partner with organizations to provide opportunities for personalized professional learning. Because they are on-demand, micro-credentials also enable educators to continue their professional learning from home during periods like COVID-19 school closures and summer break.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2020

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, districts and educators have been tasked with shifting teaching and learning online, and many are seeking resources to support learning in this new environment. We recognize that while educators adapt to new realities, they remain dedicated to their students’ well-being and learning.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 16, 2018

I fear that many schools and districts have not invested in building a professional learning infrastructure to nurture the spark created during stand-alone professional development days. That said, inspiring educators to change their teaching practices and reimagine learning in their classrooms is not an easy feat.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 13, 2023

I learned about Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling Suite (LETRS) from my mentor principal at the state department, which works with schools like Central Elementary to establish the specific benchmarks that each Alabama school must reach. Now, our entire staff of 27 is working through the program.

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American Consortium for Equity in Education

MARCH 8, 2023

A TEACHER-RETENTION.COM PRESENTATION …NEXT GENERATION PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FROM ASCD :Learn about “Witsby” from ASCD Deputy Executive Director penny Reinert and Director of Digital and Learning products Rob Lechter.

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Digital Promise

JULY 20, 2020

What are the critical factors to consider when we create online professional learning experiences designed to help teachers engage in digital learning? It’s therefore critical that online professional learning opportunities exemplify best practices on how to use technology to engage, enhance, and extend learning.

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American Consortium for Equity in Education

JULY 26, 2023

By Brent Hartsell, Director of Solutions and Professional Learning at Learning Ally Teachers are one of the most important assets to our society, yet an alarming number are leaving the profession.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Micro-credentials empower educators by showcasing the professional learning skills they are using every day to develop the students in their classrooms. The Institute has developed a series of micro-credentials around personalized learning implementation based on our Honeycomb Model. Christina Sprader.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

JULY 30, 2018

The post 12 Computer Science Resources That Boost Summer Professional Learning appeared first on Market Brief. An extensive list of websites, books, podcasts, Twitter chats and resources to help educators prep their computer science skills for the coming school year.

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The Web20Classroom

MAY 19, 2019

Professional learning for educators comes in many flavors: Face-to-face, blended, online Content-driven, instructional practices, Edtech focused Faculty meeting, half-day, conference session If we were all to think long enough we could come up with a list of the best professional learning we've participated in and what made it great.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 17, 2023

edWeb.net is a free professional learning network that provides educators with online learning communities and edWebinars. edWeb provides personalized, collaborative learning—anytime, anywhere. Our 2023 Professional Learning Survey reports on 5 years of data.

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American Consortium for Equity in Education

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A TEACHER-RETENTION.COM PRESENTATION ON NANO LEARNING and TEACHER PD…From our good friends at Boxlight, we have Brittany Peterson and Evan Brus on introducing Nano Learning into the PD experience and into K12 classrooms via EOS Education’s PD See all we do at.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 14, 2022

A personal learning network is a group of people you connect with to learn from through their ideas, questions, backgrounds, and references. The post 10 Reasons Every Teacher Needs A Professional Learning Network appeared first on TeachThought.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 22, 2019

With this in mind, I began my work in this role to catalyze, sponsor, and facilitate our district’s efforts to develop innovative (“new/different/better”) approaches to learning. SVCF was keenly interested in exploring compelling approaches to professional learning for teachers and education leaders to effect changes in practice.

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American Consortium for Equity in Education

JUNE 14, 2023

NAESP ON PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR PRINCIPALS WHEN SCHOOL IS OUT with Principal Dr. Ryan Daniel of Fort Washington MD’s ‘Fort Foote Elementary’ and president of Maryland’s NAESP affiliate. The post NAESP ON PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR PRINCIPALS WHEN SCHOOL IS OUT appeared first on Equity in Education.

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edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

” Lisa Schmucki, the founder and CEO of edWeb.net, commented, “We are so honored to help Digital Promise reach the edWeb community with this new professional learning community and series of edWebinars on inclusive education and innovation.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

We must commit to creating meaningful, purposeful professional learning experiences for our educators. We must commit to creating meaningful, purposeful professional learning experiences for our educators. From there, you can construct a solid professional learning plan for your team.

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Discovery Education

JULY 27, 2023

We all know professional learning helps teachers learn about changes in the profession and how to better serve their students. As schools work to find high-quality educators, creating dynamic […] The post Planning a Dynamic Professional Learning Session appeared first on Discovery Education Blog.

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Digital Promise

JULY 29, 2019

Ensuring STEM Content Learning : A facilitator presents accurate content and supporting youth understanding through STEM activities. The post New Professional Learning Opportunities with Micro-credentials appeared first on Digital Promise. Start earning these micro-credentials today!

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast A recent edWebinar by edWeb featured a presentation from Princeton Public Schools in New Jersey about the benefits of teacher autonomy and professional learning. Learn more about this edWeb broadcast, “ The Benefits of Teacher Autonomy (and a Therapy Dog) for Professional Learning.”

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The purpose of the presentation was to share with educators how to create a robust system of support for their entire staff through virtual professional learning. The panelists discussed the current landscape of professional learning that has emerged as the world works its way out of the pandemic.

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MiddleWeb

MAY 11, 2023

With its checklists, scenarios, and tools, The PD Book by Elena Aguilar and Lori Cohen is a valuable resource and guide for anyone tapped to become a professional learning provider – either internally or externally, writes adult learning consultant Cathy Gassenheimer.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 25, 2018

5 Tips That Foster Collaborative Professional Learning. Leveraging new technology for professional learning requires some creative thinking — and it also takes money. jena.passut_7651. Fri, 05/25/2018 - 14:29.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Why should professional learning be a part of every technology initiative? Because of equity, said the three leading superintendents on the edLeader Panel, “ Creating and Leading a Professional Team of Lifelong Learners.” Professional learning should be grounded in the needs of the students.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2022

It’s one thing to attend a professional learning or instructional coaching session—but taking what you’ve learned and putting it into action is another. My time as a classroom educator helped me realize a passion for helping fellow teachers learn and grow. 1 Embrace the experience.

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American Consortium for Equity in Education

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Discovery Literacy – an educational program from Discovery Education, Dollar General Literacy Foundation, and the National Afterschool Association – presents a new five-part, no-cost professional learning video series to help educators develop the critical literacy skills of students in grades K-2.

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Ditch That Textbook

DECEMBER 15, 2017

For me, professional development has often meant sitting through a staff-wide meeting about topics with limited interest and little time to practice hands-on. That kind of professional learning stinks. Thankfully, we have TONS of options for fun, hands-on, relevant professional learning — on our own terms.

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