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Roadmap to a Job-Embedded Growth Model

A Principal's Reflections

With all the many state mandates and district directed professional development, as well as time after school devoted to grading and lesson planning, in her mind and many others, time was not readily available. Who was I to disagree, as her words were stark fact.

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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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Learning Walks

A Principal's Reflections

To help achieve an ROI we increased the number of formal observations and evaluations, collected learning artifacts (lesson plans, assessments, student work, etc.) Our collective goal is to create an immersive experience that moves beyond the typical one and done professional development.

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A ‘summer camp’ for teachers fills a gap in environmental education

The Hechinger Report

Often, the group came back with artifacts like tree core samples to share with their students when school starts in the fall. After the field work, the teachers were placed in small groups — based on which grade level they taught — to learn how to develop lesson plans for their students and other educators based on what they had learned.

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New Approaches to Instructional Technology Coaching

Digital Promise

Verizon Innovative Learning Schools coaches were often tapped to help lead the transition in their districts , drawing on the program’s tech-focused professional development to prepare teachers to engage with students virtually.

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A 5-Step Plan to Improve Professional Learning in Your School

ED Surge

When will this PD end so I can get back to lesson planning and grading student work?” Not sure how to set a five-year plan? Similarly, 92 percent of teachers indicated that most relevant professional learning was job-embedded coaching. It seemed like the minute hand on the clock was stuck. Understand your teachers’ needs.

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A Teacher’s Guide to Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

If you can’t find one, don’t worry. Many museums offer online resources that you can use instead. For example, the Museum of Chinese in America in Chinatown, Manhattan, NY, hosts a MOCAKIDS Storytime program on Zoom every 2nd and 4th Thursday at 4 p.m.