A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 14, 2012

Two of my Social Studies teachers were recently invited to Washington DC on October 4, 2012, to deliver a model lesson that illustrated the effective use of technology. As a social studies teacher, being asked to take a professional development trip to Washington DC is an extremely exciting offer.

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Edthena

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

But sometimes video self reflection mixed with other types of evidence analysis can improve the professional development experience. Explorations enable all organizations to implement research-informed strategies for evidence-based learning within a professional development cycle. Explorations™ is our answer.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Studies suggest that instructional coaching is one such thoughtful intervention, providing a critical form of professional development to improve teacher practice (Kraft, Blazar, & Hogan, 2018; Knight, 2007). New rubric guides classroom technology use. Indicators of impactful technology use. References. Hixson, N.

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Digital Promise

MAY 21, 2015

Serena Hicks is an English and language arts teacher and professional development facilitator in West Ada School District , in Meridian, Idaho. I led an online professional development class in my district on embedding content area literacy. Change is hard! I wanted to try it myself and see what I could learn.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2023

From providing free field trips to creating new, education-focused spaces and expanding teacher professional development opportunities, they are on the front lines of promoting scientific literacy and filling gaps in science education. More than 150 teachers have graduated from the program since it started in 2012. “I

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Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

In 2012, students in Grades 7-8 followed suit. To ensure access to high-quality educational experiences at the high school level, students enrolled in Grades 9-12 were provided tuition to attend one of two neighboring high schools. Innovative Learning Spaces.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Melissa Hedges, the math curriculum director for Milwaukee schools, shows teachers at a professional development seminar how folded paper can be used to demonstrate the solution to a fractions problem. He helped develop a “spectrum” that became the centerpiece of the program. Why am I enjoying myself right now?” I hate math.”

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

The school also tracks college completion rates, with 59 percent of the class of 2012 finishing within six years. Still, the network dispatches experts on finance, community engagement, student experience, curriculum and professional development. Credit: Sharon Chischilly for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2017

Since the time that Roach’s son went there, for instance — he graduated in 2012, to be followed by two younger siblings — Dayton has stopped charging separate fees and rolled them into tuition, which it guarantees not to increase for the four years an accepted applicant remains enrolled.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 30, 2017

“It evens the playing field for those schools [that] use it wisely,” says Los Angeles Unified School District Social Emotional Learning Wellness Director Asia Dove, who has used the program with struggling students since 2012.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Teaching quality has been defined as “instruction that enables a wide range of students to learn” ( Darling-Hammond, 2012 ), and it is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement ( Hanushek, 2011 ; Nye, Konstantopoulos, and Hedges, 2004 ; Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005 ).

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

That’s what they called it in Maine, where, in 2012, state officials mandated that every district adopt it, and then, in 2018, abandoned the requirement. Margaret Adams, assistant superintendent of teaching and learning, is leading much of the district’s professional development relating to this shift.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Teaming up with Skyview’s instructional technology facilitator and early-adopting teachers, Chun frequently demonstrates new tech tools at the school’s teacher-led professional development meetings. In 2012, budget shortfalls led Beaverton to axe more than 40 school librarian positions.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 7, 2022

Supporting effective technology integration and implementation: 2012 ISTE Leadership Forum #isteLF12. I’m also interested in the logistics of how ISTE structures and facilitates this course and am hoping to pick up some good tips for my own blended instruction. . More reflections from me in the weeks and months to come! Related Posts.

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Political Science Now

JULY 11, 2024

He was the Vice-President of the American Political Science Association (2021-2022), and his political science leadership includes the American Political Science Association (APSA) Council (2012-2014) and President of the Southwestern Political Science Association (2014-15).

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Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 8, 2018

– Leadership Day 2012. Supporting effective technology integration and implementation: 2012 ISTE Leadership Forum #isteLF12. Image credit: David Flowers. Related Posts. Connected Educator Month launches today. Calling all bloggers! Learn about robust, technology-infused learning at the 2013 Iowa 1:1 Institute.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 16, 2022

Teachers have been accosted with endless professional development training, increased testing, and frequent surveys. When I started in 2012, making just over $34,000, there was a pay freeze for teachers who were in their first five years on the job. School boards have kicked things into overdrive to make up for lost time.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2016

That can come in the form of a class that focuses on content for teaching class or in the form of professional development, instruction that teachers receive on the job. If a third-grade teacher were to take advantage of all the professional development offered, Fancher said she or he could have over 100 hours of help.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2016

