• Yes, a conference can lead to sustained learning. Here’s how. -  The Learning Professional - A team of educators used Learning Forward’s Annual Conference as the cornerstone of their yearlong professional learning strategy. How did they do it? They had a plan in place for before, during, and immediately after the conference. They also designed a longer-term follow-up process that included live virtual touchpoints, a shared asynchronous digital space, and embedded 10-minute professional learning conversations into every team meeting. By organizing their learning and revisiting it, the light from their new ideas continued to shine. Read More

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• Try it on: Less talking, more impact - The Bright Morning podcast - Elena Aguilar focuses on the skill of speaking as little as possible in her latest podcast for coaches. "Zaretta Hammond, who is my friend, used to say all the time, whoever is doing the talking is doing the learning," Aguilar said. "And I love that. I don't know if she came up with that, but whoever is doing the talking is doing the learning. In a coaching conversation, how do you give your client even more opportunities to talk and to do their own learning?" Click here to Listen

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• Here is what's needed to improve measuring teacher professional learning- Research Partnership for Professional Learning- Research Partnership for Professional Learning (RPPL) just released a white paper, Measuring Teacher Professional Learning: Why It's Hard and What We Can Do About It. Despite the importance of measuring teacher professional learning, practitioners agree the field lacks the tools needed to effectively evaluate the implementation and outcomes of professional learning programs.  The organization calls the publication "a call to action for the entire professional learning field to shift how we think about, develop, deploy, and fund teacher professional learning measurement effort." Read More

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• Best Sites for Educator Professional Development - Tech & Learning - The learning never stops for teachers. Even if continuing education were not required by law, educators would still strive toward deepening their subject knowledge, keeping up with the latest research, sharpening their classroom skills, and learning to use education technology tools. Read More