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Persistent problems: A powerful paradigm for professional development

A Psychology Teacher Writes

For example, a teacher may have well developed questioning skills which leads them to engage in deep, probing exchanges with individual students to stretch their thinking. Acknowledge that these are common problems and that we all find things difficult or get things wrong which helps to create a culture of error among staff.

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Culturally Responsive Education: Evidence to Influence Practice

Digital Promise

“The educators who had the greatest impact on me as a youth recognized my personhood by actively developing a relationship with me, challenged their explicit and implicit biases in visible ways, and valued multiple perspectives within their classroom.” – Maima Chea Simmons, Black Girls’ Literacies. Selecting culturally responsive texts.

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Cultivating a Culture of Coaching to Support Powerful Use of Technology

Digital Promise

Establishing a strong culture of coaching, however, requires structures to be in place in a school or district such as designated time for coaching, and ongoing professional development for coaches and administrators.

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OPINION: Why Relational Intelligence is the key to thriving in the AI era

The Hechinger Report

In 2020, 44 percent of high school youth reported having no source of supportive relationships either adults or peers, a reduction by half from a decade earlier. Weve built systems that treat relationships as invisible, as if theyre nice to have rather than essential. The consequences of this omission are now becoming painfully evident.

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OPINION: Want to improve our public schools? Create an impressive principal pipeline

The Hechinger Report

Since March 2020, districts across the country have experienced alarming declines in student achievement in math and reading, a mental health crisis among students and widespread job dissatisfaction among educators. Principals often lack access to professional development opportunities.

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Introducing the Instructional Coaching Playbook

Digital Promise

Empirical studies suggest that instructional coaching can be more effective than traditional professional development workshops in creating meaningful change in teacher practice and student achievement. Building and developing a successful instructional coaching program. What we learned. Teachers need instructional coaches.

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Top Resources for Instructional Coaches and Teachers – October 2020

Edthena

As Zaretta Hammond notes in Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain , “The brain seeks to minimize social threat and maximize opportunities to connect with others in community.” Professional development courses on how to implement distance learning are in high demand.