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Integrate OUR Curricula into Your Kiddom Digital Platform

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They received excellent ratings from EdReports , a leader in evaluating textbooks and curricula for rigor, usability and alignment to academic standards. Additionally, the curricula are refined through extensive in-classroom experiences with a focus on the equitable distribution of learning.

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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. Embedding a social-emotional learning lens into instruction.

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

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Due to COVID-19, most of our educational systems reflect a new normal, with hybrid and remote learning, increased use of technology, and teacher professional development. Teachers had accelerated the learning curves in digital fluency with a range of design and feedback tools. WATCH THE EDLEADER PANEL RECORDING.

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What Makes Professional Development Work?

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“Don’t call it professional development—call it professional learning.” The first goal of effective models of teacher professional development is understanding who they are and what are their needs. Technology and Professional Development. ” Jill Abbott Sr.

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Professional development should make teachers feel urgent, not small and isolated

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Technology, collaboration, and new standards are changing the classroom at a rapid pace. Every teacher’s professional development must keep up. Like so many of us, I have been grateful throughout my life for the professionals I’ve needed to call upon for vital services and expert guidance. But we’re not there yet.

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Digitizing Curriculum Development: Think Efficiency

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Standards Several – Vendors produce tools that correspond with the Competencies and Academic Standards Exchange (CASE) , specifications that define how systems exchange and manage information about learning standards and/or competencies in a digitally-referenceable way (goodbye PDFs!). Join the Community.

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What’s New

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Combined, Faria and Rubicon will serve over 10,000 schools in 130 countries with curriculum support for over 600 academic standards. FRESHGRADE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING CENTER ( www.freshgrade.com ) FreshGrade announced its Professional Learning Center.