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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Research note: As Wall (2021) indicates, there is a definite connection between trauma and student behavior as well as student learning. Relationship over reproach: Fostering resilience by embracing a trauma-informed approach to elementary education. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 30(1), 118-137.

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Summer school programs race to help students most in danger of falling behind

The Hechinger Report

There’s no definitive count yet of how many students are enrolled this summer in a wide range of new options, from a push to close early learning gaps in Texas to a summer program in Oregon that helps kids learning English. A push to close early learning gaps in Texas. Credit: Ariel Gilreath/The Hechinger Report.

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Coronavirus-Related Funding Opportunities for Schools and Districts

MIND Research Institute

Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund , or ESSERF, $13.2 billion for K-12 health, safety, and distance learning (technology and professional development). billion to institutes of higher learning. Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund. Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund , $14.25

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OPINION: Fires, storms and Covid: How some school districts focused on equity during decision time

The Hechinger Report

Districts recognize that assessment does not have to be rigid or punitive, but can — and should — be flexible and help deepen and motivate student learning. In going back to school, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, stuck to traditional schedules of formal assessments, as did Indianapolis and Monterey.

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As teacher morale hit bottom, these Alabama districts looked for ways to ease workload

The Hechinger Report

Our way was definitely best,” Baldwin County’s Robertsdale High School Principal Joe Sharp told AL.com. I can’t imagine having to do both,” said Abby Bjornson, a fourth-grade teacher at Munford Elementary School in Talladega County. Elementary kids need a little help sometimes,” she said, adding that parents have been very supportive.

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23 Gsuite Ideas to Excite Your Kids About Learning #iste19 #notatiste19

The CoolCatTeacher

You’d definitely want to check the transcript and show notes for all of these ideas. You’ll definitely want to go to Eric’s website Control Alt Achieve and his YouTube channel. And Eric Curts @ ericcurts from Control Alt Achieve and co-leader of their higher Google Educators group has so many fantastic ideas.

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Hyped Up and Empowered: Hyperdocs Bootcamp

EdTechTeam

I was finally able to incorporate video, formative assessment with responders, and have a visually appealing lesson behind me. I had surveyed one of our elementary sites to find out their tech needs. We developed our own definition of a HyperDoc, thus providing us a solid foundation upon which to create our own HyperDocs.

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