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Quantifying Innovative Practices

A Principal's Reflections

As I engage with districts and schools regularly, they frequently inquire about ways to gauge the outcomes and efficacy of their innovative strategies, such as BYOD, 1:1, blended and personalized learning, classroom and school redesign, branding, makerspaces, and professional development.

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How Our Micro-credential Audit Supports Equitable and Accessible Professional Development

Digital Promise

Are there options for types of artifacts requested? As leaders in the field, it was important for us to document our equity audit, and share the impact of this work with our partners and more. We have shifted our development process to reflect these lessons learned. Does it promote engagement with a diversity of learners?

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Empowering Educators: How Administrators Can Boost Teacher NBCT Success

Edthena

While pursuing certification, educators must balance their full teaching responsibilities with an intricate process requiring thoughtful reflection, evaluation, and comprehensive documentation. It is a rigorous, time-consuming process that requires deep content knowledge and a substantial amount of evidence-based documentation.

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Coaching is Critical to the Success of a Shift to Blended learning

Catlin Tucker

Given the challenges of engaging teachers in professional development this year, I suggest leveraging the coaches on your campus and in your district to offer a more personalized approach to professional learning. Document, Reflect , and Revisit Goals. The coach can help teachers document parts of their lesson (e.g.,

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Guest Post: From Consumption to Creation: Future Ready Librarians Embrace Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

As a former librarian and district leader, I found that success was the best form of advocacy—when the great work of librarians is shared and documented, good things follow for students and library programs. Competency-based performance is not the same as traditional professional development. Spring 2020 Submission Window Open.

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OPINION: This playful pre-K is no longer sole purview of the elite

The Hechinger Report

Visitors didn’t trek to this exhibit to view famous works of art or historic artifacts. Rather than follow a strict curriculum, teachers are encouraged to listen to and document children’s interests and observations, and then develop activities to build upon previous learning.

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Issuing Micro-Credentials to Your Teachers Can Reward Competency

Edthena

Micro-credentials are an emerging method for helping teachers document their professional learning. They offer districts an innovative way to document teachers’ skills while allowing the teachers to share their progress with others via a digital badge. What are micro-credentials and why are they useful for teachers?