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PROOF POINTS: Debunking the myth that teachers stop improving after five years

The Hechinger Report

Philanthropist and former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates popularized the notion in a 2009 TED Talk when he said “ once somebody has taught for three years, their teaching quality does not change thereafter.” That is, the cohort of rookie teachers in 2001 were just as effective as the cohort of rookie teachers in 2009.

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Implementing Innovation Strategies to Make School Districts More Equitable

edWeb.net

This edWeb broadcast was hosted by AASA, The School Superintendents Association and AASA’s Leadership Network, providing premier professional learning for educational leaders. From 2001-2003, he served as Vermont’s Education Commissioner. He also works with edWeb.net to write articles on their professional learning edWebinars.

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Students Collaborate on Supporting Bee Populations with Digital Tools

edWeb.net

DeLaina Tonks has been involved in education since 1991 and has been the director at Mountain Heights Academy, the top-rated digital school in Utah, since 2009. Student Voice is a free professional learning community that helps you take student voice to a new level, and build student aspirations and ignite academic motivation.

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Five Compelling Reasons For Teaching Spatial Reasoning To Young Children

MindShift

We also learned—and have experienced in our careers as mathematics educators and researchers—that spatial reasoning is a curiously unacknowledged and neglected area of the curriculum. Bruce is a Professor and Dean of the School of Education and Professional Learning and Director of the Centre for Teaching and Learning at Trent University.

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Helping Others Along – Motivation Theory and the SAMR Model

techlearning

The best practices found in effective professional learning communities (PLCs) can help us significantly. 2001) Teacher efficacy: Capturing an elusive construct, Teaching and Teacher Education 17 (2001), pp. <PDF> 2009- 05-25 from [link] Shippee, M. & 2004) What is a “Professional Learning Community”?

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The Emergency Home Learning Summit Final Week - 24 Amazing Interviews Start Tomorrow

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Since then she has served in various capacities including as a literacy coach, ed tech professional development manager and technology innovation manager. Today she serves as the director of digital engagement and professional learning. by Philadelphia Business Journal in 2009. Chris was named as one of “40 Under 40?