Learning Designs
October 2011
Vol. 32 No. 5
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From The Director
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E-learning session focuses on professional learning communities
The central word in professional learning communities is learning. Unfortunately, the learning often goes missing in many professional learning communities. In this five-week e-learning program, author and educator Lois Brown […]
Don’t underestimate the value of a checklist for building a learning community
For school leaders faced with higher expectations for student success, time constraints, and diminishing resources, effective professional learning is critical. We need to identify what we need to know and […]
Sandler Foundation supports common core
Grant supports Common Core implementation
Abstracts
Abstracts
Collaborative culture
A collaborative, high-performing partnership is possible -- some assembly required. (Available to the public.)
Cultural proficiency
Cultural liaison serves as bridge between community and school. (Available to the public.)
Establish the outcomes
Cultural liaison serves as bridge between community and school. (Available to the public.)
What can motivate teachers to learn?
Teachers in a case study reported a higher level of change when they had ownership over their learning and a role in the decision making.
Grassroots growth
Teachers find they are energized when they participate in a teacher study group focused on social responsibility.
Flying solo
Teachers who want total control of their own professional development can improve their practice by following this five-step plan for self-study. Teacher Libbie Edwards describes her experience.
Pause, rewind, reflect
Through video clubs, teachers develop professional visions. The authors outline the benefits as well as guidelines for creating one.
From the editor
When she was principal at Roosevelt Elementary School in Spokane, Wash., Shari Farris decided to investigate the learning and discipline problems of the immigrant students in her school by learning […]
How adults learn
Understanding how adults learn is an essential component for shaping professional learning initiatives. (Available to the public.)
Cycles of success
What was once an assortment of disconnected ideas for learning is transformed into a powerful tool for professional learning.
In Yashir's shoes
By shadowing an immigrant student, an elementary principal in Spokane, Wash., learns how to engage, motivate, and sustain ELL students to academic success.
In demonstration classrooms, it's show-and-tell everyday
Toronto teachers improve their practice by observing a colleague in the classroom then participating in a collaborative debriefing session with an instructional guide.
A state for excellence
New Jersey bolsters its professional learning tool kit with Success at the Core, an online resource that offers strategies to improve instruction and strengthen leadership teams.
Teaching 2.0
A Colorado district develops a two-year program that gives teacher teams an opportunity to learn how to use digital tools in the classroom. (Available to the public.)
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