A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2024

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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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 21, 2014

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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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 28, 2013

It also figures to entail a more streamlined approach when it comes to providing professional development to staff so that the devices are consistently utilized to support student learning. Maintenance becomes less of a headache for the IT department, as they only have to worry about one type of device.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 17, 2017

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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Edthena

DECEMBER 7, 2015

To connect each painting to the broader story of the exhibit, the museum curator uses labels to highlight information about each artifact. Data aligned to professional skills. Imagine a coach created a professional development cycle focused on questioning strategies. 1 In fact, there’s even an award for label writing.

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Edthena

APRIL 16, 2025

How administrators can help: Provide time for professional development and access to resources like data tools and instructional materials. This deep level of analysis is essential but also time-consuming, requiring teachers to collect artifacts, evaluate student impact, and refine their approach based on evidence.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

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. Just as with students, every teacher is unique. The coach can help teachers document parts of their lesson (e.g.,

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Edthena

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

But sometimes video self reflection mixed with other types of evidence analysis can improve the professional development experience. Explorations enable all organizations to implement research-informed strategies for evidence-based learning within a professional development cycle. Share non-video artifacts.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2020

In 2016, I began exploring micro-credentials as a professional learning option for our district. As I started to build a pathway application for teacher leaders in our district, I realized that I could also use micro-credentials to develop MY capacity in my current role.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2021

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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Digital Promise

JANUARY 8, 2018

In many districts, teachers are provided the same professional development regardless of their subject area, grade level, or personal goals. In a small school district with limited resources committed to meeting the needs of all our students, the professional development opportunities made available to us are often in tight supply.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 8, 2016

By aligning micro-credential stacks to the three core units of the “Learning Differences” MOOC-Ed, the Friday Institute provided educators the scaffolded support they needed to develop their classroom practice to one that honored student learning differences.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 5, 2020

Competency-based performance is not the same as traditional professional development. Because the micro-credential requires professional reflection, artifacts, and evidence of learning and performance, it takes more time and thought to meet expectations. Lesson learned: Make instructions explicit and expect resubmissions.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

This is especially true of finding time and energy for our own professional development. There is a wide range of methods for teacher professional development to address distinct needs. The need to do “more with less,” or at least “more with the same,” requires us to optimize our time and produce the best results.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

The walls and shelves of this 106-year-old building are covered with authentic student learning artifacts. Today, step into any of Duquesne Elementary’s shared learning spaces and you will see students immersed in hands-on design work. Innovative Learning Spaces.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Some of the Educators Rising micro-credentials’ submission requirements call for artifacts from classroom teaching, such as teaching videos. By pairing micro-credentials with TeachLivE, UCF is equipping its students with the ability to harness the power of technology to personalize their own professional development.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Consensus emerged over the power of micro-credentials and the rich artifacts they produce when the micro-credentials are backed by rigorous research. “We We find artifacts are best when relevant and solve real problems in the classroom,” said Coffman. CEUs and Other Professional Development Credit.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

According to the 2019 Hanover Research report “2019 Teacher Perspectives on Professional Development,” 92 percent of teachers reported that the most satisfying professional learning experiences were those which external partners provided. Not sure how to set a five-year plan? Here’s a free resource to help you get started.

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Edthena

MARCH 18, 2022

Host Kevin Hogan and Edthena founder and CEO Adam Geller spoke about how the AI Coach platform is transforming professional development for teachers, including how it can deliver “anytime anywhere professional development.” The second is the professional development. Pretty cool sort of stuff.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 21, 2022

Often, the group came back with artifacts like tree core samples to share with their students when school starts in the fall. Researchers and scientists shared the ways different economic, infrastructure, and environmental factors are altering Louisiana’s coastline.

