As school districts struggle to develop a culture of continuous progress, many of them have found strategies from the Professional Learning Communities (PLC) framework to be instrumental in changing school culture.
Here is a nice little article on PLC’s found in the HOPE Foundation archives on the web site.
If you haven’t surfed around the HOPE web [...]
Entries Tagged as 'professional development'
Professional Learning Communities
February 19th, 2010 2 Comments
Tags: HOPE · PLC's · PLC's Professional Learning Communities · professional development · staff development
The New Courageous Leaders Network
January 27th, 2010 No Comments
The HOPE Foundation (Harnessing Optimism and Potential through Education) and The School Improvement Network (SINET) today announced The Courageous Leaders Network committed to building a professional community of educators that examine and develop best practices to improve achievement for all school students. Using SINET’s industry leading PD 360 platform, The Courageous Leaders Network will facilitate [...]
Tags: Alan Blankstein · Failure is Not an Option · HOPE Foundation · professional development
Failure is Not an Option: 6 Principles for Making Student Success the Only Option
December 14th, 2009 No Comments
This is an excerpt from the upcoming release of Failure Is Not an Option® 6 Principles for Making Student Success the Only Option, by Alan Blankstein. To pre-order a copy visit the HOPE store online.
Having spent four years as a successful elementary principal in the inner city, I was excited about being assigned principal of [...]
Tags: Carefree AZ · HOPE · professional development
Testimonial on HOPE conference
November 24th, 2009 1 Comment
One of our principals from the school district where I was superintendent, recently returned from the Atlanta HOPE conference.
I used to be a principal when she was a 4th grade teacher for us and she was always a great instructional leader. I trust her judgment. She sent me this little paragraph about what the Atlanta [...]
Tags: conferences · HOPE · professional development · training
HOPE Conferences Make a Difference!!
November 20th, 2009 1 Comment
As many of you know, the HOPE Foundation provides world class conferences for educators featuring national leaders in education. Recently, my former colleagues from my time as a Superintendent of Schools returned from an exciting time in Atlanta at the latest HOPE conference.
Here is what Wendy had to say:
I have been an educator for 16 years. [...]
Tags: Alan Blankstein · assessment · conferences · education · educational leaderhsip · fun · HOPE Foundation · poverty and student achievement · professional development · school improvement · Shaping America's Future IV · teachers · training
PD for educators in the sunny south - when it’s cold everywhere else!
September 30th, 2009 No Comments
We are pleased to announce that the newly renovated Doubletree Resort will be the site for the Courageous Leadership for School Success Institute in the always beautiful Orlando, Florida on December 2-4, 2009.
HOPE’s renowned researchers and educators for this event include:
Jay McTighe, Author of the Understanding by Design series and former Director of the Maryland [...]
Tags: HOPE · PD · professional development
Why do teachers have dents on each side of their head?
August 24th, 2009 3 Comments
In Lee Jenkins book, Permission to Forget, he explains why teachers have dents on each side of their head.
It is from getting hit on the head by the pendulum that swings from one extreme to the other in education.
Let’s see how many examples we can come up with.
How about the Reading Wars. The constant debates [...]
Tags: education · professional development · teachers
HOPE Institutes: Cutting edge programs
May 5th, 2009 No Comments
If you haven’t had a chance to attend one of HOPE’s professional conferences, take a moment to check out some of the presenters.
Presenters at Failure Is Not an Option®: Courageous Leadership for School Success Institutes will include: Al Bertani, Willard Daggett, Michael Fullan, Tom Guskey, Cindy Harrison, Jay McTighe, Pedro Noguera, Ken O’Connor, Todd Whitaker, [...]
Tags: education conferences · HOPE Foundation · in service · professional development · training
How do other countries support and nurture their teachers?
April 18th, 2009 No Comments
The Christian Science Monitor Online Newspaper has a very good series running on education and teacher preparation.
There are several articles you might enjoy but here is very timely one on how other countries support and nurture their teachers.
Why do you think teachers in America struggle to receive the respect and recognition that teachers in some [...]
Tags: Add new tag · professional development · teacher preparation · teacher retention
New Study Cites “Readiness” as Key Ingredient to School and District-wide Improvement
April 16th, 2009 No Comments
Report highlighting Illinois school district’s five-year improvement correlates with Key Findings in report published by the National Staff Development Council
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The results of an in-depth evaluation of Mattoon (IL) Community USD #2’s five-year improvement journey with the HOPE Foundation were released at a think tank session last week that included district leaders from [...]
Tags: Alan Blankstein · district improvement · HOPE · HOPE Foundation · professional development · school improvement · School Readiness · staff development
