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Your Ticket to More Effective Lessons

A Principal's Reflections

Like many things in education, elements of ITIP still have value depending on how they are used. As you approach future lessons, zero in on what these tasks are telling you about student learning—on an individual basis and as a whole group. Are you seeing any patterns? Don’t reinvent the wheel.

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Million-Dollar Advice: The High Cost and Limited Return on Personalized Learning Consulting

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Follow education technology-reform projects, and you’ll find mixed academic outcomes and expensive consultants. Anthony Kim, CEO of Education Elements, argues that he can’t make promises about academic results. “Of Take Fulton County School District, in Georgia. Probably not,” says Kim, in an interview with EdSurge.

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Why we love our PD tools

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Originally we partnered with Education Elements to provide on-site personalized learning PD and consulting. During their sessions and ongoing support, we witnessed the specific tactics the Education Elements team uses to work together efficiently, so we asked for their guidance on how we could adopt these ways ourselves.

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SMATH: How to Turn 2 Subjects Into 1 Super-Class

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This allows us to meet as a whole group for a 20-30 minute math and science mini-lesson at the beginning of the period, before dividing the students into small groups for the rest of class. Small group interaction, made easier by smath. A few examples to wet your whistle Smath rethinks traditional class structures.

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Communicating Through Change: How a CA District Is Supporting Families in the Year Ahead

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ENGAGE EQUITABLY: Communication Resources for Schools at a Time of COVID-19 & Beyond (Brooklyn Lab Charter School/Donavan Group). Communications Planning for Innovation in Education (Education Elements/TLA). “(Do Communicating About Reopening Measures with Families (The Parabola Project). Multi-channel communication.

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Communications Tips for School Leaders

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That's why we've designed a communications guide for school leaders and districts, with tips, examples and resources. Don’t forget the power of small groups and 1:1s when possible. There are likely examples from within your district you can use even at the beginning, and you can grow that list of resources as blended learning spreads.

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How to Create a Vision

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As Education Elements has worked with districts across the country, we’ve found a few simple guidelines can help make the visioning process invigorating and inspiring rather than routine or frustrating. There are times when you need to limit the range of ideas and start to find the common ground your group values.

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