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Confessions of a Digital Leader: The Myths and Truths of Future Readiness

RafranzDavis.com

When I interviewed for my current role, I had to create a presentation and present on what being Future Ready meant to Lufkin. It was and still is a culture of ideas, learning and growth created to support the global preparedness of our students and teachers. This is undeniably great thing.

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Effective Instruction and Support For Emergent Bilingual Students

edWeb.net

During the edWebinar, “ Future-Ready Emergent Bilingual Education: 3 Factors to Improve Teacher and Student Support ,” Kristie Shelley, Senior Director of Emergent Bilingual Curriculum at Lexia Learning, and Cynthia Peng, Manager of Educational Content for Lexia English Language Development, discussed ways to achieve that goal.

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Does Your Instructional Coaching Program Have A Mission & Vision Statement?

TeacherCast

A written statement that sets out personal goals for the future. Your Instructional Coaching Department Mission Statement, in reflection of this definition, needs to be crafted as an official document and widely recognized in the school district by all members. Future Ready School District.

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10 Tips for Instructional Technology Coaches

The CoolCatTeacher

In the C&I department, Katie supervises a team of 15+ instructional design coaches that serve about 20 school districts, oversees a national coach mentorship program, and also created and oversees Edge•U Badges, an anytime anywhere professional learning program for educators. Katie finished her Ed.D.

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Does Your Instructional Coaching Program Have A Mission & Vision Statement?

TeacherCast

A written statement that sets out personal goals for the future. Your Instructional Coaching Department Mission Statement, in reflection of this definition, needs to be crafted as an official document and widely recognized in the school district by all members.

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Strategies for Closing the Digital Equity Gap

edWeb.net

According to Davis, Fuller, Jackson, Pittman, and Sweet (2007) , the definition of digital equity is “equal access and opportunity to digital tools, resources, and services to support an increase in digital knowledge, awareness, and skills.” Professional Learning. Honest Conversation. Howard, Ph.D.

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Reimagining Human Capital to Support the Needs of School Districts

edWeb.net

As a result, they asked multiple stakeholder groups their definition of a highly qualified, diverse staff. Engage in the difficult conversations around the definition of DEI and work the school board to create policies around what this means and how it looks in your district.

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