As two former school superintendents, we’ve witnessed firsthand how learning communities can enrich the personal and professional lives of classroom teachers. In school systems nationwide, we have ...

Fort Huachuca, Arizona -- The Fort Huachuca Accommodation School District (FHASD) hosted its first Professional Learning Communities workshop Aug. 1 which encourages teachers to take a team effort in ...

Shirley Hord, Learning Forward’s scholar laureate, has focused her career on research about and practice of effective professional learning communities. The primary purpose and function of the ...

Participation in high functioning professional learning communities (PLCs) improves teacher morale, and higher levels of teacher morale are "significantly correlated with practices that drive student ...

While Ranch Creek Elementary students soak in the freedom that twice-monthly two-hour late starts allow, their teachers are hard at work inside the classroom. They are bouncing ideas off of one ...

For "community of practice" expert Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, the first steps toward improving teachers’ professional development are bringing them together and keeping them interested. Digital learning ...

Post by Julianne Turner, PhD. Dr. Turner has worked with teachers in several professional development projects to support increased student engagement through teacher instruction. She is Professor ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh. On ...

Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech. She enjoys coffee, cats and science fiction TV. If you are on the lookout for an educator community, or you happen to be an administrator trying to find out ...

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