If professional learning for educators is going to generate increased learning success for students, it needs to be an environment, not an event. Dr. Marisa Ramirez Stukey, co-author of, “Professional Learning Redefined: An Evidence-Based Guide,” shares key elements of effective professional learning and the necessary commitments needed from administrators, instructional coaches, and teachers. Visit The […]

Teachers meet, coaches observe, leaders plan… but are we making progress? And how do we know? Too often coaching success is still judged by “how many coaching cycles” or “how many PD sessions, or classroom model lessons or data reviews were conducted. ” But research and practitioner insight emphasize the need to measure coaching by […]

Many school administrators, instructional coaches, and teacher leaders at this time are engaged in designing improvement plans or beginning the implementation of plans that were created earlier to achieve school and/or district goals. This process should be built to guarantee that educator learning is an outcome along with increased student learning. Educator learning is more […]