Professional Learning
To be a Great Teacher, I Will Never Stop Learning
By: Brandon Johnson. There’s always room to grow and improve as an educator, whether it’s through fellowships or other professional development opportunities. Take the time to find a program that will give you skills and confidence.
10 Things Your Professional Learning Partners Should Want to Tell You
Why your professional learning partners should model the posture of experimentation by both encouraging and supporting the desire to try new things, asking difficult questions, and pushing boundaries.
10 Roles & 7 Recommendations for Leading Toward Deeper Learning
By: Tom Vander Ark & Karen Cator. If we want more students to experience powerful learning, school and district leaders need to benefit from the same blended, competency-based and deeper learning experiences that they seek to create for students.
Preparing Leaders for Deeper Learning
A Getting Smart paper released jointly with Digital Promise that advocates for programs that prepare and develop school and district leaders who will create and sustain deeper learning environments in schools.
Teachers Model Growth Mindsets During Twitter Ed Chat
By: Heather Ngoma. Ensuring teachers are comfortable with tech tools and social media for professional purposes is a top priority for the Rutgers Alternate Route program. Last month Rutgers immersed a cohort of new teachers in a facilitated discussion on Growth Mindsets via Twitter, here's the results.
6 Categories of Deeper Learning Skills for Education Leaders
By: Karen Cator. It's essential for education leaders at all levels to understand, articulate and model deeper learning skills. The role that micro-credentials play when it comes to teacher expertise in deeper learning skills and ways education leaders can develop their skills in six different areas.
Six Personalized Learning MVP Moments From Fulton County Schools
By: Stephanee Stephens. Fulton County Schools is leading the shift to personalized learning. Six best practices that's working for large Georgia district: Summer PD, implementation of the right tools, innovative learning environments, recruiting, reflection and analysis, and strategic planning.
Practical Professional Development Can Help Educators Reach “That” Student
In honor of Digital Learning Day, Andy Kalahanis, a 9th grade online educator shares how digital professional development activities have helped him engage his English students.
Calling All Principals & EdLeaders!
Announcing our latest project with Hewlett Foundation, 'Preparing Leaders for Deeper Learning' to address how leadership preparation and development must evolve to better equip leaders to create and support Deeper Learning environments.
Teaching 8th Graders to Manage Projects
A project management system that supports students develop the skills that everyone needs to succeed. The goal for the program is to grow the individual and the test scores will take care of themselves.