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
Resources
Why Quality Professional Learning Matters
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
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
Canadian Academy for Professional Learning
Announcing Learning Forward’s first Canadian Academy! With a new year comes a new Learning Forward Academy class. This year we are very excited about our first Canadian Academy We are launching a Canadian cohort because our members have told us … Continued
How Do You Plan for Effective Professional Learning? Save the date April 3, 2014
SAVE THE DATE and stay tuned… and plan to attend the NETWORKING DINNER What will we talk about? A dynamic conversation on a provocative theme in Professional Learning When? Thursday, April 3, 2014: 4:00-7:00 Where? Schou Education Centre, Burnaby School … Continued
Book Study-The Multiplier Effect
Tapping the Genius inside our Schools As I begin to study the Wiseman Groups new book The Mulitplier Effect, I am engaged is self reflection about the realities of really playing the role of the Mulitplier. On the surface, it … Continued