Waterford

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Read on to learn more about the support that multilingual learners and their families need and how you can provide it in your school. Encouraging Culturally Responsive Teaching for Multilingual Learners Prioritizing multilingual support and education in schools helps engage multilingual families.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 21, 2020

We don’t know for sure what education will look like in the future, but one thing is for sure, and that is the need to adapt and evolve. The pandemic shuttered schools across the globe, and lessons, some of which were very hard, were learned. My thinking as of late has been around a hybrid learning model.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2018

The idea of using a learning management system (LMS) to deliver professional learning and development to K-12 educators is not new—but it’s not quite mainstream, either. Michigan Virtual has been in the online education space for two decades. We figured, what’s good for the students is good for the teachers.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 26, 2020

How will educators get the professional learning support they so desperately need? These are just a few of the questions being pondered, where there are no clear or definitive answers. The result has been unprecedented stress on anyone associated directly, or indirectly, with education.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 25, 2020

The pandemic has really put a strain on educators, yet they continue to rise to the occasion on behalf of kids. The majority of educators fall into the latter. Choice in professional learning Forcing educators to engage in one-size-fits-all professional development at this time will tend to be hit or miss depending on the person.

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The PL2C Blog

JANUARY 22, 2018

Moving beyond passive sit-and-listen experiences, micro-credentials create active learning experiences as educators apply their learning to their classroom. However, we should consider the consequences of the competencies themselves for personalizing learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 2, 2020

When technology is used, sound planning ensures there is a balance between synchronous and asynchronous learning while building in breaks for movement, mindfulness, and other essential brain breaks. Equity There have always been issues with equity when it comes to education. Going forward, this excuse cannot and should not be used.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 11, 2021

Educators navigate uncharted waters that continually fluctuate as a result of COVID-19 and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Even with all of these challenges, opportunities have arisen to take education in a different and better direction to create a new normal that better meets learners' needs. Now don't get me wrong.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2016

Legislators pass bill to help deliver high-quality professional learning to educators. Jay Inslee recently signed into law HB 1345 , a bill that adopts a definition and standards for educator professional learning. Washington Gov. Kristine Lytton, Chair of the House Finance Committee. “By

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Digital Promise

APRIL 12, 2021

Based on my Twitter and Instagram feeds in August, I wasn’t the only educator who felt the urge to sign up for every newsletter, webinar, or online course on all things distance learning. While the drive to push my learning was well-intentioned, it led to serious PD FOMO.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2023

For example: The Santa Cruz County Office for Education spells out a number of “equity initiatives ” used by schools in that part of California, including professional development for educators, improved strategies for grading student work and a support group for ethnically diverse educators.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 28, 2020

Prior to COVID19, the vast amount of uncertainty in education lay in societal changes resulting from the 4th Industrial Revolution. A rapid evolution in artificial intelligence, automation, and advanced robotics should have served notice to anyone in the education space that things needed to change. Modeling helps to instill belief.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 22, 2020

Educators now shoulder the burden to create lessons and activities that will enable students to learn at home. Virtually none have received extensive professional learning in this area. However, the fact remains that there are now expectations to get work out to kids in many forms. So, what does this all mean?

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Edthena

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In the News In a recent article for Equity and Access in Pre K-12, Adam Geller, founder and CEO of Edthena, shares insights from his conversation with education researcher Jim Knight on the importance of utilizing video data in fostering hope and agency among teachers. Jim is the author of “ The Definitive Guide to Instructional Coaching.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 19, 2020

This definitely applies now. Consider a daily or weekly YouTube video that can be embedded in a mass email to showcase how teachers are successfully implementing remote learning. Provide professional learning support Just because schools are closed doesn’t mean professional learning should stop.

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eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2021

Ask any teacher and they’ll tell you definitively that all pencils are not created equal. This same analysis can be made for just about any type of investment school or district leaders need to make, including investments in professional learning to support educator growth. That’s right–the pencil.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 12, 2018

The many, many years of formal professional development I’ve attended over many, many years in K12 education in no way equals the professional development opportunities I found for myself in the last few years across my online communities of practice and through open structure conferences that offered me choices and flexibility.