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Edthena

JUNE 16, 2023

With these recorded video artifacts, teaching candidates reflected on their own teaching, as well as received feedback on their practices from peers and coaches. By engaging in ongoing cycles of video analysis and reflection, University of Alaska teaching candidates were empowered with ownership over their professional growth.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 2, 2019

Visitors didn’t trek to this exhibit to view famous works of art or historic artifacts. They were at Boston University to visit “ The Wonder of Learning ,” a traveling exhibit highlighting a pedagogical approach to early childhood education known as “ Reggio Emilia.”

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Studies Weekly

MAY 2, 2024

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.

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Studies Weekly

MAY 6, 2024

A unique feature of Studies Weekly’s Social Studies is that students can cut up their publication copies and turn them into learning artifacts like posters, graphic organizers, and visual aids. After students make their artifacts, they can practice listening and speaking skills by using the visuals as teaching tools.

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Edthena

JANUARY 15, 2021

The type of feedback that is provided after a pop in will end up being very similar to the type provide from a virtual walkthrough, and in most cases, will be able to be even more targeted since the administrator has an actual artifact of the instruction.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 16, 2016

Considering the variation in roles and responsibilities across the K-12 system of education, how does one-size-fits-all professional development meet the needs of our profession? Each educator brings a unique perspective and set of experiences, skills, interests, and abilities. ” – Mr. Anderson, Kettle Moraine educator.

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ED Surge

JUNE 27, 2023

Summer is a time that lots of teachers are attending trainings and professional development. And is there some artifact of student learning that I could look at to see whether or not I'm making progress?’ And if they get some of that evidence, they're willing to learn and they're willing to change practice.

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Edthena

JUNE 16, 2021

According to Elena Aguilar , “The opportunity to reflect on an experience is professional development — and boosts resilience.” Self-reflection serves as a time to look back on your performance throughout the year (yes, your students’ also, but let’s focus on you): all the successes and shortcomings. Go forth and reflect.

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Edthena

MARCH 30, 2021

As teachers gather video evidence and other artifacts from their classroom environments for feedback, those same artifacts can become the evidence for the micro-credentials, too.

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Edthena

AUGUST 2, 2017

The Colorado Education Association (CEA) is partnering with Edthena to embed video observation and feedback into courses offered on COpilot, the state’s online professional learning platform. Now, with COpilot, educators across the state can experience video feedback as part of their professional development.

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Studies Weekly

JANUARY 10, 2024

Creating Connections Because Studies Weekly’s print publications are consumable, students can create artifacts to demonstrate their learning by cutting the primary sources and other information out of their publications. As students physically create artifacts, they visibly represent their thinking, understanding, and skills.

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Edthena

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Capturing this type of data is tricky because we didn’t want to end up with an evaluation tool disguised as professional development. By making the data easy to interpret for everyone, we believe that Leveled Indicators can meaningfully align the professional development pathway for an individual teacher with his or her actual needs.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 16, 2016

Considering the variation in roles and responsibilities across the K-12 system of education, how does one-size-fits-all professional development meet the needs of our profession? Each educator brings a unique perspective and set of experiences, skills, interests, and abilities. " - Mr. Anderson, Kettle Moraine educator.

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Studies Weekly

OCTOBER 26, 2023

They can also cut out pictures to make foldables or other learning artifacts that help them think about and show what they are learning. Then, they can house their artifacts in their notebooks also. How often your students add to their notebook is up to you. Your students will get tired if they do the same thing every single day.

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Edthena

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Since online office hours will take place on a video-conferencing platform, a teacher can press record, and just like that, an artifact of a type of distance teaching has been created! Recording the artifact is one thing, but using this artifact to improve your practice is much more significant.

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Edthena

JANUARY 12, 2021

Pairing the power of video with the method of lesson study can drive the conversation around the professional vision of a school community. School leaders strive to center their school community around a professional vision. Video artifacts help confirm whether every educator interpreting the vision the same way.

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Edthena

OCTOBER 6, 2020

What needs to change is what types of artifacts you’re using as evidence of teaching and learning in order to perform teacher observations. What type of artifacts of distance teaching can be collected to assist teachers? What if you can’t meet face-to-face with your teachers anymore due to safety protocol?

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