Digital Promise

MARCH 4, 2016

The Maker Promise will build a national network of school leaders committed to making, and will connect participating schools with a suite of resources that will include things like maker curriculum, professional development, makerspace design, and storytelling strategies.

Professional Development 88

Professional Development Pedagogy Middle School Education 88

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Through school visits and panel discussions with TDSB officials, district leaders explored local policies and systems, the use of data for equity, and professional development and training for teachers and leaders, keeping an eye and ear toward what they could bring back to their own school communities.

Middle School 108

Middle School Social Justice Professional Development Cultures 108

Becoming a History Teacher

APRIL 16, 2023

Paula Lobo Worth’s brilliant blog illustrates beautifully how a lesson ‘activity’ takes on a completely different life when it is selected or designed to support disciplinary thinking and not just the acquisition of substantive knowledge; the creation of paper dolls during this enquiry asking, ‘Who challenged the Church?’ link] Shulman LS.

History 52

History Pedagogy Professional Development Tradition 52

Letters and Ink Blog

APRIL 1, 2022

When there is less planning to think about, I can’t ignore all of the digital files I’ve collected throughout the year – copies of copies of documents from professional development; graphic organizers I saw online, saved, and never used; and ideas I started working on but never finished. Pedagogy is constantly evolving.

Pedagogy 52

Pedagogy Professional Development Teaching Education 52

Edthena

JANUARY 19, 2016

Teach For America is using video coaching to put teachers in the driver’s seat of their professional development. As we work to support our corps members and alumni educators to pioneer new models of learning for their students and schools, we have to consider how we are looking at new approaches and pedagogies in their own practice.

Pedagogy 60

Pedagogy Classroom Management Professional Development Teaching 60

Becoming a History Teacher

JANUARY 2, 2024

Indeed, by the time a follow up report was published by DCFS in 2009, entitled Teacher’s Experiences of Initial Teacher Training, Induction and Early Professional Development, participants were still sharing their experiences of mentors’ negativity from ‘day one’ of their school experience: “[I]t was a really oppressive atmosphere in the school.

Teaching 52

Teaching Professional Development Pedagogy Education 52

MPSA

JUNE 5, 2023

candidate and first-time instructor of record this past semester for an undergraduate course, I’ve reflected quite a bit on my educational progression and informed pedagogy. By Emily Boykin, Doctoral Candidate in Public Administration at Florida State University As a newfound Ph.D.

Political Science 40

Political Science Pedagogy Teaching Research 40

Edthena

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Here are some of her insights: I think one of the biggest mistakes we make, particularly for struggling students, who are disproportionately children of color, is that we employ a pedagogy of compliance. … There’s no complexity to the work. Here are the best practice highlights: Shared values and vision.

Cultures 40

Cultures Pedagogy Professional Development Teaching 40

Letters and Ink Blog

JULY 25, 2022

In my opinion, the classic icebreaker or introduction activities we’ve been subjected to for years are the worst part of meetings, professional development, and back to school. The post 10 First Day of School Activities that aren’t Cheesy first appeared on Letters and Ink Blog. Have you tried any of these before?

Professional Development 52

Professional Development Critical Thinking Classroom Management Cultures 52

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

This blog post is part of a series that highlight different stakeholders' perspectives on purchasing practices for K-12 personalized learning tools. Some great patterns are emerging for the kinds of iterative adoption methods that prioritize the entry of new technology, resources, and pedagogy through teacher-driven pilots.

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K-12 Pedagogy Library Professional Development 88

Maitri Learning

OCTOBER 18, 2022

You can read more about this in my blog post about a pilot teacher education program I helped to develop with a team of brilliant Montessorians at NCMPS.) They can also be used as a professional development tool for schools trying to creating common ground across different trainings. What are Montessori Albums?

Psychology 52

Psychology K-12 Pedagogy Professional Development 52