Teaching American History

MAY 21, 2024

Join us this summer for the best professional development TAH offers! Students will study Lincoln’s most important speeches, as well as study various aspects of his political leadership, including his role as the leader of the Republican party and as commander in chief. Our summer experience on campus can’t be beat.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Many Districts spent the end of last year and this past summer re-writing curriculum to address the new standards while also spending a great deal of money providing needed professional development to teachers. Where is the professional development for administrators? I needed help and fast.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 15, 2012

One of my goals when I present on leadership, change, and transformation is to inspire other school leaders to begin to blog. I began to see the power of Twitter as a professional development tool. I never thought I would hear people say, “Hey, I saw you on Twitter last night.” “ ”I saw that article you reposted.”

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 30, 2017

It was in this position that I really began to learn about effective leadership. In lieu of a non-instructional duty, teachers could request a yearlong administrative internship where they assisted with day-to-day leadership tasks. One reviewer of Digital Leadership said the book shouldn’t be published.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 7, 2011

In an article for SEEN Magazine Dr. Daggett provides some nice working definitions for these two terms: Rigor - Academic rigor refers to learning in which students demonstrate a thorough in-depth mastery of challenging tasks to develop cognitive skills through reflective thought, analysis, problem solving, evaluation or creativity.

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Edthena

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In the news What if professional development could be as dynamic and personalized as the classrooms we envision for our students? Each school designates an Exploration AI champion who works closely with leadership to integrate AI strategies into PD days. Thats exactly what St. AI Champions Leading the Charge. Well show you how.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 9, 2025

Our top post of the entire year was a vulnerable essay about an administrators leadership failure and how he made things right. But overall, EdSurge articles that highlighted educators experiences and called for more connection gripped readers all year. They gave their takes on innovating in math and social emotional learning.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 5, 2019

In this series, we take a closer look inside our new paper, “ Micro-credentials and Education Policy in the United States: Recognizing Learning and Leadership for Our Nation’s Teachers.”. No cookie-cutter solution can work in teachers’ professional development—and none can work in teaching policy, either. But that is the point.

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Edthena

MAY 5, 2022

In addition to supporting student learning, artificial intelligence is being used to enhance continuous professional development for teachers. Check out these highlights, or find the article link down below. This use of AI in professional development has great potential. AI in education has “great potential”.

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Edthena

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

This edition of noted and notable content for educators includes effective communication for ‘managing up’, trends in professional learning needs, and a roundup of coverage for our new AI Coach platform. Read on for the highlights, article links, and related content. Teachers’ professional learning needs are changing.

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ED Surge

JUNE 15, 2022

A version of this article was originally published on Medium. Standardize a couple of essential programs, and stick with them In education, it’s not uncommon for every year to have new district-wide leadership or some new push from leadership that contradicts the previous year’s push.

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Edthena

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Our top picks for important October reads are below, with highlights, article links, and related content for you. The push vs. pull of professional development. But you’ve likely attended professional development sessions that felt like a slog. Read more at ASCD: Pull Versus Push Professional Development.

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Teaching American History

MARCH 4, 2025

Free professional development. Native American Leadership, Identity, and Resistance at Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center in Mashantucket, CT. Discussion of primary documents. A supportive and engaged group of educators. Historic locations. What more could you ask for? Anthony & Reform at Susan B.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

“We have kids that on our benchmark knowledge assessments are scoring what is the equivalent of second grade, first grade, fourth grade,” said Fisher, who is also a professor and chair of educational leadership at San Diego State University.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2017

All of our districts are members the members of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools, an 86-district coalition recognized for innovation and leadership in education. Our nine districts have been considering free or low-cost open educational resources alongside traditional options.

