A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2024

As I engage with districts and schools regularly, they frequently inquire about ways to gauge the outcomes and efficacy of their innovative strategies, such as BYOD, 1:1, blended and personalized learning, classroom and school redesign, branding, makerspaces, and professional development.

BYOD 260

BYOD Data Future Ready Outcomes 260

eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2024

We’re doing a lot of work around helping teachers to understand the different processes and what they need to do if they want to bring something into their classroom. One way to think of it is as a “strategic culling,” he explains, as districts square budget realities with whether tools are truly meeting their needs.

EdTech 114

EdTech Assessment Policies Data 114

Digital Promise

APRIL 18, 2017

Districts across the nation are exploring a new approach to professional learning to meet the evolving needs of today’s diverse classrooms and the educators who lead them. We look forward to continuing to learn from them and the many other states and districts engaging with micro-credentials for professional learning.

Professional Learning 137

Professional Learning Case Study Learning Meeting 137

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast Improvements in students’ reading achievement require continued learning not just by the students, but also by their educators. Students were being assessed three times a year, and more specific data was needed to determine exactly what individual students needed to learn.

Classroom 115

Classroom Data Learning Assessment 115

edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2023

Tutoring for Schools will provide thought-provoking discussions, conveniently recorded edLeader Panels and podcasts designed for real-time learning, and monthly blog posts with strategies to scale tutoring district wide and improve student outcomes. Visit Varsity Tutors for Schools to learn more.

Professional Learning 63

Professional Learning Learning STEM Outcomes 63

The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 30, 2016

I have the opportunity to take part in, observe and deliver hundreds of hours of professional development a year, either through conferences, meetings or during the work I do. Why do we not take a stand when it comes to our own professional learning? Reflect, Reflect, Reflect: As a PD leader what I do is never perfect.

Professional Learning 0

Professional Learning Learning Examples EdTech 0

eSchool News

JUNE 19, 2023

AI’s rapid pace of development in recent months offers exciting applications for the classroom, but the unprecedented technology also demands deliberation as the implications are vast. TeachAI will bring critical voices across education, policy, and technology to develop a practical framework for teaching with AI and teaching about AI.

Khan Academy 99

Khan Academy EdTech Secondary Classroom 99

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 7, 2022

We know for a fact that everyone learns differently. While a one-size-fits-all approach served its purpose for some of us, it doesn’t meet the diverse needs of kids today. The most crucial aspect when it comes to personalizing learning is the teacher in the classroom.

Personalized Learning 494

Personalized Learning Data Outcomes Meeting 494

Tom Murray

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The gears of the FRS Framework are as follows: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment. In a Future Ready district, curriculum, instruction, and assessment are tightly aligned, redesigned to engage students in 21st Century, relevant, technology-empowered, deeper learning. Personalized Professional Learning.

Future Ready 279

Future Ready Classroom Student Data Privacy Professional Learning 279

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2024

The district serves a diverse student body, and as educators at Broward, we place tremendous value on meeting the needs of all our students — especially in creating equitable opportunities for skill-building and STEM. Preparing future global innovators takes a district-wide team of facilitators, classroom teachers and school administrators.

STEM 136

STEM Education Robotics Future Ready 136

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

With modern assessments, teachers don’t want students to just recite facts from their lessons–teachers want to know whether or not students understand the skills and how to use them. Asynchronous : First, students can complete video assessments when they’re ready, instead of the traditional tests that must all be taken at the same time.

Assessment 89

Assessment Video Flipped Classroom Software 89

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 22, 2022

I wrote extensively about chasing growth instead of perfection in Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms. Growth and improvement start with honestly assessing our current reality. There is no perfect lesson, project, classroom, school, district, teacher, or administrator.

