“10 Strategies for Building a Professional Learning Community”10 Strategies for Building a Professional Learning Community is the headline of my latest Education Week column. Four educators share suggestions for how teachers can build online and in-person professional learning communities. Here are some excerpts:
Most Popular Posts Of The WeekI’m making a change in the content of the regular feature. In addition to sharing the top five posts that have received the most “hits” in the preceding seven days (though they may have originally been published on an earlier date), I will also include the top five posts that have actually appeared in the past week. Often, these are different posts. You might also be interested in IT’S THE FOURTE
This Week’s “Round-Up” Of Useful Posts & Articles On Ed Policy Issues – Not A Good Day For SuperintendentsHere are some recent useful posts and articles on educational policy issues (You might also be interested in THE BEST ARTICLES, VIDEOS & POSTS ON EDUCATION POLICY IN 2019 – PART TWO ): Florida Superintendent Arrested on Perjury Charge in School Safety Inquiry is from The NY Times (The superintendent of Broward County Public Schools, Robert W. Runcie – Parkland). LAUSD Supt. Austin Beutner to step
Two Important Articles That We White Teachers Could Benefit A Lot From Reading36by Larry Ferlazzo / 16h
We white teachers should always be reflecting on how we can more effectively confront systemic racism, and this week is a particularly good time to do so (see CLASSROOM LESSON IDEAS TO DISCUSS THE CHAUVIN VERDICT – PLEASE SUGGEST MORE ). I’ve benefited from reading two recent pieces: I’ve previously posted about one of them by Howard E Fields III, Ph.D. at Important Article On “Deficit Models” In
Images: My Classroom For The First Day Of Hybrid Teaching Tomorrow Looks Different Than It Looked Eighteen Months AgoTomorrow is our first day of concurrent/hybrid teaching after over a year of distance learning. Here is what the front looks like: I’ve previously described the technical set-up at Here’s My Tech Set-Up For When We Begin