eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

District leaders will have to try many approaches to solve the problem, but here are five key strategies that could make an immediate impact. However, much of the professional development that teachers get today is marked by a series of standalone workshops with little support or follow-through.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 8, 2019

Sherry is a contributing author to Effective Instructional Strategies Volume 2 published by the International Center for Leadership in Education. Additionally, Sherry developed virtual instructional workshops for the CTE Technical Assistance Center of New York. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

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User Generated Education

MARCH 4, 2016

I am doing full day workshops on The Maker Educator both at ISTE 2016 and EduTECH in Australia. What follows is both the description-goals and an overview of the workshop’s learning activities. Workshop Description, Goals, and Outline. Workshop Activities. Description. Making Paper Circuits .

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

In a world where ideas are a dime a dozen and shared openly on social media, it is incumbent upon all of us to critically reflect and determine if it is, in fact, a sound strategy. During workshops with administrators and teachers, I get to dive deep into these topics and outline the strategies that schools use to improve outcomes.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 24, 2024

Educators can make data-enhanced decisions about instructional strategies, pedagogical approaches, resource allocation, and intervention plans by identifying patterns and pinpointing areas of difficulty. Five Star is offering some fabulous workshops on the topic. You can learn more about their programs HERE.

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Hubbli

JULY 7, 2023

In this article, we’ll delve into some effective strategies that PreK-12 private schools can adopt to increase parent engagement. Workshops and Webinars: Offer workshops and webinars to parents on topics relevant to their children’s education.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Below I offer ten specific strategies implemented during my time as high school principal that you can begin to adopt now. Another successful strategy is to develop an informal walk-through schedule with your leadership team. Get in Classrooms More This seem so easy, yet is a constant struggle. There is no perfect lesson.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 11, 2024

At a recent workshop, a teacher posed a compelling question about the effectiveness of small-group versus whole-group instruction. This is only possible when we rely on instructional strategies and models that free the teacher to work with small groups to tailor their instruction and support.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 9, 2023

Another glaring issue is that “PD” days often consist of one-and-done or drive-by sessions that offer little in terms of reflection, diverse perspectives, time to apply, and needed feedback afterward to see progress in the implementation of strategies covered. Now I am not saying that PD doesn’t have value.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 14, 2021

During these sessions, I get to see firsthand how they are implementing ideas and strategies into practice to grow. While giving keynotes and facilitation workshops is something I love, both lack an on-going component, which is one of the most critical aspects of professional learning that leads to scalable results.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 17, 2021

Educators have admirably risen to the occasion, but that doesn’t mean they don’t deserve continuous support, practical strategies, and timely resources. As I was on-sight with them in a socially distanced cafeteria, I facilitated a more traditional workshop. The feedback afterward presented validation for how I structured the workshop.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

That’s why KnowledgeWorks , a national education nonprofit, has followed up its latest 10-year education forecast with a strategy guide that helps frame the challenges and opportunities facing our education system and how educators, learners and policymakers can begin to meet them. . The strategy guide is no mere intellectual exercise.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 22, 2021

This year in my role as a trainer, I leaned into reading articles from outlets such as Edutopia, Education Week, and MindShift to increase my knowledge about effective remote learning strategies. In response to the challenges experienced by teaching colleagues, I created and hosted an e-Portfolio workshop in December 2020.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 14, 2024

It seems like no matter how many strategies you implement, how much time you allow for brain breaks and meditation, how many fidgets you allow, how many times you email parents, how much you discuss in class meetings how to meet expectations, and how much energy you put into solutions … it’s never enough.

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Brilliant or Insane

APRIL 1, 2015

If you think a classroom bereft of traditional tools like homework, bell work, worksheets and even grades sounds intriguing, you are ready to convert your classroom into a workshop setting, where learning will really soar. The post Turn Your Classroom into a Workshop to Engage Learners appeared first on Brilliant or Insane.

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Waterford

JULY 30, 2023

But with some smart strategies, early outreach, and a welcoming environment, you can do it! Family and Parent Engagement Strategies You Can Try Families and teachers form a support system for students throughout the school year. Use these strategies to facilitate parent-teacher relationships in a setting that works best for them.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

When I lead workshops on the Station Rotation Model, I encourage the teachers in the training to begin a station rotation idea document. If teachers add strategies, activities, and resources they are designing, using, and having success with to an idea document, they can create visibility about what is working.

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Hubbli

JULY 27, 2023

Introduction: Summer break presents a prime opportunity for private schools to revamp their marketing strategies and attract new students. In this article, we will explore some effective marketing strategies that private schools can employ over the summer to enhance their enrollment numbers, focusing on the keyword ‘school marketing.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

I typically prove this point during workshops where I ask a low-level question using a “what” question stem and Siri responds with the correct answer every time. While this might be essential in the lower grades, it wanes in value as kids age. No longer do any of us have to “Google” an answer when we can just ask Siri or Alexa.

