Approaches to Professional Learning #4: Adaptive Expertise and Professional Conversations
Teachers need all kinds of expertise to carry out their work. Some of it is “routine” – developing effective responses to known challenges in a stable context. Teachers do indeed need this kind of expertise, being...
Approaches to Professional Learning #3: Instructional Coaching
Like Reflective Practice, the idea of “coaching” is not unique to education professionals. The specific approach of “Instructional Coaching” has been championed by Jim Knight (see links below for references) to support the...
Approaches to Professional Learning #2: Reflective Practice
“Reflective Practice” is a professional learning approach that is not unique to education, but used in various forms in other professions as well. It is generally conceived as a cycle of practice/experience, assessing...
Approaches to Leading Professional Learning
Most school leaders who I have the privilege to interact with highly value professional development. They wish to learn and grow themselves, and to support the learning and growth of the staff they lead. But deciding how to...