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5 Tips That Foster Collaborative Professional Learning

EdTech Magazine

5 Tips That Foster Collaborative Professional Learning. Fri, 05/25/2018 - 14:29. Leveraging new technology for professional learning requires some creative thinking — and it also takes money. jena.passut_7651. Educators often criticize technology because it doesn’t always enhance traditional approaches.

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5 reasons to use a literacy professional learning solution

eSchool News

A “full support school” since 2018, we were dealing with some major challenges. I learned about Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling Suite (LETRS) from my mentor principal at the state department, which works with schools like Central Elementary to establish the specific benchmarks that each Alabama school must reach.

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CUE 2018: 5 Steps to Create More Accessible, Personalized Professional Development

EdTech Magazine

CUE 2018: 5 Steps to Create More Accessible, Personalized Professional Development. Fri, 03/16/2018 - 16:13. was preparing to deploy one-to-one Chromebooks a few years ago, the amount of professional development and training needed for educators was overwhelming. Meghan Cortez (@megbcortez) March 16, 2018.

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CoSN 2018: Expert Lays Out 6 Best Practices for Instructional Coaches

EdTech Magazine

CoSN 2018: Expert Lays Out 6 Best Practices for Instructional Coaches. Tue, 03/13/2018 - 16:50. Draper, the director of innovative learning at Alpine School District in Utah, offered six best practices in technology and instructional coaching Tuesday at CoSN’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C. phil.goldstein_6191.

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A Look at What’s to Come for the League of Innovative Schools in 2018

Digital Promise

And we convened two powerful League meetings in Mentor, Ohio and South San Francisco. At our fall convening, we piloted a tool to guide League district leaders in identifying challenges and their root causes, with the goal of creating a challenge map that will inform our work in 2018.

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edWeb 2018 Professional Learning Survey

edWeb.net

Continuous, effective professional learning can help teachers and administrators improve teaching and learning, but research shows traditional forms of professional development have become expensive and ineffective. This trend is disrupting traditional models for professional development.

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Why These Educators Meet Regularly to Align Instruction with Mind, Brain, and Education Research

Edsurge

In September 2018, I noticed a pattern emerging—multiple teachers at the school were shifting toward practices supported by Mind, Brain, and Education (MBE) research. I posted a notice on the staff blog and emailed a few colleagues directly to see who was interested in creating an informal professional learning community (PLC) focused on MBE.

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