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Station Rotation Model: Grouping Strategies

Catlin Tucker

Unfortunately, most secondary teachers do not learn how to design lessons using stations in credential school. Most of us are still be trained to teach using a whole group lesson model, so reimagining a lesson to rotate students through a series of stations feels daunting. Work directly with small groups of students.

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Blending Online and Offline Learning: Exploring Hybrid Schedules

Catlin Tucker

Teachers will likely be expected to engage students at least part time online, which may also require that teachers spend time this summer engaged in professional learning focused on online pedagogy and technology training. Schedule 1 has the student population divided into two groups: Group A and Group B.

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Why Skills Training Can’t Replace Higher Education?

Linways Technologies

Why Skills Training Can’t Replace Higher Education.?”. The title itself mentions that Skill Training can never be a substitute for higher education. Whereas Higher Education is education beyond secondary education which is typically done through college or university.

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The Station Rotation Model Tip #3: Practice Rotating for Seamless Transitions

Catlin Tucker

I meet with the teacher-led small group and verbally explain my instructions to the students there. Students at the teacher-led small group station log in to their computers and fill out a Google Form. How do you think small group instruction can help you ? Once students are seated, I set the timer for 8-10 minutes.

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Three Questions to Center Equity in Your Edtech Procurement

Digital Promise

Last year, I worked with my team at The Learning Accelerator and colleagues at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop an Edtech Systems Guide that outlines best practices for equity-driven edtech selection, implementation, and evaluation. hands-on basic training, on-demand how-to videos, etc.)

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3 ways to support special education students with college and career readiness

eSchool News

Special education students can be perceived as being unable to succeed in general and advanced level high school classes, engage in challenging job training, or succeed in postsecondary education. Regardless of ability, all students are entitled to access the resources that help them develop a successful and fulfilling post-secondary plan.

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Keep, Start, Stop: A Student Feedback Strategy

Catlin Tucker

Alternatively, you could provide some examples of keep, start, stop at various levels of quality, kindness, or specificity and ask students to work in small groups to analyze and rank them in order of effectiveness. You can either present a model, thinking out loud as you provide feedback to someone in your life (e.g.,

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