75 percent of principals think their job has become “too complex,” according to a 2012 survey. A 2012 survey found 75 percent of principals think their job has become “too complex.” Between 2008 and 2012, the same survey found job satisfaction among principals decreased nine percentage points, from 68 percent to 59 percent. “Not

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

This is important, as students who are not engaged in learning are more likely to drop out of school ( APA , 2012). It takes time, strategy, and rethinking professional development.” Further, authentic learning has the potential to make students more engaged. Why is this so challenging?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

When Mary Fair became a teacher in 2012, her classes often contained a mix of special education students and general education students. Bloomfield Middle School, where Fair, Rodriguez, and Herrera teach, chose to partner with the iSTeM program in 2012. Photo: Jackie Mader. BLOOMFIELD, N.J.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

The only thing most everyone agrees on is this: The roll out of the 2012 law, LD 1422, was a disaster, plagued by insufficient funding and inadequate guidance from the top. In the city’s two traditional high schools — Deering and Portland High School — classes look, and sound, much as they did prior to 2012. We’re not ready for this.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 21, 2019

By the time my third child, Juelz, was born in 2012, I was working two jobs — at a daycare center Mondays through Fridays during the day, and part-time at a liquor store from 6 p.m. As a teen mother with little to no family support, I dropped out of high school and stayed home to care for my two young children. during the week and from 8 a.m.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Back in 2015, my colleague Nichole Dobo reported that nationally schools paid $225 per student plus between $50,000 and $125,000 a year for professional development and support services. A study in 2012 by scholars at New York University of three middle schools that were earlier adopters of Teach to One in 2010-11 found mixed results.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2018

The point of the public program, as it was presented to voters in 2012, is to boost long-term educational outcomes and eventually improve the citywide workforce. The program also spends over $2 million per year on professional development and coaching, which it makes available to any pre-K through third grade teacher in San Antonio.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2019

This focus on access to high-quality preschool was born out of a larger city-wide plan to transform schools, introduced in Cleveland in 2012. With a higher quality rating, Smith’s center has become eligible for more grants and funding, which has allowed her to open an additional preschool classroom and offer free seats for some students.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2016

These programs also incorporate intensive professional development for experienced teachers. These programs work with district to identify and fill their most urgent needs – special education, English language learners, diversity in the teacher corps, teachers ready to work in the most poverty-impacted classrooms in a city.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2016

A 2012 state law prompted the overhaul of the state’s existing quality rating system and required a uniform rating system for all early childhood programs that receive any public funding, including private providers, federally funded Head Start centers and pre-K classrooms in public and private schools.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide. Another is making sure teachers receive training on distance learning, through programs that prepare them for the profession as well as through ongoing professional development.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2017

Teachers have gotten extensive professional development to change their instructional methods — they now lecture less and facilitate student-directed learning more. In 2012, Windsor Locks Public Schools was designated as an Alliance District — one of the 30 lowest-performing districts in Connecticut.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2019

And when the chance presented itself to lead Cambridge Street in 2012, he made his intentions clear. “I From the start of his tenure, Cambridge Street’s professional development sessions were peppered with cultural proficiency topics and activities. I told the superintendent we’re going to deal with issues of race and culture.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2016

In 2012, Judy Walker’s department of mathematics, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, extended class time, trained teaching assistants with active-learning techniques and, importantly, got tables conducive to students working together. Other schools are making similar changes. This is math class.”.

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Becoming a History Teacher

JANUARY 2, 2024

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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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

We offer schools and districts comprehensive, in-person and online Professional Development training for their teachers, counselors, program leaders and administrators. These include workshops and support sessions on product training, best practices and policies,” the spokesperson said.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2019

To reduce costs, a few are cutting money-losing programs. The national average for private, nonprofit colleges is 82 percent.). The college, which focuses on business, has survived hardship before.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

BOSTON — When the Boston Public Schools opened the Margarita Muñiz Academy in 2012, it was a first-of-its kind dual-language high school meant to address issues faced by the city’s growing Hispanic population. They hope to create a professional development center to help educators from around the country learn from their work.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2018

Most elementary school teachers have little scientific background and many say they feel unprepared to teach the subject well, according to a national survey of science and mathematics education conducted by a North Carolina research firm in 2012. Possibly as a result, the average first- through fourth-grade student spent just 2.5

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