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Insights from Leaders on Closing the Attendance Gap

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The presenters on this panel think not and recommend that schools begin to look beyond the traditional definition of attendance and measure attendance through the lens of student engagement and participation. Focusing on how to engage students more fully has the potential to reduce chronic absenteeism significantly.

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One District's Journey From 'State of Emergency' to Student Success

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Now, teachers teach to a variety of learning styles, differentiate learning for our students with twice-weekly Response to Intervention time and give opportunities for student collaboration—such as STEM projects and our Spark literary and visual arts magazine. We’re also a 1:1 district where every student has an iPad.

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How Districts Can Unlock Actionable Data

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After 10 years as an elementary teacher, Suzy Brooks is now the director of instructional technology for Mashpee Public Schools in Massachusetts. Her work in blended learning, student engagement, and social media has been featured by EdWeek, NBC News’s Education Nation, Instructor Magazine, Intel, ISTE, ASCD, Tech & Learning and the NEA.

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How a Network of Support for Educators Is Unlocking Creativity in the Classroom

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Linda Dickinson, Media and Educational Technology Instructor, Abbotts Hill Elementary School How does the Vanguard Team mobilize when you start working with a new tool or technology partner like Adobe? Magazine covers demonstrating understanding of various social studies topics. PSA project on human-created environmental problems.

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Stop working off a deficit model with 3 assessment ideas that support student individuality

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Title for Kaylsta: 3 assessment tools that support student individuality and assets (not deficits). Original title: assessment-tools-that-support-student-individuality. Here I will share effective assessment strategies I have used in my elementary classrooms. Learn more by following up a Brain Dump with student interviews.

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How YOUR response to student behavior can change the trajectory of a child’s life

The Cornerstone for Teachers

You might be thinking: Wait, this has nothing to do with me , especially if you’re an elementary teacher, you’re thinking My students don’t get arrested. But the disciplinary policies in elementary school classrooms are where the school-to-prison pipeline begins.

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How YOUR response to student behavior can change the trajectory of a child’s life & disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Especially if you’re an elementary teacher, you’re probably thinking. My students don’t get arrested. But the disciplinary policies in elementary school classrooms are where the school-to-prison pipeline begins. You might be thinking: Wait, this has nothing to do with me.