May 16, 2016

Professional Learning News
Use ESSA to Achieve Your Vision for Professional Learning
by Tracy Crow

The Agents for Learning Competition gives practitioners an opportunity to help policymakers shape how the education law translates to what happens at the state and local level.  Read more.

With a Continuous Improvement Mindset, We Can Achieve Equity and Excellence
by Stephanie Hirsh

Learning Forward's theory of action is based on assumptions that educators won't achieve their high goals for student learning if they don't set and measure high goals for educator learning. Read more.

Bonus Gift for Learning Forward members!
Oxford Bibliographies: Professional Development

Explore an annotated bibliography of current and classic research literature about professional development. Created by Stephanie Hirsh, Joellen Killion, and Joyce Polar, Oxford Bibliographies: Professional Development offers information on dozens of research studies to help learning leaders and education scholars study the field to understand what is known about elements of effective professional learning.

Oxford University Press owns copyright on this document and grants limited permission for Learning Forward to share this valuable resource with members. 

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Teachers, speak up for great learning!
Learning Forward and the National Commission on Teaching & America's Future (NCTAF) are hosting the Agents for Learning Competition. Created to amplify teacher voice in professional learning, Agents for Learning asks teams of educators to envision meaningful uses of ESSA funds to support the professional learning systems they need. 

Learning Forward and NCTAF are offering webinars to help educators understand ESSA and will host a virtual chat on May 25 to answer participant questions. Access past webinars and other valuable resources here.

The application deadline is June 10. Gather a team today!

Learn more here.
Learning Opportunities
Monday Webinar Series  
sponsored by Corwin Press

Life's Too Short for Long Division: Teaching Division for Understanding
Presented by Linda Gojak & Ruth Harbin-Miles
MAY 23, 2016     6:30 pm ET


How to Drive Schoolwide Teacher Inquiry
Presented by Brad & Genevieve Ermeling
JUNE 6, 2016      6:30 pm ET
Brad and Genevieve's book, Teaching Better: Igniting and Sustaining Instructional Improvement, has been chosen by Learning Forward for its Book Club.


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Summer learning and meetings in Chicago

Learning Forward will host six summer institutes on July 21-24. Learning Forward's institutes offer intensive learning that digs deep into critical school improvement topics.  Read more about the institutes and make travel plans!  

The six institute sessions are:


Collaborative Inquiry: Putting Learning Back in Professional Learning

 

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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