Professional Learning Teams
Professional Development
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Leverage Research on Curriculum and Professional Learning to Fulfill the Vision of PLCs
Deliberate and intentional attention to a curriculum-driven agenda contributes to an aligned and coherent professional learning system.
Professional Development
Opinion
Whatever Name You Give It, the PLC Plays an Important Role
Collaborative learning teams are the most important opportunity we have for fulfilling a vision of excellent teaching and learning for every student every day.
Professional Development
Opinion
Focus Professional Learning Communities on Curriculum
Well-structured professional learning communities focused on implementing high-quality curriculum can help advance equity for all students.
Curriculum
This PD Program Pays Teachers to Solve Real-World Problems in Class
With microcredentials, technology, and cross-curricular collaboration, this professional-learning program seeks to boost teacher engagement.
Professional Development
Opinion
Implementing Learning Teams? You Have Options
An educator's question sparks a lively discussion about how best to introduce and implement a collaborative learning process to teachers.
Professional Development
Opinion
The Real Power of Collaboration
In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, Texas educators learn the value of community.
Professional Development
Opinion
Guilford County's New Rubric Allows 'Everyone to Own Equity as a Priority'
With diversity in mind, Guilford County Schools in North Carolina is expanding professional learning options for teachers and ensuring that teachers have opportunities to go deeper in their learning.
Professional Development
Opinion
Aspire Expands Learning Options for Noninstructional Staff
Aspire Public Schools creates professional learning to help noninstructional staff learn strategies to support students outside the classroom.
Professional Development
Opinion
Syracuse District Focuses on Personalized Learning and Classroom Support
A new approach to professional learning in New York's Syracuse City School District aims to ensure teacher practices are helping students meet district performance goals.
Professional Development
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Let's Focus on Quality of Instruction Rather Than Quantity
When teams of teachers are given time to research best practices, observe other teachers, and reflect on what they've learned, they grow professionally.
Professional Development
Opinion
As Long Beach Teachers Learn, So Do Those Who Design the Learning
The California district is learning lessons that can be useful to other districts working to make professional learning more responsive to teachers' needs.
Professional Development
Opinion
How Can PLCs Improve Their Learning Power?
Follow these resolutions to improve the strength of your professional learning community.
Professional Development
Opinion
Florida District Partners With Teachers to Redesign Professional Learning
A team participating in the Redesign PD Community of Practice sees evidence that professional learning, designed in partnership with teachers, can lead to improvements in student learning.
Professional Development
Opinion
Trusting Collegial Relationships Build Strengths in Learning Systems
School leaders in Santa Fe (Texas) ISD form a principal PLC to build common language and learning designs together as they work toward their vision and goals.