Powerful+Learning+Practice

**Powerful Learning Practice**
[|Powerful Learning Practice] is an organization dedicated to providing professional development for 21st century educators. There are a variety of ways for your organization to become involved with the meaningful learning PLP provides! PLP is led by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Will Richardson, who lead a phenomenal team of supportive community leaders (including Kevin Honeycutt)! [|Read about the team here].

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 * For school teams**, offered through IU13 this year...

The school team's focus is on an action research project that will ultimately help their organization grow. "Action research is a process in which Powerful Learning Team members collaboratively examine their own educational practice systematically and carefully. Action research is: [|Read success stories and examples of action research projects here.]
 * Disciplined inquiry into a problem or possibility within the school or classroom
 * Collaborative and usually takes place in a community of practice
 * Meaningful, positive, and reflective
 * Data-driven, action-based, improvement-focused
 * Transformative"

Many IU13 teams participated last year! It was a fabulous experience! Browse last year's cohort's wiki: http://plpiu13.wikispaces.com/

In addition, PLP has really developed and enhanced their learning experiences for administrators. Consider the great impact an administrator has on their organization, and the imperative we have to grow as learners ourselves. [|Leading Edge Community Experience]

There is also a 5-week eCourse! [|http://plpnetwork.com/leading-edge-boot-camp-ecourse/]

Feel free to contact me with any questions about the PLP experience! lynmarie_hilt@elanco.org