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What Makes Professional Development Work?

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Professional development defined as one-hit wonders with hour-long speaker presentations and all-day workshops leaves teachers unequipped to implement best practices and personalized learning opportunities for their students. About the Presenters. Challenges of Professional Development. This edWeb broadcast was sponsored by 2gnoMe.

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On the importance of making a (reopening) plan

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After seeing Cathi’s message on the Future Ready Librarians’ Facebook Group , librarian Kim Borden, from the Penn Argyl (PA) School District, responded to the call. School librarians form relationships and connections with every single student and teacher who walks through the doors of that school.

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Magic of the Everyday: Southern CA Educators Share 10 Best Teaching, Technology Practices

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Many districts have signed the Future Ready Pledge , but what comes next? The next semester those four teachers repeated the same PD process and present their sample lessons to the other core content teachers in their school. Each grade across the district was given a table and invited to present whatever they wanted.