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Acceleration Is Better Than Focusing on Learning Loss. This Unique Summer School Shows Why.

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At the Institute for Teaching and Leading , a professional learning organization that I co-founded, many of our partner districts are focused less on deficits and more on active learning, which we call the asset-based mindset. Focus on gatekeeper standards. Santa Fe Public Schools Multi-dimensional project-based learning.

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Tomorrow’s New Normal: What It Means for Professional Development

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Katie Hansen is a National Board Certified teacher and currently serves as the staff development specialist for Phoenix Union High School District, where she coordinates and designs ongoing professional learning for educators in her organization. She has been teaching in the Phoenix Union High School District for more than 22 years.

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Seeing the Pandemic as an Opportunity for Change

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This edWeb broadcast was hosted by AASA, The School Superintendents Association and AASA’s Leadership Network, providing premier professional learning for educational leaders. She assists education organizations with content strategy and teaches writing at the college level. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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16 Books About Learning Every Teacher Should Read

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The goal of the book was to provide an evidence-based “effect size” for many “pieces” of education, ranging from instructional strategies to family structure and teacher training. Connected learners take responsibility for their own professional development. Thus the title “Unschooled Mind.”