• ​New teachers are the focus of the latest issue of The Learning Professional The Learning Professional  - How can schools and systems do more to support new teachers? And how can that support address education’s biggest challenges, like the teacher retention crisis, a lack of teacher diversity, and widening gaps in student learning? Those questions are at the heart of the latest issue of The Learning Professional journal. In the issue, you’ll find articles about improving mentoring, creating a web of support for new teachers, meeting the needs of alternatively certified teachers, cultivating grow-your-own programs, and more.

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• Free tool from Learning Forward: Trust factors - Learning Forward - This tool offers characteristics that help to increase trust among team members. It is one of the dozens of tools from Team to teach: A facilitator’s guide to professional learning teams by Anne Jolly, full of step-by-step guidelines and tools to support building a successful professional learning team. Learn more.

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• Creating Learner Personas for Learning Success - Training Industry  - Do your learners crave freedom or security? Adventure or routine? Learner personas expose the psychographic considerations that impact your training solution.
  Check out this article from Training Industry to explain how to create a learner persona so you can benefit from it in your own work. Use it, along with the infographic and templates for better training. 

Two Options for Learning Forward Texas Workshops

Open Enrollment is for:

• individuals or small teams

• participants who missed their offered district training

• participants who took a Tips workshop and want a refresher

District Purchase is for a district:​

• who is developing and implementing a professional learning plan

• who wants a consistent training model

• who wants systemic change through well-designed professional learning