Professional Learning

Professional Learning Communities, or PLCs, have become crucial in designing school-wide strategies dedicated to helping students achieve their potential. The resources included in this toolkit are intended to help you meet the challenges presented by today’s educational landscape through effective professional learning and development opportunities.

What is a Professional Learning Community?

Teachers working collaboratively and holding themselves accountable for the results

	One-to-one is Going Wonderfully in Webster Central School District, New York Webster Central School District is using technology to help kids learn essential 21st Century skills so that they can be successful in the real world: showing perseverance, risk taking, collaboration, and the ability to think on their feet.
	It's All About Collaboration at Springfield Public Schools This urban Massachusetts district is raising test scores, improving college- and career-readiness, bridging the equity divide, and changing the culture with help from its 1:1 laptop initiative.
	Professional Development Wins the Day in Baldwin County, AL Coaching, teacher academies, annual conferences, online classes and other forms of professional learning are keys to the success of this district’s 1:1 Chromebook initiative.
	BYOD + District-Provided Devices = A Winning Solution in Wake County In this large NC district, the goal wasn’t 1:1 – it was offering students multiple ways to learn, collaboratively, with help from the technology of their choosing.
	The Keys to One-to-One Success in East Noble, Indiana Five years into a successful initiative, this Project RED Signature District serves as a positive example to others.
	Adopt, Adapt and Improve: Metro Nashville Public Schools Redefines School Libraries Tennessee's Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools is blazing trails in innovative library and media center design to bring true 21^st Century literacy to 83,000 students in more than 150 schools.
	Lessons Learned from a Decade of One-to-One Next-generation Windows devices, wireless display, and Microsoft apps are some of the new tools that are helping New Jersey’s River Dell Regional School District get better at what they were already excelling at: empowering and inspiring learners.
	Preparing 21st Century Thinkers with Fujitsu 2-in-1 Ultrabooks Partner Success Story: Read about how the Fujitsu Lifebook T935 Convertible Tablet PC Ultrabook is empowering teachers and students at St. Thomas More Catholic High School to transform the educational environment.
	Producing Next-Generation Learners in Grapevine, Texas With an investment in Windows 10 laptops for middle school students and tools such as Minecraft EDU, Grapevine-Colleyille ISD is creating a robust and learning environment.
	1:1 in Lynnwood, WA, Improves Collaboration, Engagement, and Equity Edmonds School District has built quickly from two small pilots to a full 1:1 program using Intel-based Chromebooks in grades 3-12. Learn why they’re happy they did.

	PBL World 2020: How a Virtual Conference Made a Real Impact Keeping people engaged via Zoom over the course of three days is no easy task, but PBL World yielded a fruitful virtual experience. Here are my takeaways…	Blog
	The Mother Load: Learning, Teaching, and Parenting I put on my "ed tech instructional designer" hat and began teaching my kids from home the only way I knew how: a way I had unknowingly been preparing for for a decade.	Blog
	Diary of a Math Teacher: Quarantined, Part II It's undeniable that some things are truly flourishing in this new environment. Others are not. It's basically daisy-petal-picking at this point. Here are my takeaways…	Blog
	Silver Linings and Solutions During COVID-19 In Part One of this series, we looked at the many challenges facing educators as they rush to rethink their curriculum to fit into a remote learning environment. Now we look at the “bright side” of this sudden transition to making elearning the new normal.	Blog
	Welcome to the New Normal. Population: All of Us! As a response to the circumstances of the times, Intel is publishing two new free resources on remote learning: one for educators and one for parents.	Blog
	Educator Challenges and Solutions During COVID-19 While there are a wide-range of factors contributing to general educator frustration during the pandemic, these common challenges can be categorized into four distinct buckets.	Blog
	Teach This, Not That! For every single student in my room, I have become passionate about asking; Why I am teaching THIS, when I could be teaching THAT?	Blog
	Educator Panel: What Tech Works in the Classroom The last PDXedTech meetup was an educator panel on what technology works best in the classroom. Find out wha's working in classrooms and why!	Blog
	Google Slides For Math While PowerPoint is mostly a static tool for delivering a lesson, Google Slides can be used collaboratively for many purposes in the math classroom.	Blog
	The 2019 Horizon Report is Here The 2019 Horizon Report is here, profiling key trends, significant challenges, and important developments in educational technology.	News

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Professional Learning

What is a Professional Learning Community?

The Changing Role of Teachers

Components of a Successful PLC

Developing a Professional Learning Community

Building Leadership

Implement Effective Professional Learning Communities

PLC Peer Observation

Mentoring and PLCs

PLC Teams

How PLCs Impact Student Success

The School District as a PLC

Developing a Learning Community

Learning Communities and Support

Building Leader Educator Capacity

Teacher and Leader Capacity

Seven Lessons Learned From Implementing Micro-credentials

Micro-Credentials and Professional Learning

State Digital Learning Exemplars

Social Network Formation and its Impact on Learning

Implementation Stories: Rhode Island

The Digital Learning Transition MOOC for Educators

Five Tips For First-rate PD

Rethinking Professional Learning and Assessment

Content-Focused, Expert-Led Collaboration at Achievement First

Drafting an Effective Professional Learning Plan

Finding Time for Collaborative Planning

Frequent, Growth-Oriented Feedback at DC Public Schools

Comprehensive Curricula and Assessments in Louisiana

Modeling Student-Centered Professional Learning

Supporting Teachers with Design Thinking

Google Classroom for Professional Learning

Get Cross-functional with Teacher Proficiency

Building the Next Generation of Teacher Training

Four Elements of Personalized Professional Learning

Building Teacher Autonomy

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