Looking Outside Education: What School Leaders Can Learn About Professional Learning From Other Industries

Ongoing, job-embedded professional learning is a critical piece of talent management in all professions. What can education learn by looking beyond the traditional approaches used in the field? In this brief, state and district leaders can explore eight approaches to professional learning and growth in the fields of psychology, business, medicine, law enforcement and the military. The material was developed through a partnership between the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders and Learning Forward.