Subscribe to RSS Why Quality Professional Development for Teachers Matters SEPTEMBER 16, 2014 Why quality professional development for teachers matters Edutopia Where should a school invest effort, time, and resources to help students? Invest in either finding the best … Continued
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President’s Message by Sue Elliot – Spring 2014
“Collaborative inquiry involves two components – collaboration (working together) and inquiry (a search for deep understanding) … Collaboration is why you would want to bring people together. However, not all collaboration is equal, and working together for the sake of … Continued
Tool: Yes/ No Survey
This strategy provides an opportunity for participants to explore a topic by posing a question, and to make connections with other participants. It also builds community, and lifts the energy in the room. Process: Choose a topic [e.g. Collaboration], … Continued
Successful Network Dinner Creates Dialogue among BC Educators
On April 3, sixty plus educators from around the lower mainland attended a Networking Dinner on Collaborative Learning. The conversations and dialogue resulted in positive energy and a lively buzz of conversations. Connections with colleagues from many other education venues … Continued
Standards vs. Standardization: Do Standards Get a Bad Rap? by Sharon Cohen
Public education has more than its share of hot buttons. Autonomy and accountability are two examples of topics likely to stir up passionate, often conflicting, views. Is the concept of standards a new addition to the hot button list? Do … Continued
President’s Message by Sue Elliott
Working Together: Honouring Varied Contexts for Professional Learning February 2014 “Worse than being blind is to see and have no vision.” Helen Keller Learning Forward BC’s connection to our education partners, and the knowledge and the varied experiences they have … Continued
Effective Conference Call Facilitation by Sue Elliott
When using a conference call to hold a meeting, it can be challenging to facilitate a dialogue [“a reflective learning process in which group members seek to understand each other’s viewpoints and deeply held assumptions” Garmston & Wellman. (2009). The … Continued
President’s Fall Message by Sue Elliott
Enhancing Professional Learning: The Value of a Collaborative Culture “How can we be genius makers and bring out the intelligence in others and at the same time be aware of the expertise, experience, and support that we can provide while … Continued
Teacher collaboration
Professional communities improve many elementary school students’ math scores – American Sociological Association via Science Daily, http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130651302190.htm Many elementary students’ math performance improves when their teachers collaborate, work in professional learning communities or do both, yet most students don’t spend all … Continued
President’s Message by Sue Elliott
June 2013 Collaborative Conversations Using Data? Are you hearing any? As this school year ends I would like to take the opportunity to thank members of the Learning Forward BC Board for their dedicated work over the past year. … Continued