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We are a state affiliate of Learning Forward International.
Professional Learning During COVID-19The balance between placing a priority on professional learning and not overwhelming educators is difficult during this challenging time. Many educators are finding themselves unprepared to make the shift to emergency virtual learning, while others slid into this change with grace and ease.
Now, more than ever, providing educators with high quality, standards-based professional learning is crucial! Learning Forward Pennsylvania is eager to support your professional learning efforts by providing some resources to help you make the shift as you determine the best way to create equitable learning opportunities for your students. We hope you find these resources helpful! Professional Learning Resources!!!ajjuliani.com/virtual/: A.J. Juliani has created a list of FREE websites that have rigorous tasks and learning platforms for your organization. He also has a link at the bottom of the page to an outstanding webinar that explains how to make the shift to emergency virtual learning.
www.whetstoneeducation.com/blog/2020/4/30/coaching-in-quarantine: Instructional coaches: Not sure how to coach during the quarantine? Here is a blog post that will provide some tips for you. www.cultofpedagogy.com/distance-learning/: This helpful webpage has an excellent podcast that recommends learning platforms and sites. The page itself has tips on lesson design, norms for distance learning, and how to manage it all. www.compcenternetwork.org/resources-for-continuity-of-learning: The Comprehensive Center Network has compiled a comprehensive list of helpful resources for educators, teachers, and parents. There are over 140 links to webinars, tech tools, blog posts, etc. WOW! achievethecore.org/: If you never visited Achieve the Core's website, now's the time to do it! This website is completely aligned to the Common Core and has fresh, new, Standards-Based materials on it for both face to face and online learning. Webinars, slide decks, unit lesson plans, assessment tools... you name it, they have it and they are constantly updating the site with FREE, high quality resources. www.amazingeducationalresources.com/: Here is a one stop shop for you! Place your needs in the filters and you will find just about anything your heart desires. Professional learning opportunities, classroom resources, educational articles, websites, and more are located on this site. www.edx.org/course/subject/education-teacher-training: Here's a great site that has online courses for educators. Data-wise, PBIS, evidence-based learning, and student engagement are just a few of the topics that are offered. docs.google.com/document/d/1oRzfQkYjOGbmv-sybH2UDJAGw0vNn_OI1kEtv6acnMg/copy: If you want to do a Virtual Learning Walk and align it to the Danielson Framework, here's your resource. When you get to the page, just click on "Make a Copy" and the document will be loaded onto your Google Drive. danielsongroup.org/resources: Here are plenty of FREE resources that support the Danielson Framework. You will need to register to download the resources. |