Projects: Professional Learning and Leading Collaborative

Through Friday Institute projects, our teams conduct research, develop educational resources, provide professional development programs for educators, inform policy-making and prepare students for success.

Active Projects

• COVID-19 Support Resources
  In its commitment to support educators and provide resources for teaching and learning, the Friday Institute has created resources for educators during this time of uncertainty.
• Educator Learning Opportunities
  Professional development that is timely, relevant, and models expectations is essential to any school or district initiative.
• Foundational Coaching Practice for the Digital Age
  This course empowers participants to enhance their digital learning content knowledge and further develop coaching strategies.
• Implementation of the Learning Differences Program
  During the 2019-20 academic year, the Friday Institute established a modified research-practice partnership with Manning Elementary School (Roanoke Rapids, NC) and Centennial Campus Magnet Middle School (Raleigh, NC). 
• Instructional Design
  The PLLC team has extensive knowledge and experience in instructional design and application of adult learning theory.
• Leadership Development
  Job-embedded professional development for administrators that enables the planning and implementation of learning initiatives.
• Learning Differences
  This series is designed to help educators better understand learner variability and address diverse learning needs.
• Learning Differences Online Professional Learning
  This MOOC-Ed introduces the idea of learner variability and digs deeply into three areas that impact how we learn differently. 
• Micro-credentialing
  Bringing competency-based approaches into educator preparation, credentialing and professional development.
• Professional Learning Institutes
  Educators, coaches and leaders gain access to the knowledge and resources necessary for implementing learning initiatives.
• Remote Learning to Support NC Educators
  The Friday Institute is partnering with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to provide professional learning opportunities for educators to support their implementation of remote learning during the COVID-19 crisis. Sessions will be run multiple times and will change week by week.
• Social and Emotional Learning
  Professional learning opportunities that drive the implementation of Social and Emotional Learning in classrooms, schools and districts.
• Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) for Educators Online Course
  The Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) for Educators MOOC-Ed allows participants to build their own foundational understanding of how social and emotional learning (SEL) skills are essential to student learning.
• Strategic Planning
  Customized and responsive coaching and strategic planning support for schools and districts implementing new programs.
• Students LEAD
  This student-focused course is based on the idea that we all learn differently.
• Teaching Remotely: A Practical Guide
  Teaching Remotely: A Practical Guide will provide educators with best practices, resources and strategies to set their remote learning classroom up for success.

Archived Projects

• The Hill Center
  The Friday Institute Research and Evaluation Group led the evaluation of the Hill Center “Learning Collaborative" through design-based implementation research, engaging all partners in the design, implementation and iterative refinement of a scalable model for implementing and sustaining HillRAP in a variety of settings and contexts.