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Efficacy-Based Practices

A Principal's Reflections

We often see a great deal of investment in an array of ideas, strategies, and solutions with the goal of improving learning for all kids. Professional learning It is hard to meet goals and expectations to improve learning if consistent support is absent. I am all for anything that can benefit all students.

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SOS Top 10: Summer Professional Learning

Discovery Education

Even so, many of you are likely already prepping for what’s to come and planning professional learning to get ready for the fall. Whether you’re helping coordinate PL sessions or simply an enthusiastic participant, we’ve picked 10 of our favorite SOS Instructional Strategies will give a fresh take on professional learning.

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5 Ideas for Improving Professional Learning Experiences

The Principal of Change

It has been and always is, a blessing to be a part of district professional learning days. These past two weeks, I have been so caught up in the passion of so many teachers who are on “summer break,” that are excitedly taking part in their professional learning. Otherwise, it is all cosmetic.

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Latest Updates to Discovery Education’s Flexible K-12 Platform Keeps All Learners Connected to Engaging Content, Instructional Strategies, and Professional Learning

eSchool News

Discovery Education today announced a series of updates to its flexible, award-winning K-12 learning platform that will keep teachers and students connected to the service’s engaging content, instructional strategies, and professional learning resources wherever learning is taking place.

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Crowdsourcing Your K-12 Innovations: Three Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Digital Promise

We started a running document listing these shared challenges—a rather therapeutic exercise. The more we talked, we discovered that we had a greater number of shared challenges than we did unique ones. At the end of the day, the list was still overwhelming, but at least it was laid out before us so we could begin tackling it together.

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15 strategies on how to use technology in the classroom

Hapara

This team-building exercise gave them the chance to have fun together and strengthen their relationships across the school. If you want to try a similar activity at your school, you can upload the professional learning content into a Hāpara Workspace for staff members to access.

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What is Collaboration for Professional Learning?

My Island View

I started my Twitter account with a plan and focus to use it to develop collegial sources for my professional learning. Using Twitter for professional learning requires a collaborative mindset. Twitter for professional learning is not a passive exercise. This requires work.