Lessening the Loneliness of Leadership

As Honig and colleagues found, “districts generally do not see districtwide improvements in teaching and learning without substantial engagement by their central offices in helping all schools build their capacity […]

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Empowering Our Future through Student Help Desks

“The solution to your workforce problem is in your classrooms!” Or so says Caroline Sullivan. And why should you believe Caroline? As the Executive Director for the North Carolina Business […]

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Can these things really be taught?

I’ve been working with a number of districts around the country to develop learner profiles. Recently I had a conversation with my cousin who works in a non-education related field […]

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Defining the Coaching Model by Developing a Toolkit

On the outskirts of Chicago, Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202 is beginning an exciting journey. Until now, there has been no instructional technology support in the schools but that […]

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Deeper Assessment: Why don’t we practice what we know we should do?

This four-part series on Deeper Assessment began with a high-level overview of using backwards design to decide what we really want students to know and do. Prioritizing learning outcomes is […]

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Learner Profile Design and Implementation

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Co-authored by Craig Bennett and Gaynell Lyman Across the nation educators are asking deep questions about the essential knowledge, skills and dispositions that prepare learners to be life-ready.  In Virginia, […]

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Senge and Learning Organizations: Personal Mastery and Learning

Editor’s note: This post is one in a series authored by ALP’s Katy Fodchuk entitled Change Leadership: Helping, Mastery, and Appreciative Inquiry, in which she revisits the work of her “guru […]

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