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The ASCD community also includes affiliate organizations Student Chapters. [ 2 ] While ASCD was initially founded with a focus on curriculum and supervision, the organization now provides professional development, publishing, and event experiences focusing on a broad range of topics for educators.
The phrase professional learning community began to be used in the 1990s after Peter Senge's book The Fifth Discipline (1990) had popularized the idea of learning organizations, [1] [2]: 2 related to the idea of reflective practice espoused by Donald Schön in books such as The Reflective Turn: Case Studies in and on Educational Practice (1991).
The 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) initiative is the only federal funding source dedicated exclusively to afterschool programs. The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) reauthorized 21st CCLC in 2002, transferring the administration of the grants from the U.S. Department of Education to the state education agencies .
Practice-based professional learning (PBPL) is understood in contrast to classroom- or theory-based learning. It is kindred to terms such as work-based learning , workplace or work-centred learning. Distinctive, though, are a concern for professional learning, and the preference for practice rather than work.
Huntington Learning Center was founded in 1977 by Dr. Raymond Huntington and his wife Eileen. The couple opened a second center in 1978 and began franchising locations in 1985. The company grew aggressively during the 1980s and 1990s, and by 1999, the chain had opened 200 units.
As such, Pi Lambda Theta members may choose to participate in PDK during and after graduation, with programs within the field of education. Like many pure honor societies, there is a one-time fee ($74) for graduating (undergraduate) seniors, graduate students, and professional inductees for Pi Lambda. [ 2 ]
Access for Learning Community, or A4L, is a global, not-for-profit corporation which provides solutions in the education data space and supporting the use of standards by schools, districts, states, countries, and education vendors. It has regional chapters in the US, UK, AU, and New Zealand.
Learning centers are typically set up in a classroom to encourage children to make choices. As they work in the centers they learn to work independently as well as cooperatively. This gives the child more control over what they do. [1] Learning centers offer one easy route to addressing children's individual learning styles. [2]