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Your Ticket to More Effective Lessons

A Principal's Reflections

At the time, this model was both a practical and effective means for planning direct instruction and was readily embraced as this was the primary strategy used in classrooms. Like many things in education, elements of ITIP still have value depending on how they are used. Herein lies the main disadvantage of ITIP.

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How Education Elements Guides Districts in Creating Environments that Personalize Learning

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Education Elements provides support for schools and districts as they transform their school models to personalize learning. He founded Education Elements to meet that need. What They Do Anthony Kim likes to describe the Education Elements team as the “sherpas” of personalized learning. Stay tuned!

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Creating a Culture of Relearning in Your CBE Classroom

Education Elements

It seems, much to the chagrin of the teachers, some students no longer take assessments seriously. How do you ensure your transition to a competency-based classroom results in an emphasis on learning and re-learning rather than testing and retesting? A classroom paradigm shift has to take place.

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Personalized Learning Journey Begins with a Vision

Education Elements

Have you ever stopped and looked around your school, your classroom, and asked yourself: “How did this all happen? I look back on what our classrooms looked like, sounded like, and felt like a few years ago - and the transformation is amazing. Where did it all begin? How did we get to this point? When did the transformation occur?”.

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Robots Are Not Taking Over Teachers' Jobs

Education Elements

Students staring at screens, by themselves, while an artificial intelligence program delivers content and assessments. There is no doubt that digital programs, particularly adaptive ones, can be powerful tools in the classroom. This eerie scene is what some fear will be the future of schooling.

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What Exactly Is Curriculum?

Education Elements

She walked me to my classroom, opened a cabinet door rather proudly, showed me two shelves filled with textbooks and supplementary materials (worksheets, assessment guides, etc.) I recall one distinct shocking moment as a new teacher. It was when a mentor teacher was onboarding me.

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Why we love our PD tools

eSchool News

This year, we will use video as an informal look at the level of math conversations going on in their classrooms.”. Originally we partnered with Education Elements to provide on-site personalized learning PD and consulting. LETRS truly allows you to be an informed educator when you’re determining what to do with students.

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