Articles and Thought Questions:

• Learning Forward: Learning Designs

  • • How do different professional learning designs impact educator effectiveness?

    • How do we leverage models of human learning to more readily achieve intended outcomes?

• Designing Effective Professional Development (William & Mary)

  • • What information is essential for all educators that are interested in improving professional development practices?

• Effective Professional Development (Learning Policy Institute)

  • • What approaches and methods of professional development are linked to improving teacher practices and favorable student outcomes?

• Five Models of Teacher-Centered Professional Development (Global Partnership for Education)

  • • How features within these five models of teacher-centered professional development can help you to lead effective adult learning?

• What is EdCamp? (PGI, VBCPS)

  • • When is an Edcamp a viable method for supporting adult learning?

• Planning Professional Learning (ASCD)

  • • How can backward planning ensure that professional learning activities align with the most important learning goals?

• Before, During, After Coaching Cycle (Teach Boost)

  • • How can the use of a before, during, and after cycle in professional development increase collaboration and collective problem-solving?

• Facilitating Learning, Logistics and Longevity (National School Reform)

  • • In what ways do learning, logistics, and longevity impact adult learning?

• 8 Tips for Highly Effective PD (Edutopia)

  • • What are eight strategies that can influence the effectiveness of professional learning?

• Adult Learning Theories (Teaching Excellence in Adult Literacy)

  • • What can adult learning theory teach us about how adults learn?

    • In what ways can facilitators of adult learning be more effective in their practice and be more responsive to the needs of the learners they serve?

Virtual Reference Library Books:

• Chapter 1: Helping Adults Learn. Reach the Highest Standard in Professional Learning: Learning Designs. Eleanor Drago-Severson, Patricia Roy, and Valerie von Frank. Reach the Highest Standard in Professional Learning Series. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin/Learning Forward, 2015. pp 1-37.

• Chapter 2: Learning Designs: The Bridge Between Planning and Implementation. Reach the Highest Standard in Professional Learning: Learning Designs. Eleanor Drago-Severson, Patricia Roy, and Valerie von Frank. Reach the Highest Standard in Professional Learning Series. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin/Learning Forward, 2015. pp 39-84.

• Chapter 6: Developing Powerful Professional Development. Mooney, Nancy J., and Ann T. Mausbach. Align the Design: A Blueprint for School Improvement. ASCD, 2008, pp. 93-122.

• Chapter 4: Cultivating Deep Adult Learning. Leading for Differentiation: Growing Teachers Who Grow Kids. Tomlinson, Carol Ann, and Michael Murphy. ASCD, 2015, pp 65-86.

Websites:

• Game Storming

• National School Reform Faculty

• Adult Learning Theories

Videos:

• Gradual Release (FisherFrey)

Professional Learning Opportunities:

• Systems Practice (+Acumen Course - Begins May 2022)