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Professional Learning

Discover formal and informal professional learning programs and practices that will keep you at the top of your teaching game.

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  • What to Know About College Adjunct Teaching

    Many K–12 teachers enjoy the experience of leading college classes occasionally. Here’s how that works.
    Jennifer Davis Bowman
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  • Candidate interviewing for a job in an office

    11 Questions You’ll Be Asked at a Teaching Interview

    Commonly asked interview questions you can anticipate—plus tips and links to resources you can tap as you polish your answers.
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  • 5 Ways to Make PLCs Work Better

    Tips for teachers and school leaders on how to ensure that school-based professional learning communities are successful.
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  • Promoting Teacher Retention Through Mentoring

    The first years of teaching are hard, but a strong mentoring relationship within a supportive induction program can make all the difference.
    378
  • Using Station Rotation in PD for Supporting English Language Learners

    Professional development built around learning stations can give teachers an idea of what school is like for these students.
    240
  • Creating Effective Professional Learning Communities

    If managed well, these teams can help teachers innovate in the classroom and improve student outcomes.
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  • The Research on Life-Changing Teaching

    What really moves the needle for educators, and by extension their students?
    4.4k
  • 5 Adult Learning Principles to Help Design Better Professional Development

    Professional development is too often designed using pedagogy that works well for children. Adult learning theory can help design better PD for teachers, centering agency and genuine collaboration.
    553
  • Three elementary school children sitting together at a table in class coloring with markers

    Why Social and Emotional Learning Is Essential for Students

    Learn more about the critical role that social and emotional learning plays in promoting student success.
    23.2k
  • 15 Characteristics of a 21st-Century Teacher

    A teacher reflects on our changing society and how change informs what teaching is like today.
    24.2k
  • How to Make Your Résumé and Cover Letter Stand Out

    A principal and district leaders explains how teachers can write an effective résumé and cover letter—and then ace the interview.
    337
  • 3 Habits of Highly Effective Teacher Teams

    When time is of the essence—and the goal is to drive deeper student learning—here are three ways to keep teacher teams focused and productive.
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  • Revising Your Teaching Philosophy for This Crisis

    For many teachers, their statement of teaching beliefs no longer matches their work. Revisiting and simplifying it can help chart a path forward.
    9k
  • Woman sitting with two girls holding a small piece of paper with other cards in stacks on the table

    Student-Centered Learning: It Starts With the Teacher

    Teachers encourage student-centered learning by allowing students to share in decisions, believing in their capacity to lead, and remembering how it feels to learn.
    22.4k

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