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

TeacherCast

To establish Microsoft Teams as a Digital and Professional Learning platform. Establish school and district Professional Learning Communities focused on measuring and improving instructional practice using digital resources. Microsoft Showcase School District. Future Ready School District. “My

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Improving Accessibility Often Falls to Faculty. Here’s What They Can Do.

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Cole Eskridge, a course support specialist at University of Arizona’s office of digital learning, helps instructors at all stages think about approaching accessibility. A lot of people are generally intimidated because there are so many guidelines, and if you don't have a technical background, that can be scary,” Eskridge says.

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

TeacherCast

To establish Microsoft Teams as a Digital and Professional Learning platform Establish school and district Professional Learning Communities focused on measuring and improving instructional practice using digital resources. To create and deploy a model for professional coaching and collaboration.

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3 Steps to a More Accessible Classroom

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It's also crucial that when you introduce a new digital learning tool into your classroom, you make sure it will be accessible to your students. That means that a student with a disability (cognitive, physical, or learning) will be able to engage and interact with the content in the same way a student without a disability can.

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Get Started with Digital Citizenship in Your District

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Following the district vision, and in search for a free curriculum, Theresa found Common Sense’s Digital Citizenship Curriculum and began from there. Then, they figured out what they needed to satisfy for required federal E-rate guidelines. Life Schools started small in the first year. First, they identified their desired goals.

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A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

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Almost no district was truly ready to plunge into remote learning full time and with no end in sight. There is no one-size-fits-all remedy and no must-have suite of digital learning tools. The center’s database is filled with examples of how districts are trying to keep learning going from a distance. The Richmond (Va.)

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Should Your Instructional Coaches Be Creating Standards Based Lesson Plans for Professional Development?

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Coaches meet with teachers, discuss the content of a lesson, and do their best to build up the lesson through a series of digital learning activities. For the last 10 years, I have looked towards the ISTE Standards for Teachers as a guide for all of my professional learning sessions. What are Standards-Based Lesson Plans?

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