Learning Forward Georgia Academy
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Academy Purpose:
• Provide participants with knowledge of the research supporting effective professional learning practices and programs.
• Assist participants in gaining knowledge of effective professional learning practices to use in designing, managing, and evaluating a local professional learning program.
• Provide participants with a network of supportive colleagues.
• Provide participants with the planning and facilitation skills to support school-focused professional learning.
• Enhance skills for efficient and effective planning and implemention of professional education.
• Increase awareness of the relationship between professional learning and school improvement.
• Provide participants with skills to coordinate involvement of teachers and administrators in planning and evaluating the local plan.
Academy Eligibility:
District and RESA leaders, principals, teachers, and members of professional learning committees are among those eligible.
Past Academy Sessions:
The Academy session Providing Focused and Sustained Professional Development is a goal for all professional learners. Professional development means different things to different people. To some, it means one-stop workshops and in-services. In this Academy session, participants will learn of much richer ways to enhance professional growth that make a difference in student achievement. Participants will also learn to identify, develop, nurture, and monitor a variety of different professional development experiences that are tied to school improvement.
The Academy session Using Data to Lead Change is open to educators who have completed the Academy session Providing Focused and Sustained Professional Development. The Data session will help participants to think about data beyond a cursory look at standardized test scores. Participants will be introduced to basic concepts, complete activities designed to reinforce those concepts, and then apply them in classroom and homework assignments.
The Academy session Building and Leading Effective Teams addresses the fact that no school leader succeeds alone. For lasting improvement, school leaders must build and lead highly effective teams. Why have teams? What separates effective teams from those that are just taking up space? How do you get a team off to a good start? What tools, techniques, and approaches can leaders use to strengthen team effectiveness? How can team meetings be more efficient? These are questions that are answered for participants in this session.
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