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Hemet Unified School District Adopts LETRS for New Two-Year Professional Learning Program

eSchool News

BOSTON (April 21, 2022) – Hemet Unified School District in Riverside County, California, has adopted LETRS® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) professional learning programs for its teachers and administrators. It also offers professional learning sessions led by national LETRS experts.

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4 Tips for Facilitating Powerful Student Collaboration

Digital Promise

Building their skillset and their knowledge base makes them eager to solve authentic problems. I advise teacher professional learning cohorts to start small if they plan to introduce a project-based learning unit. Make space for students to truly work as a team.

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Most Parents Think Teachers Are Fully Prepared to Deliver Science of Reading-Aligned Instruction; Educators Are Less Optimistic

eSchool News

So, even though they use Lexia resources, the science of reading was not part of their knowledge base when they first entered the profession. With a complete offering of professional learning, curriculum, and embedded assessment, Lexia helps more learners read, write, and speak with confidence.

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Digital Learning Day: Social Media PD Best Practices #DLDay

The CoolCatTeacher

Best practices for hashtag maintenance and open learning. The lessons learned from effective social media PD. If we can upgrade our knowledge based on current research, we can not only create better professional development opportunities for teachers, but we can become better online participants. wordpress.com/.

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What Makes Professional Development Work?

edWeb.net

“Don’t call it professional development—call it professional learning.” The first goal of effective models of teacher professional development is understanding who they are and what are their needs. Technology and Professional Development. The post What Makes Professional Development Work?

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Effective Instruction and Support For Emergent Bilingual Students

edWeb.net

The feedback they receive, which may be vocal, facial, or written, lets the speakers how well their sentences work, and then the speakers can integrate that awareness into their knowledge base, and either try again or continue using what worked well. Integrating Technology. Watch the Recording. Join the Community.

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96 edtech predictions for K12 in 2019

eSchool News

Jacob Bruno, vice president of professional learning, NWEA. More personalized professional development (PD), driven by data. Contributing to this trend is the growing use of data to encourage inquiry and dialogue in collaborative learning communities that build collective teacher efficacy. Jamie Candee, CEO, Edmentum. •

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