JOELLEN KILLION is Learning Forward’s senior advisor and served for many years as the association’s deputy executive director. As senior advisor, she leads initiatives related to the link between professional learning and student learning.
She has extensive experience in planning, design, implementing, and evaluating of professional learning at the school, system, and state/provincial levels. She works with coaches, principals, district and state leaders to facilitate and support standards-based professional learning that advances educator learning.
She is the author and co-author of numerous books and articles about professional learning. Her most recent books include The Feedback Process: Transforming Feedback for Professional Learning (2015), Taking the Lead: New Roles for Teachers and School-based Coaches, 2nd edition (2017), and Assessing Impact: Evaluating Professional Learning, 3rd edition (2018).