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Improving Student Outcomes Through Work-Based Learning Opportunities

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Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast Work-based learning is providing a way for school and district leaders to increase the relevance and value of secondary education, while also offering opportunities for the practice and application of new skills in supportive environments.

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5 Strategies to Help Superintendents Lead Digital Transformation

EdTech Magazine

Creating dedicated time for professional development is essential, said Schuler. . “We We have 45 minutes every Thursday morning for sacred, professional learning community time,” he said. . Gaines described how Mehlville School District students use robotics to solve problems.

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Teaching and leading for higher student engagement … even during a pandemic (aka How I spent my summer)

Dangerously Irrelevant

I did all of this twice, the first week with elementary educators and the second week with secondary teachers (so 8 days total). The integration of robots into day-to-day life. Instructional redesign for deeper learning, including additional leadership and coaching scenarios. Skills development and college/career readiness.

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Navigating the Roadmap to Employability: Preparing Students for the Future

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Leveraging existing resources, such as on-staff engineers or computer scientists, can lead to the formation of robotics clubs. Over 825,000 students at more than 1,300 secondary and higher education institutions globally have completed CAE’s essential skills assessments.

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AI in the Classroom — Educators Share Their Personal Challenges and Successes

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Through professional learning opportunities for educators, the program is designed to prepare today’s students for tomorrow’s AI careers. Recently, we spoke with three participants of the AI Explorations program to learn about its impact in K-12 classrooms. We don't have to build a robot.

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Reinvigorate Creativity and Confidence with STEAM

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Kent’s students are experts at these tasks because of their work with LEGO® robots, starting in the first grade. By the end of sixth grade, they begin to build and program robots. The best result of robotics for Kent’s students? Join the Community.

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Top School & District Innovator Awardees 2019

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As a result, performance has increased: standardized test scores, AP enrollment and achievement, graduation rates across all demographics, student attendance, and engagement, and post-secondary concurrent enrollment.

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