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Transform Professional Learning
Each issue of Learning Forward’s action brief, Transform Professional Learning, examines an essential professional learning topic, featuring system, school, and teacher leader perspectives and tools to advance practitioner knowledge and skills. A one-page summary of each issue is available as a free download to share with colleagues (see image at right).
The January 2014 issue focuses on developing effective vendor relationships in professional learning. Practitioner perspectives include:
Teacher leader: Corrie Freiwaldt, an instructional facilitator in Washington, explains three important steps she took to successfully integrate high-quality and freely available resources into her district’s professional learning system.
Principal: Dwayne Young, a principal in Virginia, shares how he and his leadership teams manage the process for vetting, initiating, and nurturing relationships with multiple external assistance providers.
System leader: Vicki Kirk, a superintendent of schools in a rural Tennessee system, provides a comprehensive look at how she manages her relationship with a consultant to build sustainability.
Learning Forward is the only professional association devoted exclusively to those who work in educator professional development. We help our members plan, implement, and measure high-quality professional learning so they can achieve success with their systems, schools, and students.
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