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6 Ways to Improve Professional Learning

A Principal's Reflections

No matter your position in education, you have gone through some form of professional development. In many cases, the act of being “developed” comes in a variety of standard types such as workshops, mandated PD days, presentations, conferences, book studies, or keynotes. Effective teacher professional development.

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The Drivers of a Successful BYOD Initiative

A Principal's Reflections

Other important outcomes on behalf of the student include increasing productivity, conducting better research, becoming more digitally literate, and developing into a digitally responsible citizen. In addition to teachers, leaders also need professional development in regards to the observation and evaluation process.

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

Digital Promise

The equity audit consisted of five phases: Phase I : Research and develop a comprehensive evaluation rubric to assess micro-credentials against a rigorous equity and access standard. Does it reflect current best practices and research? Are there options for types of artifacts requested?

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Autonomy Breeds Change

A Principal's Reflections

He is now working on developing a student project where they will use iMovie to create artifacts of learning related to historical concepts later this year. He has begun to research how to implement student portfolios using Evernote for next year.

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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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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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Becoming a Teacher Leader With Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

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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