The Essential Guide to Professional Learning: Collaboration

In this guide, The Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSEL, n.d.) outlines identifiers for knowing when the professional learning culture within a school is collaborative; the questions educators can consider regarding the support, culture and implementation of collaboration within the school; how to recognize the difference between collaboration and cooperation; and aspects that serve as a barrier or an enabler for fostering collaboration within schools.  This document also explores the role the school leader has “in creating and maintaining collaborative a professional learning culture” (p. 5), and notes practical steps and common approaches school leaders can use to foster collaboration within their schools. View guide

The Essential Guide to Professional Learning: Evaluation

The AITSEL (n.d.) guide on evaluation explores successful professional learning evaluations through questioning the clarity and measurability of goals, analyzing the data gathered through evaluation, considering when evaluation takes place, and how the data gathered is used to inform future planning. AITSEL (n.d) also provides examples of effective data collection methods and ‘look fors’ of effective evaluation of professional learning that educators can use in assessing their own professional development process. View guide

The Essential Guide to Professional Learning: Innovation

This guide outlines how to identify when a professional learning culture is innovative; questions schools can consider when analyzing their understanding, support, and approaches to an innovative professional learning culture; innovation with the macro, micro and individual context; and strategies school leaders can use to foster innovation in their schools (AITSEL, n.d.). View guide

The State of Educator’s Professional Learning in Canada: Executive Summary

This executive summary outlines the key findings of The State of Educators’ Professional Learning in Canada study that aimed to “understand, value, appreciate, and respect” (p. 2), and the diverse approaches, outcomes, and educational experiences of professional learning across the country (Campbell et al., 2016). View executive summary

Learning Forward

Learning Forward (2022) aims to support the capacity of leaders in the planning, implementation, and measurement of high-quality, effective, professional learning. View webpage