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Hubbli

JULY 10, 2023

In this blog post, we will explore actionable strategies that private schools can adopt to improve communication with parents. Teachers can learn strategies for effectively communicating with diverse families, resolving conflicts, and creating an open and welcoming environment.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 30, 2022

One of the most powerful teaching and leadership strategies is the act of modeling. I shared the following in Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms : Modeling is a pedagogical strategy whereby the teacher or student(s) demonstrates how to complete tasks and activities related to the learn­ing target.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 23, 2023

Strategies to talk about race in class is the topic of our post today! Inspired by my recent reading of the insightful book “So You Want to Talk About Race” by Ijeoma Oluo, I’ve compiled a set of strategies that align with the principles laid out in the text. Encourage students to analyze and question what they see.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 5, 2021

I also hear this when I am facilitating targeted workshops. Personalized strategie s such as station rotation, choice activities, playlists, and the flipped approach maximize the amount of time that is already available. Here is the strategy: Facilitate a mini-lesson that chunks the content.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

The team established a partnership with a local housing project where some of their chronically absent students live and coordinated attendance outreach activities, which included workshops to educate teachers, staff and guardians on the consequences of missing school.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 2, 2021

With over 20 years of experience in education, Liesl bridges her knowledge of how the brain best learns with her experience of teaching secondary math to create tangible strategies to support teachers and schools across the globe. Learn more about Liesl and her contributions to education at lieslmcconchie.com.

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TeacherCast

DECEMBER 3, 2018

In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Nick dissect the dreaded “multi-hour workshop presentation” and provide key tips, tricks, and strategies for your next large conference workshop presentation or school based professional development day. . appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Part of this shift came when I started to facilitate workshops that consisted of anywhere from a half-day to multiple days. With longer presentations and workshops, opportunities are provided to create lessons, activities, action plans, and assessments, or learn how to use specific technology resources. I try really hard to do this.

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TeacherCast

DECEMBER 3, 2018

In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Nick dissect the dreaded “multi-hour workshop presentation” and provide key tips, tricks, and strategies for your next large conference workshop presentation or school based professional development day. . appeared first on The TeacherCast Educational Network.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 13, 2022

I do a basic introductory workshop on Monday. Gina and Robbi have created a fabulous workshop and I can’t wait to see their session in action on Tuesday. Then I will try and extend all of this work even further during my Wednesday workshop. Redesigning for deeper learning and student engagement [2-hour workshop] Scott McLeod.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 27, 2020

From a blogging perspective, I kicked it off with a post on what could be as a means to pump up educators as they continued to move towards embracing innovative strategies and ideas. From March on, my blog posts focused on practical strategies in the areas of remote learning, hybrid models, and leadership in uncertain times.

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EdTechTeacher

APRIL 11, 2024

During all of my recent AI-themed professional development workshops, teachers are impressed with how simple AI prompts (i.e. Post by EdTechTeacher CEO Tom Driscoll Of all the challenges that AI tools can help teachers address, differentiation and lesson design is at (or at least near) the top of the list!

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

This is a lesson I learned most recently as a presenter and workshop facilitator. Early on, I used more traditional strategies since this was a new arena for me. It was at this point about four years ago, where I began to embrace and model the very same strategies that were being used at my high school when I was a principal.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 13, 2022

Tier 1 Instruction and Engagement The success in direct or whole group instruction relies on the use of tried-and-true strategies such as the anticipatory set, reviewing prior learning, checks for understanding, modeling, and closure.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

webinars, workshops, and summits, part of the LearningRevolution.com family: Library 2.0 , The Future of Education , ReinventingSchool.com , Classroom 2.0 , and TeacherLibrarian.org. SEVEN STRATEGIES FOR THRIVING IN TIMES OF CHAOS With Bernajean Porter Click HERE for more information and to purchase the recording. More details below.

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 25, 2023

In this workshop presented at #FETC 2023, participants explored specific technology integration strategies that can help take Project-Based Learning experiences to the next level! Educators familiar with our last 20 years of high-quality workshops can now access EVERY workshop held this summer with one simple membership.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

When I facilitate workshops on this model, I describe it as a sequence of learning activities designed to move students toward a specific learning goal or objective. What assessment strategy will you use? Can you build student agency into the assessment strategy so students can decide how they demonstrate or share their learning?

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ExcelinEd

AUGUST 1, 2019

As education moves front-and-center in our communities, state legislatures and nationwide conversations , ExcelinEd’s 2019 National Summit on Education Reform is the best way to be policy- ready with the latest research, smartest strategies, strongest networks and sharpest game plan for the year ahead. . Workshops and More .

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