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Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 22, 2023

To be fair, I’m not the only one making her feel this way — she gets this message from professional development, from people who write books and articles and create media directed at teachers, and from her school leadership. None of us are sending that message in quite those words.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

This article highlights the initiatives of one such company, Rocket Learning. Sachdeva transitioned from consulting with the Boston Consulting Group to developing solutions for early childhood education. million daycare centers to develop the tools and knowledge to become a skilled early childhood educator.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2022

List your accomplishments—professional and personal. As I write this article (a noteworthy professional accomplishment), I’m reflecting on a personal achievement: I have completed 127 weightlifting sessions in a gym. Whatever it looks like for you, taking time to reflect and reset at the mid-year point is crucial.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

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. LEAP is a nonprofit organization that trains schools and teachers to use personalized learning in their classrooms.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 27, 2019

Read the original article here. When we launched the Dynamic Learning Project (DLP), a program from EdTechTeam, Google, and Digital Promise that empowers school leaders to transform instruction across every classroom for every student, we wanted to put teachers in control of their professional development.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

This article originally appeared on Edutopia. The following three sections detail the range of best practices found by researchers to be critical for ensuring educator growth and success: Effective Administrator and Teacher Leadership. Job Embedded Professional Development. Professional Learning Communities.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Recently, Albemarle County Public Schools (ACPS) hosted the Digital Promise’s Maker Learning Leadership Institute, a professional development workshop for school districts looking to build their maker learning programs. Giaramita’s outreach resulted in two spots on the evening news, five articles, and a radio interview.

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Edthena

AUGUST 27, 2021

For more from Violet and Courtney, check out their article about the top 5 instructional coaching practices or check out their podcast, C3: Connecting Coaches Cognition. In the article, we specifically outlined one which was really a celebration station. Listen for mentions of how they used Edthena at the 10-minute and 12-minute marks!

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2016

This article is the 13th in a series investigating the child care system in Mississippi. A SECAC subcommittee recommended the state create a central system to monitor child care employee professional development and ensure quality. Photo: Sarah Butrymowicz. GRENADA, Miss. —

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Edthena

MARCH 9, 2021

Literacy and leadership expert, Doug Fisher, published The Distance Learning Playbook with co-authors Nancy Frey and John Hattie to guide teachers through research to understand what works best with distance learning to support students. . Doug was interviewed for the teacher professional development blog PLtogether.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 10, 2019

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Teachers’ time is one of a school’s most valuable and scarce resources, yet it’s often wasted because of poor leadership and management. This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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Studies Weekly

MARCH 15, 2024

Categories Corporate Educator Spotlight English Language Arts Lesson Plans Press Professional Development Science Social Studies Studies Weekly Online Summer School Teacher Tips Thinking on Education Tutorials Uncategorized Well-Being Recent Posts What is Universal Pre-K? 2021, May 10). What is Universal Pre-K?

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Dr. Shannon Doak

JUNE 7, 2019

This approach is supported in the ISTE whitepaper: Technology, Coaching, and Community Power Partners for Improved Professional Development in Primary and Secondary Education.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Drive-By Professional Development In Learning Transformed Tom Murray and I highlight the research that illustrates how drive-by professional development has little, if any, impact on professional practice. The key is to develop ways to integrate it with purpose aligned to research-based pedagogical practices.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2023

HISD leadership is a disaster…. Sabrina Cuby-King, principal of Phillis Wheatley High School, attributes the school’s recent academic gains to more professional development for teachers, pairing students with teachers or other mentors, and holding teachers accountable for “bell to bell” instruction.

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Society for Classical Studies

JANUARY 1, 2024

Professor James wrote many influential articles that are staples of research for students of comedy, elegy, and gender. Her work as Placement Officer set a new model for the field for professional development, and she created the gold-standard format for a Classics c.v.—one one can always recognize a c.v. in the James lineage.

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Zinn Education Project

MARCH 7, 2024

We share the text of their conversation for discussion in high school classrooms and professional development workshops. It’s pretty fascinating, and there’s an article that we can share with you all later where you can see Du Bois taking on Hoffman. This interview was lightly edited for length and clarity.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2021

It’s why Tims includes articles from “ The 1619 Project ” — a New York Times look at the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans — in the curricula for his classes. This story also appeared in NBC News. and African American history. A chilling effect.

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