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Virtual Mentorship for Emerging Leaders

The CoolCatTeacher

So whether it’s elementary or district leadership or high school leadership, and they have these organic one-on-one conversations outside of their brick-and-mortar buildings, and outside their own (mentorship). If you don’t have a good pairing with each other, that definitely could happen. We have webinars, and we have one-one-one.

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"Edcamp Style" PD- Personalizing teacher learning on a required PD day!

Tech Helpful

Several of the elementary teachers at our school attended and many plan on attending again. On one day in August before the students came, and again in January of this year we set up Edcamp style PD days. On one day in August before the students came, and again in January of this year we set up Edcamp style PD days.

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Many Frustrated Teachers Say It’s Not Burnout — It’s Demoralization

Edsurge

When asked to describe what demoralization feels like, she says it was actually something of a relief when she discovered the concept—almost like giving it a name and a definition allowed her to start addressing it. She says she loved working in elementary school but the switch to middle school was tough.

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Math Teacher: 5 Principles of the Modern Mathematics Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Gerald: They definitely are. Gerald Aungst is a “curiosity engineer” with more than 25 years of professional experience as an elementary teacher and curriculum specialist who empowers learners through inquiry and making. He is also one of the organizers of Edcamp Philly ( [link] ) and a founder of All About Explorers ( [link] ).

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A conference about what is sacred in education: 5Sigma Edu Con

iLearn Technology

Hundreds of conferences, workshops, MOOCS, edcamps, professional journals, blogs, the list seriously goes on and on. If something above resonated with you, and you thought, “this is MY topic of passion,” you should definitely propose a session. There are a lot of options for professional development.