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Professional Learning News
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Do you have your Halloween costume picked out? Let's all be
Agents of Change
and
Lead Change
.
Maximize Your Impact
!!! Join other Agents of Change at THE Professional Learning Conference at the Gaylord Conference and Convention Center, National Harbor, MD December 5-9, 2015. Build your capacity to leverage successful change through effective professional learning. Register today!
Celebrate the start of the conference with live music,
food
, drink,
and more at our
kickoff
party,
Sunday, December 6, 2015 from 6 pm - 9 pm
. Network and reconnect with fellow attendees. Take pictures in our photo both and get moving with local band,
No Green Jelly Beenz.
Dr. John W. "Billy" Haun,
Chief Academic Officer/Assistant Superintendent for Instruction for the Virginia Department of Education, will be a guest panelist at
Learning Forward's Annual Conference on Wednesday, December 9.
Dr. Haun will join panelists from Maryland and the District of Columbia and share the impact of professional learning on educator and student success.
A Learning Community for School Leaders
Learning Forward Virginia
recently launched its
Executive Leadership Program, with over 20 participants. This 30-hour yearlong leadership program is offered in a blended, collaborative format. Participants acquire skills, practices, strategies, and resources to develop their expertise as
agents of change, create cultures of continuous improvement, build collective responsibility, and provide individual and team support for acquiring and implementing new practices.
Skillful leaders in schools, school systems, and other organizations are
essential
to lead, manage, and facilitate full implementation of the multiple complex reforms occurring today in Virginia. Teacher leaders, building administrators, district leaders, and other leaders drive the success of any initiative.
This program is specifically designed to develop leaders' capacity to leverage successful change through effective professional learning
.
Working together with colleagues on current, local situations involving complex change in their own organization, participants study and apply change models and the Standards for Professional Learning as a framework for leading local change that transforms professional learning and supports the integration and implementation of multiple initiatives to achieve remarkable results for educators and students.
Learning Forward VA Executive Leadership Program Cohort 1
Contact
Judy Newhouse, (newhousejw@gmail.com) Executive Director, Learning Forward Virginia for information on how you can enroll in the
Executive Leadership Program.
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UPCOMING EVENTS:
What makes a Learning Forward conference different?
- Family-style sit-down meals encourage conversation and promote relationship building.
- Ticketed sessions mean your presenter is expecting you and has materials ready.
- One-, two-, three-, and four-hour sessions to promote deeper learning.
- More than 60 exhibitors offer valuable products and resources specific to professional learning.
- NEW this year: FIELD TRIPS
- See how practitioners model a coaching protocol and feedback session during a site visit;
- Visit a public charter school using the Literacy Design Collaborative framework and Next Generation Science Standards;
- Catch a shuttle to Capitol Hill and get a policy briefing on ESEA reauthorization and then meet with your member of Congress. Hurry! spaces limited!!
WE NEED YOU
!!! There are several ways you can help.
Volunteer for Learning Forward's Annual Conference to be held Dec 5-9, 2015, at the Gaylord Conference and Convention Center, National Harbor.
Learning Forward has a great lineup of webinars to feed your growth this fall!
Join authors and leaders in the field for webinars on key topics that will prepare you to successfully implement professional learning that increases teaching effectiveness and student achievement. With topics for teacher leaders, school leaders, and system leaders, these fall webinars series will help you get results with powerful professional learning.
Principal learning is often overlooked as an element of change and continuous improvement. See how Fort Wayne Community Schools established a core leadership team of principals and district leaders who are key to ensuring all schools are grounded in adult learning designs that result in a positive impact on students. Join Kay Psencik, Fort Wayne Community Schools Superintendent Wendy Robinson, and Learning Forward's Deputy Executive Director, Frederick Brown, for this Education Week-hosted webinar.
October 26, 2015 2-3 pm
Rachel Babbs & Krista Grinder-Dettloff
Nov. 5: 2 p.m.-3 p.m. ET
Facilitated by Callie Riley
Nov. 10: 2 p.m.-3 p.m. ET
Webinars are
free
for Learning Forward members. Nonmembers may attend one webinar for $20, or three for $50. Members also get access to our
on-demand library of webinars
.
PBL edcamp
An "
unconference" designed specifically for educators
What is an "unconference" you ask? Instead of organizers driving the conference content, the attendees drive the content. Attendees are encouraged to engage in organic, authentic discussions rather than presenters with power points droning on for hours (no offense to power points). And the best part, this conference is FREE OF CHARGE!
When
: Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015 8:30am-3:30pm
Where
: Thomas Fulghum Conference Center Chesterfield Career and Technical Center @ Hull 13900 Hull Street Road, Midlothian, VA 23112
If you have questions, please contact Dr. Autumn Nabors (autumn_nabors@ccpsnet.net)
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Should you have questions or need additional information, please contact me or any member of our LFVA Board. Contact information is also listed on the LFVA web site. (www.learningforwardvirginia.org)
Sincerely,
Judy Newhouse
Executive Director
Learning Forward Virginia
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