Personal Learning Network 454

Personal Learning Network Social Media Personalized Learning Examples 454

A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

The fact remains that there was no professional learning to prepare for the reality that everyone is facing nor a plan for something like COVID19. I always like to focus on the small wins when I am facilitating professional learning with schools and districts. Thus, the options are Zoom, Webex, and Google Meets.

LMS 495

LMS Schoology Education Guidelines 495

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

As a result of this webinar and some research of my own, I compiled this list which I hope will serve as a quick menu for you and the teachers at your school to select summer professional development that will help you grow and learn. Social-Emotional Learning. We have to relate to educate. These courses will give you a start.

Course 486

Course Assessment Online Assessments Strategy 486

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 13, 2022

One important lesson learned was that face-to-face learning does not meet the needs of every child. Learning Management System (LMS) The consistent use of an LMS such as Google Classroom, Schoology, or Canvas works to create a more equitable virtual environment for all kids and families.

LMS 457

LMS Learning Schoology Professional Learning 457

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Personal productivity is an important skill for professionals in all industries. We in education are no different as we face an increasing set of expectations both in and out of the classroom. This is especially true of finding time and energy for our own professional development.

Classroom 223

Classroom Learning Industry Assessment 223

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

Blended Learning In my opinion, the best 21st-century classrooms are “bricks” and “clicks,” blending together the best of face-to-face and online. Blended learning is not new. Blended Learning Classrooms are made of “bricks’ and “clicks” and every teacher should be ready. Learn How 2.

Blended Learning 404

Blended Learning Social Media Differentiated Instruction Learning 404

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2024

Data-driven decisions are increasingly recognized as a critical component of K-12 education, enhancing personalized learning, improving assessment and feedback, optimizing resource allocation and fostering early intervention. EdSurge: Why is data-driven decision-making important in K-12 education at the classroom and district levels?

Outcomes 112

Outcomes Data Strategy Analysis 112

eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2022

BOSTON (April 21, 2022) – Hemet Unified School District in Riverside County, California, has adopted LETRS® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) professional learning programs for its teachers and administrators. It also offers professional learning sessions led by national LETRS experts.

Professional Learning 52

Professional Learning Differentiated Instruction Learning Company 52

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 2, 2020

It also provides school leaders with a lens to provide valuable feedback to teachers when it comes to addressing priority standards, implementing scaffolding techniques, creating performance tasks, and developing quality assessments. Professional Learning Many schools were not prepared when the pandemic hit.

Learning 545

Learning Digital Divide Blended Learning Strategy 545

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

When we formed the Michigan Virtual Learning Continuity Workgroup in April 2020, we knew these struggles all too well. As our group began meeting, it quickly became apparent that we had a long list of shared challenges and limited time to address them. You lived and led through this experience yourselves.

LMS 384

LMS Learning Groups Exercises 384

A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

For example, I really appreciate Michael Ford pushing me in this direction when he asked me to create a choice board as part of a professional learning date with his staff. Use the Rigor Relevance Framework as a means to evaluate the level of relevance in questions, tasks, and assessments.

Strategy 526

Strategy Professional Learning Survey Conference 526

eSchool News

MAY 19, 2023

The renewal of this partnership ensures students and teachers in the district’s K-5 classrooms will continue to use the company’s award-winning Mystery Science service to explore the natural world and more deeply engage in science instruction. Editable, ready-to-use worksheets and assessments are also available in both English and Spanish.

Classroom 92

Classroom Social Media EdTech Assessment 92

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The new program extends the evidence-based classroom success of 95 Percent Group’s K-3 program, a Tier 1 solution for whole class and small group instruction, supporting explicit, structured literacy instruction. Research on reading instruction has been very clear for more than 20 years.

Groups 119

Groups Comparison Instructional Materials Assessment 119

edWeb.net

AUGUST 7, 2019

During her presentation “Measuring and Sustaining Professional Learning Through Micro-Credentials,” Odelia Younge, senior project director for educator micro-credentials at Digital Promise, explained the key elements of micro-credentials, how they work, and what differentiates them from other professional development.

