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Partners in Learning resources

The Partners in Learning program is designed to provide technology and training for educational institutions around the world. To this end, Microsoft has supported the following initiatives that directly address digital inclusion issues:

1. Leadership development
2. Holistic learning reform
3. Teacher skills training
4. Scalable education solutions

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Student success depends highly on quality teaching and teacher readiness. Providing teachers with information and resources to fuel the achievement of every student is essential. Partners in Learning is focused on addressing the following challenges and creating new opportunities by using cutting edge technologies to deliver vital resources directly to the desktops of teachers and students:

Leadership and teacher collaboration

Teacher access to performance data and instructional resources through use of cutting edge technologies, applications, and services

Identifying and implementing strategies to change the way teachers teach

Strengthening teacher preparation programs and innovative ways to approach learning

Establishing training curriculum

Scaling training curriculum

Capacity for providing such training

To learn more about these partnerships, visit:

Innovative Teachers Program

Florida: Sunshine Connections

Pennsylvania: Leveraging Best Practices as Professional Development Tools

Washington: Learning Transformed

School of the Future Building 21st Century Skills

School Leader Development

Peer Coaching

Also see the next section titled "Scalable Education Solutions," which describes the Partners in Learning Mid Tier Projects.



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