Late last year, the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation published a widely noted study intended to explore what teachers want when it comes to professional development. But particularly on the important ...

Shirley Hord, Learning Forward’s scholar laureate, has focused her career on research about and practice of effective professional learning communities. Here she answers an educator’s question about ...

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Professional learning in many districts must undergo radical reform, from a model that’s outdated and ineffective to one that’s personal, empowering, and owned by the learner. How can we create such a ...

In this paid three-hour session, teachers will ask specific questions about difficulties they have with Scratch; and work with others to find answers. The session will increase teachers' knowledge of ...

Post by Julianne Turner, Ph.D. Dr. Turner has worked with teachers in several professional development projects to support increased student engagement through teacher instruction. She is Professor ...

The Arkansas Department of Education (DOE) has teamed up with professional development provider Solution Tree to expand professional learning communities (PLCs) within schools. One school district and ...

For over a decade, professional learning communities (PLCs) have been touted as an effective way to build upon the knowledge and skills of experienced teachers, yet much of the evidence base is ...

Westside Christian High School in Lake Oswego has been awarded a grant from George Fox University to implement a whole-school initiative centered on professional learning communities (PLC). In the PLC ...

RAWLINS — Rawlins Middle School (RMS) has been named a model Professional Learning Community (PLC) school by Solution Tree. Solution Tree is a professional development company and publisher of ...