SUSTAINING VIRTUAL PEER LEARNING AND COLLABORATION COMMUNITIES
At TPN, we’re really excited about how virtual communities are transforming teacher professional learning and collaboration. Learn how ISTE, NCSS and ACTE use virtual communities to overcome isolation and create opportunities to learn and collaborate.
At this year’s ACTE CareerTech VISION, CFTL director Tracy Huebner sat down with ISTE, NCSS and ACTE to learn about how they’re using virtual communities to create amazing opportunities for the teachers they serve to learn and collaborate on improving the teaching profession. Learn what they're doing to sustain and grow their virtual learning communities: http://tpn.wested.org/sustaining-virtual-peer-learning/
CAP's report describes districts throughout the country that have taken collaborative approaches between management and unions to ensure that teachers have significant voice and leadership in implementation CCSS
AIR's policy snapshot summarizes the literature regarding teacher leadership, including reasons for promoting teacher leader roles and associated benefits and challenges