Transforming Professional Learning (TPL): a multidimensional initiative focused on developing a comprehensive system of professional learning that spans the distance from the statehouse to the classroom. Learning Forward, in partnership with CCSSO ( Council of Chief State School Officers), received funding for this initiative from three foundations: Bill and Melinda Gates, Sandler, and MetLife. The …
This podcast explores Learning Forward’s Professional Learning Standard LEADERSHIP. Our guest today is Mike Berblinger, high school principal, recent Kansas Secondary Principal of the Year, the new superintendent with Buhler USD 313, and my friend! How does a leader facilitate change? In Jim Collin’s book, Good to Great, he describes great leaders as those who look …
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This episode explores Learning Forward’s new Professional Learning Standards, focusing on LEADERSHIP. LEADERSHIP: Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and all student results requires skillful leaders who: Develop Capacity for Learning and Leading, Advocate for Professional Learning, and Create Support Systems and Structures Kenneth Leithwood states, Leadership is second only to classroom instruction among all …
