I follow Allison Rodman, the Founder and Chief Learning Officer of The Learning Loop on LinkedIn. Allie recently shared a piece titled, What’s Posted on Your Refrigerator? She identified that this time of year, any of us who are parents have the refrigerator covered with all the recognitions, certificates, and prizes that schools and teachers […]

As the new school year begins, one of the usual requests that administrators will make of teachers is to submit a professional growth plan. While this process occurs differently from system to system this should be a year where teachers have so many possibilities to consider that they may need coaching guidance in selecting a […]

This week, Emma Ahmed is a guest blogger. Emma is a an instructional coach leader who I have had the privilege to work with as she provided support following my skyped-in training and coaching sessions. You can contact her with any questions at  ahmed.e.05@isg.edu.sa.  Thank you Emma. Where on the continuum of professional growth does your […]

I have been working with several school organizations updating and examining their teacher professional growth plans. In each case leaders want to focus on maximizing the payoff in student success, growth or achievement from educator’s learning. They want the plan to provide for teacher autonomy while aligning efforts to school-wide goals. Each of these systems […]