by Christen Dodd | Apr 12, 2012 | Advisory Board
As our Powerful Learning Practice Network grows, we are doing some amazing things with communities of practice, e-learning, raising the voices of forward-looking practitioners, and more. With these and other PLP initiatives underway, we felt it was time to establish an advisory board to help us keep our work out on the edge of professional learning in the 21st century.
by Christen Dodd | Apr 5, 2012 | Advisory Board
As our Powerful Learning Practice Network grows, we are doing some amazing things with communities of practice, e-learning, raising the voices of forward-looking practitioners, and more. With these and other PLP initiatives underway, we felt it was time to establish...
by Lyn Hilt | Dec 20, 2011 | Connected Leadership, Making The Shift, Voices, What We're Reading
While the author provided insights and practical ways to get started in each of the key components of this text, I found it, on the whole, to be quite lacking in encouraging school leaders to use technology to enhance teaching and learning in their organizations. It caused me to consider “instead of that/try this” ideas, which I’ve summarized here.
by Lyn Hilt | Aug 18, 2011 | Connected Leadership, Local Professional Collaboration, Teacher Leadership 2.0, Voices
In their revised national standards, Learning Forward (formerly known as the National Staff Development Council) has undergone an important shift in focus and message: from one of development to one of learning. The new standards focus on teachers as learners. Teachers are not to be treated as vehicles through which schools deliver programs and policies. This has been the focus of traditional professional development frameworks for way too long. The goal for administrators should be how to foster the learning spirit in every one of our teachers through a system of learning opportunities that cater to their individual needs.
by Powerful Learning Practice | Jun 23, 2011 | Action Research Projects
St. Patrick School Team Members: Patricia O’Donnell, Lori Anderson, Patti Keefer, Marian O’Brien, Sue Kennedy Community: Archdiocese of Philadelphia Year 1, 2010-2011 Problem, Issue, or Possibility Objectives and Assessment...