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What Educators Need to Know about Generation Alpha

ED Surge

I’ve spent two decades as a literacy specialist coaching teachers and providing professional development and I’ve seen a lot of transition in the field. When I work with educators, we often begin with a lesson plan that has been taught many times before and consider how we might tweak it to provide more choice.

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What lessons does special education hold for personalized learning?

The Hechinger Report

The day’s professional development for these Chicago Public Schools teachers, alumni of the program, was a refresher, a way to strengthen their teaching practice, share ideas and return to the classroom newly inspired. Between the 2014-15 and 2017-18 school years, teacher retention grew from 60 to 90 percent.

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Teaching Broke My Heart. That's Why I Resigned.

ED Surge

In North Carolina, where I live, teachers are paid for “show time” with students, but there is little regard—and certainly no reward—for the hours of unpaid preparation and lesson planning it takes to keep a classroom running. In 2014, the teacher pay scale was overhauled, eliminating longevity pay.

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What should new teachers know before they set foot in a classroom?

The Hechinger Report

Veteran or master teachers like Eckhoff, who often have rated highly under the new teacher evaluation standards and agreed to share their classrooms with aspiring teachers, are advising them on issues from the soft skills teacher candidates need to how to keep professional development useful and relevant once they’re on the job.

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Elementary school teachers struggle with Common Core math standards

The Hechinger Report

2, 2014 photo, teacher Joy Burke surprises her students with homemade cookies as they leave their fifth grade class at John Hay Elementary school in Seattle. 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.

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Teacher shortages force districts to use online education programs

The Hechinger Report

In some ways, it’s nice to just have something that you can pull off the shelf and use when it comes to curriculum, lesson plans, and resources,” said Arnett. We offer schools and districts comprehensive, in-person and online Professional Development training for their teachers, counselors, program leaders and administrators.

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Is teacher preparation failing students with disabilities?

The Hechinger Report

She has learned through experience how to teach students with a variety of disabilities, and works with a veteran special education teacher to modify lesson plans and tests. Vayda-Manzo said the school makes sure co-teachers have the same planning periods so they have time to plan lessons together each day.