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  Insight into Quality Professional Learning   The study on the State of Professional Learning in Canada provides a well-researched lens through which Canadian educators can structure quality professional learning. Support and sustainability, quality content, and learning design and implementation are … Continued

Principles for Communicating Student Learning Communicating student learning (CSL) is interwoven with curriculum design, instructional strategies and formative assessment. CSL is a process by which teachers can provide a continuous window into student learning. Students, teachers, and parents design together, … Continued

Design Thinking: Some Divergent Ideas to Consider Have you read Jessica Lahey’s Article in the Atlantic? How Design Thinking Became a Buzzword at School The trendy concept is in high demand among educators, but its specifics are vague. Jessica Lahey, … Continued

Highlights from our evening of learning, April 28th, 2016, Learning Forward BC Network Dinner Video clips Delta Team, Annieville Elementary Principal Wendy Shields shares the learning journey of Annieville school in relation to their Reggio-inspired and inquiry-based approach to learning. … Continued

Supporting Innovative Practice   “Countries that wish to improve the effectiveness of professional development provided to teachers should increase the amount and variation of school embedded offerings such as mentoring and coaching, creating networks of teachers who learn together, and … Continued

Learning Forward BC enters into Research Project with University of Toronto ( OISE) and Learning Forward . For more information and updates contact Audrey Hobbs Johnson at audreyhj@shaw.ca    

  ENGAGEMENT is at the heart of our work as educators.  Teachers engaging and guiding students in order to develop a passion for learning, teachers tapping their own interests to inspire students, and work with other teachers to create a … Continued

President’s Message: Learning is for Everyone By Sue Elliott, EdD LFBC September 2014  There is no power greater than a community discovering what it cares about.  Ask: ‘What’s possible?’ not ‘What’s wrong?’ Keep asking… How strong is the learning culture where you work? … Continued