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How to Boost Family Involvement through Parent-Teacher Conferences

Waterford

Before you know it, parent-teacher conferences are right around the corner. It’s easy to let the conference season catch us by surprise, but did you know that parent-teacher conferences are one of the best ways to boost parent engagement? Encouraging Parental Involvement Before Conference Season.

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Use Design Thinking to Develop Critical Skills for a Global Economy

EdTechTeacher

With the case method, the instructor truly acts as a facilitator — asking leading questions to guide the conversation, calling on individuals to ensure that all voices are heard, and enforcing the norm that statements must be supported by evidence from the case. References. Levy, F., & Murnane, R. doi: 10.1111/jpim.12163.

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A traditional model of organizational knowledge creation

Connecting 2 the World

It also becomes a tangible representation of tacit knowledge for both group members and those outside of the group (Conceicao, Heitor, & Veloso, 2003; Yaklief, 2002). Second International Conference, iTrust 2004, Oxford, UK. 2000; Moreland & Levine, 2001). References Akgun, A., Lynn, G., & Byrne, J. Human Relations, 56 (7), 839-868.

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Inside Maine’s disastrous roll out of proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

In 2003, the Gates Foundation gave RISC $5.8 In 2007, Maine’s then-commissioner, Susan Gendron, invited DeLorenzo to speak at a summer conference for superintendents in Bar Harbor. million to train additional Alaska school districts and to create a research and development program. The state ramps up.

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