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The Neurobiology Behind What Makes Coaching Beneficial for Teachers

Digital Promise

Decades of research documents the benefits of coaching for teachers, students, and school culture. Lecture-based PD workshops may be incompatible with how the brain operates. A Dynamic Learning Project elementary school teacher. The years between 2000 and 2015 saw the number of instructional coaches in U.S. schools double.

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5 edtech tools that take personalized learning to the next level

eSchool News

And while whole-class instruction may meet the needs of some students, more often than not, it leaves out many more students than it helps. Here are five digital resources we use to meet students where they are and take them where they need to go. In our first year, we implemented personalized learning in our six middle schools.

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Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. Coronavirus closures gave many just days.

The Hechinger Report

In this file photo from 2014, veteran teachers attend a Blended Learning Institute workshop in Manhattan. While the consortium offers week-long workshops, teachers need about three months of courses to really become effective online, said Mathes. They created a shared document so others could see the solutions.

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Disabilities in math affect many students — but get little attention

The Hechinger Report

A majority of states have passed laws that mandate screening early elementary students for the most common reading disability, dyslexia, and countless districts train teachers how to recognize and teach struggling readers. Experts say early educators are key to developing early math knowledge and noticing potential delays in math.

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One Teacher’s Year Inside the World’s Largest Library

Edsurge

This interview was conducted at the library back in February, before the COVID-19 outbreak restricted in-person meetings, and when it was still conceivable to think and talk about things other than the global pandemic. We spent a lot of time trying to find resources for our teacher workshop we had. Know anyone who might be a good fit?

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PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Booking Info – Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. I have some powerful online interactive workshops and webinars that can be used to engage learning in this new environment.

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We Created Subscription Boxes for Learning—and Teachers Love Them!

Edsurge

Our weekly after school workshops had seen low attendance for months and our district had recently experienced significant budget cuts, which meant fewer opportunities to meet with teachers in person and a decrease in resources from the previous school year. We knew we needed a change.

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