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Lois Easton did an outstanding job of engaging participants in a variety of strategies to learn about this powerful form of professional learning called Lesson Study. Attendees were challenged to experience the technique through simulation, actually engaging in the process and then debriefing the experience. Lois then covered the basic elements of lesson study including […]
Dr. Thomas Guskey Neither snow nor ice nor interstate highway closures could deter Dr. Tom Guskey from arriving in Colorado to share his work with Colorado educators! People from around the state gathered to learn from & with Dr. Guskey . and their colleagues. Dr. Guskey's content focused around two important topics: Improving Student Learning […]
Educators from around the state participated in this excellent learning event focused on how to use technology most effectively to engage students in learning. Mary Beth Bazanella, Matt Cormier, Julie Starling, & Jill Montoya did an excellent job of facilitating this hands-on workshop. Participants had the opportunity to explore a variety of technology tools using […]
Educators from several districts around the state came together to learn more about the power of teacher leadership and how it can lead to increased student achievement. The workshop was facilitated by Cindy Harrison, international consultant, author, and former Director of Staff Development in Adams 12. Participants looked at a variety of formal and informal […]
Educators traveled from as far away as Steamboat and Colorado Springs to attend this important workshop. Chris Bryan and Joellen Killion did a masterful job of guiding participants through the new Standards for Professional Learning. We engaged in several small group activities that helped educators understand the standards and how critical they are for all […]
With Donna Sobel, Ph.D. and Sherry Taylor, Ph.D. Thursday, February 9, 2012 If you missed this workshop, you missed an opportunity to learn critical information about this important topic, “Implementing Culturally Inclusive Pedagogy” in the classroom. Although our group was small, it was the perfect combination to learn from and with educators with different perspectives. […]
Our workshop on Friday, March 2nd, Literacy 2.0: Shifting into the 21st Century Mindset was outstanding! Stevi Quate & Joe Dillon did a masterful job of creating an interactive learning environment connecting content, social media, and computer tools. Stevi & Joe explained the difference between "Literacy 1.0" & "Literacy 2.0". Literacy 1.0 is simply the […]
What follows is a quick summary of the Deepening Understanding Schools Summit held on October 9, 2012. Please consider what might be helpful to you as you work to design, implement, and support quality professional learning. Event Outcomes: You will . . . Be Influential in networking and in conversation among Professional Learning Leaders about […]
Dr. Robert Kegan January 26, 2012 Conference Why is personal change so difficult? How can we close the gap between our intentions, things we actually want to carry out, and what we are actually able to accomplish? What keeps us from making important changes in our lives? Dr. Kegan, Harvard professor, author, and international consultant […]
Bruce Wellman - Presents November 12, 2013 What do Bruce Wellman and Peyton Manning have in common? Surgeon-like precision in the way they do their work. Participants, in their evaluations of the Learning Forward Colorado Annual Conference featuring Bruce Wellman, cited time and again the remarkable clarity and precision of language with which Bruce presents […]
Ellin Keene and Bruce Wellman - Presents January 22, 2013 It wasn’t the excitement of Sports Authority Field. It was the excitement of synapses firing, connections being created, and educators embracing each other in discourse, thinking, and learning, and, deepening discourse, thinking, and learning. If "brainpower is the new currency of today" as proposed by […]
Approximately 24 Professional Learning Leaders spent two hours networking and engaging in thoughtful dialogue about leading supervision and developing communities of thought. Please take a look at Judi Herm’s "Thinking Maps" (pdf) about the content and how individuals might organize their thinking around these topics. The maps show a variety of ways to think , […]