Professional Learning Communities
Regional interest in peer learning and the role of professional learning communities (PLCs) in school and district improvement led to NECC’s development of a bi-monthly webinar series on PLCs. Between webinars, the Network distributes the plc update, an e-newsletter with links to archived webinars and other resources and invitations to future webinars. Engaging experts from the region and beyond to present strategies for creating, supporting, and sustaining online and face-to-face PLCs, NECC is now exploring the use of an online professional learning community and testing the effectiveness of local and state-level approaches to this powerful form of job-embedded learning.
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Joe Trunk
Email: jtrunk
rmcres.com
Related events
Webinar: Continued Exploration of Professional Learning Communities
Tales from the Field AND Getting the Unions Involved
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Online
Susan Kennedy of the Connecticut State Department of Education discussed getting unions involved in state-sponsored professional learning communities. Joining her was Amy Brodesky of the Education Development Center, who discussed research and work with schools in Massachusetts and New York that formed internal communities and work collaboratives to help students with disabilities learn math.
Contact: Joe Trunk
Email: jtrunkrmcres.com
Webinar: Continued Exploration of Learning Communities
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Online
This webinar featured discussions of learning communities now operating in Vermont and Kentucky.
Tiny Muncy of the Vermont Department of Education's Department of Standards and Assessments discussed Vermont's Principals' Learning Communities--their genesis, opportunities. and plans for the future. Bob Fortney and Norka Padilla discussed e-Learning Kentucky, the adult services side of the Kentucky Virtual School. E-learning Kentucky provides online professional development and support for more than 50 communities of educational practice in cooperatives, the Kentucky Department of Education, schools, and districts. More information is available at www.kyvs.org.
Contact: Joe Trunk
Email: jtrunkrmcres.com