What is Learning Forward?
What is Learning Forward?
Learning Forward shows you how to plan, implement, and measure high-quality professional learning so you and your team can achieve success with your system, your school, and your students.
Learning Forward shows you how to plan, implement, and measure high-quality professional learning so you and your team can achieve success with your system, your school, and your students.
We are the only professional association devoted exclusively to those who work in educator professional development. We help our members leverage the power of professional learning to affect positive and lasting change.
We are the only professional association devoted exclusively to those who work in educator professional development. We help our members leverage the power of professional learning to affect positive and lasting change.
Vision: Equity and excellence in teaching and learning.
Vision: Equity and excellence in teaching and learning.
Mission: Learning Forward builds the capacity of leaders to establish and sustain highly effective professional learning.
Mission: Learning Forward builds the capacity of leaders to establish and sustain highly effective professional learning.
Beliefs
Beliefs
- Professional learning that improves educator effectiveness is fundamental to student learning.
- All educators have an obligation to improve their practice.
- More students achieve when educators assume collective responsibility for student learning.
- Successful leaders create and sustain a culture of learning.
- Effective school systems commit to continuous improvement for all adults and students.
Standards for Professional Learning
Standards for Professional Learning
Standards for Professional Learning outline the characteristics of professional learning that leads to effective teaching practices, supportive leadership, and improved student results. Through the Standards for Professional Learning, Learning Forward leads the field in understanding what links professional learning to improved student achievement.
Standards for Professional Learning outline the characteristics of professional learning that leads to effective teaching practices, supportive leadership, and improved student results. Through the Standards for Professional Learning, Learning Forward leads the field in understanding what links professional learning to improved student achievement.