Professional Learning 42

Professional Learning Digital Badges Learning EdTech 42

Digital Promise

JANUARY 11, 2022

These micro-credentials are developed, assessed, and awarded by more than 50 partner organizations, ranging from institutes of higher education to non-profit organizations. The regulations that have been put in place have challenged teachers to become innovative in how they approach reaching all of the learners in their classrooms.

Education 353

Education Strategy Professional Learning Trends 353

Neo LMS

MAY 17, 2022

Differentiation in PD changes professional development into continuous professional learning, with teachers training at their own pace while collaborating with their peers at different levels of expertise. Information is crucial but it can be useless if teachers don’t implement it in their classrooms.

LMS 427

LMS Training Survey Assessment 427

Digital Promise

MARCH 10, 2022

To support educators in accessing quality and relevant professional learning tools at the beginning of the pandemic, we curated a list of micro-credentials that could be earned with a remote or hybrid classroom. If micro-credentials are to meet the needs of the moment, they must continuously be improved upon.

Accessibility 315

Accessibility Libraries Resources Professional Learning 315

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

The schools were recently in the news for their relatively strong performance on what’s known as the Nation’s Report Card, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). DoDEA schools have skilled counselors to meet the needs of our population. military for children of members of the armed forces.

Resources 89

Resources Classroom Education Common Core 89

Digital Promise

MAY 19, 2021

Maybe this was focusing on the technology tool to best deliver instruction or identifying the specific digital learning resource to utilize with your students. To what extent did these meet the needs of your specific students and benefit their learning? How did you use technology to support curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment?

Technology 302

Technology Software Digital Learning Assessment 302

Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 7, 2022

I have worked with ISTE in a number of other service and professional learning roles and currently am serving as one of ISTE’s Community Leaders. I already can tell that I’m going to learn a lot from the other members of my cohort. All that said, I never have worked toward ISTE certification until now.

Social Media 294

Social Media Professional Learning Data Course 294

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

In today’s K-12 education ecosystem, most classroom management tools have moved online. This includes typical LMS (Learning Management Systems) functions like homework, classwork, schedules, quizzes, resources, and gradebooks so stakeholders–teachers and students–can access them from any location and any digital device.

Moodle 155

Moodle Google Classroom LMS 155

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 17, 2022

The panelists noted the importance of bridging the gap between the craft of teaching and a scientific approach to working with data, which can be accomplished through effective data meetings and other forms of collaboration that also serve as job-embedded professional learning. Improving Instruction. Join the Community.

Data 86

Data Professional Learning Outcomes Assessment 86

edWeb.net

JANUARY 20, 2020

Now educators can make their instruction more effective and provide practice linked directly to progress monitoring and formative assessment results using free digital tools from Microsoft. The creation of assessments and their implementation can all be integrated through the use of Microsoft Teams.

Assessment 59

Assessment Microsoft Mobility Tools 59

eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Pittsburgh, PA – In a groundbreaking move set to revolutionize elementary math education in the post-pandemic era , Carnegie Learning has launched ClearMath Elementary , its first core elementary math solution. About Carnegie Learning, Inc.

Elementary 86

Elementary Learning Instructional Materials Blended Learning 86

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

“The educators who had the greatest impact on me as a youth recognized my personhood by actively developing a relationship with me, challenged their explicit and implicit biases in visible ways, and valued multiple perspectives within their classroom.” – Maima Chea Simmons, Black Girls’ Literacies. 2016; Harmon et al.,

Education 353

Education Strategy Libraries Professional Learning 353

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Pittsburgh, PA– Carnegie Learning , a leader in artificial intelligence for K-12 education and formative assessment, announced today that elementary students from Buchanan County, Virginia School District achieved unprecedented reading gains using Carnegie Learning’s Fast ForWord ® reading and language program.

Elementary 94

Elementary Learning Assessment Professional Learning 94