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Scaling Practice-Based Coaching through Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University recently scaled access to professional learning content for educators by taking advantage of the Massive Open Online Courses for Educators (MOOC-Eds) format.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

When teachers engage in this collaborative culture, they share best practices, develop interdisciplinary projects, and contribute to professional learning communities, leading to more innovative teaching strategies and cohesive learning environments. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p.

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5 Simple Ways to Improve Teacher Professional Development

The CoolCatTeacher

A common cry from teachers across the world is for relevant professional development. Another 2015 study shows that only 30% of teachers improve substantially with PD. So, what can we do to improve teacher professional development? This month’s question is about how to improve teacher professional development.

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Using Data-Driven Instruction and SEL to Make the Most of Assessments

EdNews Daily

To this end, we began using Renaissance Star Assessments districtwide in the 2015–2016 school year. In the past couple of years, we have also implemented a scripted data-driven instruction (DDI) protocol to guide conversations that we hold in our professional learning communities (PLCs).

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Focusing on Social Justice as a Path to Equity

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. In August 2015, Dr. Helen Nelson Grant became Richland Two’s first Chief Diversity and Multicultural Inclusion Officer. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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From “Data Driven” to “Evidence Driven”

The Principal of Change

The notion of a “common assessment” does not take the individual into account, where “common understandings” allows for different pathways to show learning. Differentiated instruction cannot come with standardized assessments, or am I way off here?

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Personalization and Teacher Engagement Play Vital Roles in College and Career Readiness

edWeb.net

But being college and career ready takes more than just career counseling or use of software in the classroom, it takes personalized, differentiated instruction that starts at an early age. College and career readiness has grown to be a hot topic that is on the mind of every educational leader in the nation. sup_du_jour.