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Inclusive Education: Creating Learning Experiences For Every Child

edWeb.net

Leaning on local advocacy groups or representatives for regular updates saves time and keeps you informed. Translation services, for example, need to meet every child’s needs, even for the least-spoken languages, like Farsi. Leverage Legislation Staying abreast of changing guidelines can be a full-time task.

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Student Agency is More Than Voice and Choice

A Principal's Reflections

This could come in the form of kids selecting the right tool for the right task to demonstrate conceptual mastery or choosing where to sit in a classroom with flexible seating. However, we must not lose sight of the third element that comprises this concept, and that is advocacy. This is not a new concept in any sense.

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Agency: Important for Students and Educators

A Principal's Reflections

The desire to increase agency in the form of voice, choice, and advocacy should be viewed as just as important for educators (teachers and administrators) as it is for students. This results in a death-by-meeting scenario and is a main reason why most people hate meetings. Consider developing a meeting agenda using Google Docs.

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New Approaches to Instructional Technology Coaching

Digital Promise

When suddenly propelled into distance learning last spring, educators rose to the challenge to meet the needs of students and families. Now, with video conferencing tools, coaches are able to “visit” more classrooms on a given day. As a result, coaches are able to engage in online coaching with more teachers.

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The Pedagogy of Blended Learning

A Principal's Reflections

The goal was to make the learning experience more personal for our students while better meeting their individual needs in the process. For the purposes of this post, I am going to highlight strategies, elements, models, and supports (tools). Herein lies the impetus of the work at Wells Elementary schoo l the past two years.

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Excellent Free STEM Strategies from TGR Foundation and Discovery

The CoolCatTeacher

They encourage self-advocacy skills and foster a growth mindset through t heir award-winning STEM curricula, college-access programs , along with a digital platform for educator professional learning. Who is TGR Foundation? I hope you have lots of rest this summer but I encourage you to make time for these modules in your summer learning.

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One school district’s ‘playbook’ for undoing far-right education policies

The Hechinger Report

It hit us like a ton of bricks,” said Laura Foster, a local mother who helped create the progressive advocacy group the Ridge Network to fight the right-wing dominance of Pennridge’s schools. If we don’t make the most of this chance,” he said, “we’re not going to get another one.” “It We could have and should have led on this.”

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