Learning Forward

Conferences, networks and online/virtual Learning experiences -, institutes, and webinars support members efforts to improve organizational effectiveness, educator competency, and student success. Learning Forward's 2022, annual conference attracted 3,300 educators who, over the 4 days of the conference, attended over 200 sessions, gained new knowledge and skills, engaged in meaningful conversations, networking, and acquiring resources and tools to help them in their organization and school improvement work.academy - since 1991 there have been 40 academy classes with more than 1800 academy graduate members. Each class has held 12-face to face sessions totaling 96 hours per class equaling 3,744 hours of professional Learning within the academy program. Each year a new academy class graduates.

Learning Forward consultants spent over 500 days in fy23, supporting 50 clients that included 2 state departments of education, 8 state or regional education associations, 2 universities, 3 international eduscational organizations, 3 educational support organizations, and 32 unique school systems. In addition, Learning Forward assisted 15 school systems and regional education centers in evaluating the quality of their professional Learning by administering the standards assessment inventory in 392 schools.

Grant-funded projects - grant funded projects target particular initiatives focused on advancing the field of professional Learning, improving organization and individual effectiveness and producing higher levels of performance for both educator, ind students. In fy 2023. Learning Forward received grant funds of $1,691,778 earned grant funds of $1,807,090 and has unearned grant funds of $813,153 as of june 30, 2023. A. The carnegie corporation of new york, the charles & lynn schusterman family foundation and the william & flora hewlett foundation all provided grants to develop the revised standards for professional Learning with associated tools and resources. This is a revision to the widely adopted 2011 standards for professional Learning. B. The charles & lynn schusterman family foundation provided a grant for federal policy and advocacy and an additional grant to support Learning Forward's "pivot" to curriclum-grounded professional learning.c. The bill and melinda gates foundation through the communities foundation provided grants to implement a continuous improvement framework across a network of 10 north Texas middle schools. D. the wallace foundation provided a grant to Learning Forward to cover a two-year period and to help disseminate wallace educational leadership knowledge and resources through publications and the annual conference. These resources will be used to help schools, districts, and states improve leadership development. E. the wallace foundation also provided a grant to Learning Forward to manage the equity-centered pipeline initiative Learning community. Learning Forward is responsible for developing, implementing and evaluating three professional Learning convenings for the eight participating districts during each year of the grant. F. the carnegie corporation of new york provided a grant to plan and launch a curriculum-based professional Learning network to implement the newly revised standardsrs for professional Learning. The ccny also provided a grant to support a strand of sessions and activities focused on curriculum-based professional Learning at the annual conference. G. air - two grants under the us department of education eir program to provide services to air in two subgrants- first, testing and validation of the my teaching partners coaching approach to educators for improved classroom performance and in the second one, the study of the improving instruction and student achievement through the professional Learning with impact program. H. the bill and melinda gates foundation provided two grants to sponsor an issue of the Learning professional to spread networks for school improvement work, lessons learned, and public goods to the broad education community as well as help sponson Learning Forward's annual conference.

Publications: publications increase the knowledge of educators on issues relevant to improving professional Learning, accelerating school improvement, and elevating organizational effectiveness. Learning Forward publishes the Learning professional, the Learning Forward journal, six times each year both in print and online.membership - membership in Learning Forward provides support, networking, Learning opportunities, and publications, for all interested stakeholders, including teachers, building and system-level leaders, policymakers, service providers, and the public. Learning Forward's value as a leader in improving student achievement has allowed it to maintain a growing number of paid memberships that now exceeds 12,000 members.