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Publication Date: 2022-Jun
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The View from Canada: Different Terminology, but a Shared Commitment to Professional Learning
Planche, Beate; Hobbs-Johnson, Audrey; Elliott, Sue; Campbell, Carol
Learning Professional, v43 n3 p48-51 Jun 2022
In Canada, there is no federal department of education, nor is there a national system of education. Education is the responsibility of provinces and territories, and provincial education ministries lead the organization, implementation, and assessment of education within their jurisdictions. What this means for professional learning is that each province and territory establishes its particular agenda for professional learning based on provincial goals. As a result, Canada has a "mosaic of professional learning experiences, opportunities, promising practices, and challenges" that are differentiated to educators' and students' needs (Campbell et al., 2017, p. 73). Despite these differences, Canadian members of provincial Learning Forward affiliates embrace the sentiments in Standards for Professional Learning. The standards align with members' thinking about high-quality professional learning elements and can use them as guiding principles in the planning of professional supports for teachers and leaders aimed at local needs.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Workplace Learning, Standards, Equal Education, Cooperation
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