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Edsurge

JULY 26, 2021

If you ask them what kinds of learning are most needed to address this moment and support young people long-term, they’ll point to an education that prioritizes their social and emotional development and prepares students to make a positive difference in their communities.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 24, 2017

Digital Promise gathered developers, researchers, educators, and thought leaders from the educator professional development field on January 9-10 in Redwood City, California, for The Future of Educator Micro-credentials Summit. Investigate through research and supporting guiding questions to prepare solutions.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2024

Department of Education, nearly 14.7 This definition differs from truancy, which only calculates unexcused absences. This exacerbates existing social inequalities by limiting access to quality education and opportunities for upward mobility. According to data from the U.S. million students, or 29.7 While the U.S.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Districts must bring together available resources, activities, national events and tools to create a learning progression that allows students to engage in computing opportunities equitably. Beginning in the fall of 2018, North Salem partnered with Digital Promise to provide professional learning opportunities for teachers in the district.

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Digital Promise

MAY 7, 2019

The app brings features from several third-party platforms together in one place, making it a “one-stop shop” for participating educators to access all things Verizon Innovative Learning schools. “We Centralizing information for Verizon Innovative Learning schools.

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More Verbs

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Student Learning – Many 1to1 technology initaitves leverage a common model to guide teacher practice and the integration of technology into instruction and learning: Technological, Pedagogical, Content Knowledge (TPCK) by Drs. Educators creating the conditions for student self-motivation. Punya Mishra and Matthew Koehler.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 24, 2016

There has been a great deal of knocks on professional development as of late and rightfully so. More often than not, professional development is something that is done to educators as opposed to an experience that they truly value for growth. Learning is the ultimate goal for our students, not development.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Professional development needs to be relevant, engaging, and personalized. is an award-winning educator who is dedicated to the continuous improvement of her teaching practices. As part of this dedication, Schlagel, as well as a number of her colleagues, are turning to innovative new approaches to support their learning.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 21, 2017

This book was a game changer for me as an educator. It challenged me to really think about what motivates my students and how to keep them interested and engaged in their learning. I’m respected as a professional and given the space to draw on my own expertise and passions to design dynamic learning experiences for my students.

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Edthena

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

There’s a lot more to understanding the engagement of a strong classroom, according to professional learning expert Jim Knight. In fact, there are four indicators that teachers, instructional coaches, and school leaders can look for to understand students’ engagement in learning—and none of them involve hand-raising.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

In the case of education, the choice is to either adapt or evolve in ways that lead to improved outcomes aligned to teaching, learning, and leadership. To debate this fact takes away from the real power that innovation can have in education. It isn't about one educator, classroom, or isolated practice.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The organization provides free reports and reviews online that help K-12 educators evaluate math, language arts and science instructional materials because high-quality content matters to teachers, to kids, and to their collective future. The materials are rigorously evaluated for alignment to standards and usability by teams of educators.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 18, 2021

In each installment of our Educator Perspectives series, we interview teachers and administrators across the country who are engaging, motivating, and challenging their students in unique ways. It definitely fit the bill. I think this all might be the push we’ve needed to harness technology to accelerate learning.

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eSchool News

JUNE 29, 2022

MADISON, WI – Today, Open Up Resources and Kiddom announced Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD ) has selected its top-rated EL Education K-5 Education Language Arts (ELA) curriculum for its 31 elementary schools in support of the district’s efforts to prioritize early literacy and beyond. ABOUT OPEN UP RESOURCES.

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 26, 2019

Educators have access to a community of activities for every grade level and curriculum level where Sphero can introduce or reinforce concepts. This special pack of 15 BOLT robots is available exclusively to educators at a discount. Reaghan and I will definitely be exploring more of what our Sphero can do. Even English class.

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More Verbs

MARCH 18, 2016

But almost 15 years in, our data show that our students are still stuck at just using their devices for word processing, presenting and online research, skills we certainly want students to develop, but don’t go far enough in supporting student learning. We need to help close the Digital Learning Divide.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The credentialing world has grown significantly in the last few years , resulting in an evolving and sometimes undefined digital education model. Yet, there is clear value in digital credentials within higher education and job-embedded professional learning. This adds value to the credential.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

What happens when a state has a professional learning mandate for teachers but no funding to offer them? Or taking any professional learning seminar requires hours of travel with no viable substitutes to cover the class? Another example is a series of credentials for special education, a definite need in their area.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

I really wasn't concerned much about this as a teacher, but during my first few years as an administrator it was definitely on my mind. Image credit: https://media.licdn.com/ One of the most challenging aspects of education is the perception that popular teachers and administrators are also effective.

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Digital Promise

MAY 9, 2018

This pilot sought to understand how beneficial MCs could be for teachers and begin to determine how MCs could play into the professional learning landscape of our state. Over the course of the school year, I was able to complete two MCs and dramatically shift my perceptions of student learning within my classroom.

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