Learning Forward Texas named the Ferris ISD Instructional Technology Department and the Klein ISD Professional Learning Department winners of the 2023 Outstanding Professional Learning Award. The annual award recognizes exemplary districts, teams, or campuses that utilize high-quality, results-driven professional learning designed to impact student achievement. 

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Jessica Cain, Elementary Instructional Technology Specialist in Ferris ISD, submitted Mastermind Learning, a combination of asynchronous learning opportunities, coaching cycles, and collaboration to provide teachers with the time, space, relationships, and resources to help grow their teaching craft

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Director of Professional Learning Monica Shallenberger submitted the TLD Academy (Teacher Leadership Development Academy) program at Klein ISD. The TLD is a one-year cohort program for teachers in new leadership positions to receive targeted professional learning that will help them maximize their impact and empower them to inspire, encourage and develop others. Other members of the professional learning team are Caitlin Cloyd, Professional Learning Program Coordinator,  and Dr. Jessica Tovar-Hilbert, Professional Learning Program Coordinator.

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“These two award recipients are a testament to the skill, ingenuity, innovation, and vision of professional learning at its best to support educators.  As a Board, we are thrilled to celebrate these two outstanding professional learning departments and their accomplishments,” says Vicki Arrington, President of Learning Forward Texas

 

These programs will be honored at the TASA Mid-Winter Conference in Austin, TX, on January 31.  They will also receive their award from Learning Forward Texas at a school board meeting in their district. The Learning Forward Texas Board congratulates these two exceptional professional learning departments! Click here to view their application presentations.