Lois Brown Easton
Consultant, Coach, and Author
Lois Easton works as a consultant, coach, and author and is a senior consultant with Learning Forward. Her work focuses on learning designs for adults and struggling students. Easton retired in 2005 as director of professional development with Eagle Rock School and Professional Development Center, Estes Park, Colorado. Easton is the editor and a contributor to Powerful Designs for Professional Learning.
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Professional Learning Communities by Design: Putting the Learning Back Into PLCs
Lois Brown Easton How to form a vibrant PLC that truly makes a difference for students If you are looking for an organic approach to purpose-driven professional learning, this is the book for you. Award-winning educator Lois Brown Easton's latest work provides a compelling case study in narrative form, a […]-
Powerful Designs for Professional Learning 3rd Edition
Lois Brown Easton Filled with 24 learning designs, this critical resource helps educators understand the kinds of learning experiences that result in changed practices and better results for students. Context-setting chapters help educators explore the idea of meaningful learning designs and the importance of considering system factors in professional learning. […] -
Collaborative Analysis of Student Learning
In this webinar, Amy Colton and Georgea Langer provide an overview of the Collaborative Analysis of Student Learning (CASL) learning design, including why the CASL design works, and how teacher practices change using the design. Topics include: An overview of two models for evaluating the effectiveness of a learning design; […] -
Powerful Designs Instructional Rounds
In this webinar, Lois Brown Easton and Lee Teitel continue our three-week mini-series on learning designs with a discussion of a model for implementing instructional rounds that increase teacher collaboration and student achievement. Topics include: An overview of two models for evaluating the effectiveness of a learning design; Connecting rounds […] -
Principles of Design Energize Learning Communities
At School A, the professional learning community is engaged in implementing a mandated mathematics program. At School B, the professional learning communities are grade-level teams of teachers and classroom aides pursuing their own agendas for improvement according to school goals. At School C, mixed grade-level and subject-area professional learning communities […] -
The why, how, and what of professional learning
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Protocols: A facilitator’s best friend
Protocols: A facilitator's best friend
