PL Archives

Admins: Here’s what teachers think about professional learning

August 14, 2018 by Laura Ascione

Teachers are overwhelmingly turning to social media and online resources to drive their own professional learning, according to new Speak Up Survey data released by Project Tomorrow on…

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10 reasons why you’ll love Edcamp as much as I do

August 3, 2018 by Rayna Freedman

Have you ever been in a professional learning (PL) experience where you don’t keep looking at the time, checking Facebook, or texting people? I have! I spend several…

District Management

How to deliver PL that really works

August 1, 2018 by Ellen Ullman

I recently chatted with Kathy Dyer, NWEA’s manager of innovation and learning, professional learning design, about how to connect professional learning (PL) to student outcomes and how to…

District Management

Does your district’s PL measure up?

July 25, 2018 by Elizabeth Combs

Is your current professional learning (PL) program aligned with the federal definition of professional learning? Can you measure your progress against your organizational goals? How does your organization…

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The New Librarian: How to build a face-to-face PLN in 3 easy steps

July 19, 2018 by Ge-Anne Bolhuis, Ed.S.

By now the term professional learning network (PLN) is used very often, but much of the time it refers to the virtual type, meaning our online colleagues and…

eClassroom News

4 terrific teacher communities for summer PD

July 13, 2018 by Emily Major

Keeping up on skills over the summer isn’t just for students. The summer break is a great time for teachers to take advantage of those professional development (PD)…