ABPC Podcast
The ABPC has launched the Better Practices | Brighter Students Podcast in an effort to bring educators timely and impactful conversations. We hope that these bite-sized segments with thought leaders […]
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Powerful Learning Network
Overview The A+ Best Practices Center (ABPC) is excited to partner with the Instructional Leadership Collective to use their new book to guide learning in the 2026-2027 Powerful Learning Network […]
Full Program Offerings
The Alabama Best Practices Center (ABPC) facilitates high-quality, network-based, collaborative professional learning. In its 20 years, ABPC has served 116 of the state’s 139 districts—in all, more […]
With Helpful Feedback from Participants, Our First Virtual Learning Sessions for KLN and PCN Were a Great Success
In the past six weeks, ABPC has hosted six live Key Leaders Network sessions and 11 live sessions for the Powerful Conversations Network, attended online by over 600 educators in nearly 40 districts. Thanks to candid participant feedback, we quickly learned how we could better engage our members, create more dynamic breakout sessions, and improve our networking as a whole. Want to participate in the next round? Read on.
Lessons in Livestreaming: Concise Conversations with Cathy and Jackie
Program Coordinator Dakota Punzel describes the birth and ongoing evolution of Concise Conversations, our new weekly 15-minute livestream program on Facebook hosted by Cathy Gassenheimer and Jackie Walsh. Dakota, whose tech skills earned him the job of “show director,” presents our first eight CC sessions along with some lessons learned (for those of you who might want to try this in your school or district).
Check Out the ABPC’s New Blog Library!
Our staff and many guest contributors have put lots of time and thought into sourcing, writing, and editing posts for the ABPC Blog. As the collection grows, we want to be sure it’s easy to find the articles most valuable to you. Here’s our simple solution: Program Coordinator Dakota Punzel has created a dedicated Google Doc that includes every blog post, sorted and categorized. Give it a try!
Ron Berger, Author of Leaders of Their Own Learning, Has a Special Message for Alabama Educators
In a special video message to Alabama educators, Ron Berger, Chief Academic Officer at EL Education, offers support for the challenging work of virtual teaching, including free EL Education resources. Ron was the keynote speaker at the ABPC’s 20th Anniversary Celebration in 2019 at Camp McDowell. He’s the author of Leaders of Their Own Learning, the guiding text in ABPC’s Powerful Conversations Networks for two years.
