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The Best Ideas for Our Schools

A Principal's Reflections

This past week I was fortunate to attend the NASSP 2012 Annual Conference as a presenter, 2012 Digital Principal Award recipient, and most importantly a learner. Respect also entails we will consistently seek paths to grow professionally in order to discover and implement new ideas on their behalf.

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Governor Christie’s Guide to Destroying a Great Education System #NJED

A Principal's Reflections

Schools had to front the money for quality professional development, curriculum revision, and technology to support these mandates. Pushed forward a few unfunded mandates (Common Core, PARCC) that have taken away precious funds from improving what really matters. Years later many states have backed away from PARCC.

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Webinar Series: Teaching the 2024 U.S. Election

Political Science Now

Her research agenda focuses on political science pedagogy, campus-based civic engagement, and pop culture & politics. Dr. Michelle Allendoerfer has led the American Political Science Association’s Teaching and Professional Development Programs for the past three years.

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Elementary school teachers struggle with Common Core math standards

The Hechinger Report

Elementary school teachers are generalists,” said John Ewing, president of Math for America, a non-profit that offers fellowships to teachers to improve math pedagogy. Preparatory programs have to be more attentive and have a way to develop teacher expertise.”. We don’t have friends who come in quarters.

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Noticing the positives of beginning teachers’ practice: Supporting the transition between teaching practice placements

Becoming a History Teacher

Indeed, by the time a follow up report was published by DCFS in 2009, entitled Teacher’s Experiences of Initial Teacher Training, Induction and Early Professional Development, participants were still sharing their experiences of mentors’ negativity from ‘day one’ of their school experience: “[I]t was a really oppressive atmosphere in the school.

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Practical Suggestions for Tackling the Teacher Retention Crisis

Jonathan Firth

I see this choice as being largely due to my enthusiasm for helping to develop the new generation of Psychology teachers at a key time for the subject's development in Scottish schools, but it's also the case that I was motivated by a desire for pedagogy-related career progression which was otherwise absent. Reference McGeer, J.

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Montessori Manuals and Albums

Maitri Learning

They can also be used as a professional development tool for schools trying to creating common ground across different trainings. After all, this is a scientific pedagogy so we should question everything! The research shows that sticking with the authentic Montessori materials is more beneficial for learning (Lillard, 2012).