Digital Promise

MARCH 10, 2022

We have shifted our development process to reflect these lessons learned. The post How Our Micro-credential Audit Supports Equitable and Accessible Professional Development appeared first on Digital Promise. We hope to continue sharing with the field about the impact of this work.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2022

Through innovative STEM coursework, college-access programs, digital platforms and educator professional development, TGR Foundation provides resources and support to help youth connect their passions to their purpose. If you are interested in developing your own micro-credentials, contact us. UTeach Computer Science.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 14, 2010

After nearly a year of using Twitter from an educational perspective I had begun to find and read blogs on a daily basis. As I became active on Twitter members of my PLN (Personal Learning Network) began to suggest that I start a blog. The most important factor that influenced me to begin a blog was my PLN. Why do I blog?

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Digital Promise

APRIL 17, 2019

And to help individual educators in this network develop and enhance the skills they need to address our region’s challenges, we use micro-credentials. Micro-credentials provide personalized professional development opportunities aligned to theory of action plans. Solving problems together with the ACT Network.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Instructional coaching is a form of professional development (PD) in which an accomplished teacher works with teachers in one-on-one settings to provide guidance and focus on practical strategies to increase student engagement and learning. Sustained Duration. Said another: “I saw seventh graders turn into lifelong learners.”.

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Digital Promise

MAY 9, 2018

Over the past 10 years as a teacher (and more recently as an aspiring administrator), I have consistently sought out new and innovative professional development. Without any hesitation, the opportunity to participate in this MC work has been one of the most meaningful and rich experiences along my professional development journey.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Speaking from experience, I have significantly benefited from not only engaging in digital spaces but taking what I have learned and applying it to my practice, which I can readily show when asked or communicate through my blog. I have written in the past about the need to move from professional development (PD) to professional learning.

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Edthena

DECEMBER 7, 2015

What was missing from the professional development landscape was a way to use frameworks to easily capture data that are useful for understanding changes over time and to actively support a growth-focused mindset during the reflection process. Data aligned to professional skills.

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Edthena

MARCH 14, 2016

As a professor of teacher education at University of Washington, Morva McDonald spent years researching and designing professional development for teachers. How does video fit into your larger vision for professional development and coaching at the school? This year Morva changed roles from professor to principal.

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Edthena

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Starting in the 2017-18 school year, two innovative Nevada educational organizations, Lyon County School District and Northeastern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program, will provide video coaching to educators via Edthena to enrich educator professional learning.

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A Psychology Teacher Writes

JUNE 11, 2024

Professional development often fails to cater for individual needs because it’s unlikely that in a room full of teachers everyone is in roughly the same place in terms of knowledge, experience and expertise. How, then, can we design our professional development to help develop this kind of responsive decision making?

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Edthena

AUGUST 11, 2021

It’s our 10th anniversary, which means the Edthena blog is also turning the big 1-0. Curious about our greatest blog hits from over the past decade? Whether you’re new to the blog and wanted a list of our must-sees or just needed some good refreshers and re-reads, enjoy! Sign up for our Edthena blog mailing list.

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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. Explorations™ is our answer.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The post Reimagining Financial Literacy Professional Development through Micro-credentials appeared first on Digital Promise. Learn more about how you can incorporate financial literacy into your classroom by visiting our platform and starting your micro-credential journey.

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Edthena

OCTOBER 25, 2024

This next-generation tool represents a significant advancement in professional development technology for educators, building upon Edthena’s established success in video-based instructional coaching. This core feature makes collaborative professional development more intuitive and meaningful. AI-Powered insights.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 29, 2016

Just over a decade ago, June Rall, Director of the Institute for Professional Development of Adult Educators (IPDAE), was working as an executive in a major U.S. June said, “We had no way of measuring the quality or quantity of the professional development we were providing. apparel company. That was not acceptable.”.

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The Effortful Educator

AUGUST 5, 2024

That’s when I started this blog and posted for the first time. Almost 8 years later and almost 1 million blog hits later, I’ve got a book being published. I also have a more critical eye for professional development and understand what is beneficial for my students’ learning. October 2016.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 15, 2015

That’s a long time in blogging years (sometimes I feel ancient even though I’m not that old yet). Most of the educators whose amazing voices inspired me in those early days are no longer blogging. Over the past nine years I’ve learned some things about blogging specifically and about social media generally. And left us.

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NCHE

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This professional development opportunity for teachers encourages the exploration of students’ local history, immersing them in location-based learning to develop a deeper understanding of their places. Read the blog post about The Source on the Library of Congress’ website here.

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Edthena

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Here are some of the highlights: Engage in lifelong learning and seek feedback “By focusing on continuous professional development, consuming educational research, and learning from peers and experts, teachers solidify their expertise and confidence. Celebrate everything from birthdays to academic and instructional successes.”

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Edthena

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Indeed, for all teachers to show continuous improvement in the classroom, they need some form of instructional coaching and development. For coaching to be effective in strengthening classroom practice, teachers should be active participants in their learning and professional development.

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Edthena

AUGUST 24, 2021

Building more content knowledge is often the go-to for teacher professional development, especially during back-to-school season. Heather Hill, a researcher at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, says to skip the PD that’s focused solely on developing new content knowledge. The findings were surprising.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

My reading regularly inspires my blogs, books, teaching, and work with educators. This year, traditional approaches to professional development may feel daunting because teachers are spread thin due to substitute shortages and the challenges associated with returning to physical classrooms.

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Edthena

MARCH 22, 2023

Coaching instructional coaches and helping instructional coaches develop their skills is an important part of their improvement, just like coaching someone in any profession. When any form of professional development is built on a foundation of trust, more meaningful learning can take place.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 19, 2014

During my ten years as a school leader I dreaded professional development days in my district. I am not sure any educator looks forward to these monotonous experiences (developed under the guise of learning!) I attended many of these events just to meet the required hours of professional development.

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Edthena

MARCH 8, 2023

Video coaching and video reflection are becoming more common for instructional coaches’ professional development. Coaches can use the three ideas outlined above to get started using video for their own professional development in order to have higher-impact coaching interactions with teachers.

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ED Surge

JULY 31, 2023

The right team, professional development and buy-in are essential to transformative digital learning, according to leaders of some of the largest K–12 school districts in the U.S. By adopting an experiential and student-centered professional development approach, educational leaders can empower teachers to drive transformative change.

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TCI

OCTOBER 28, 2024

It fosters an awareness of these critical issues and encourages students to think critically and develop well-informed solutions. This blog post explores the critical role of social studies in shaping engaged, informed citizens and how the C3 Framework helps elevate the rigor of social studies education.

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Edthena

MARCH 14, 2023

Focus on delivering meaningful professional development that increases teachers’ ability to ideate solutions. Structure this professional learning in a way that allows for choice and self-differentiation. These 5 strategies can help Looking for personalized teacher professional development?

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Edthena

MARCH 1, 2022

AIxOutlook and AiThority, two news outlets covering the latest in technology, wrote about the platform and here’s what they said: A new artificial intelligence (AI) Coach platform from Edthena revolutionizes teacher professional development. And, read more AI coverage on our blog. .

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A Psychology Teacher Writes

JUNE 22, 2024

There’s a huge amount of discussion around the use of instructional coaching in schools as a key driver for professional development, and some are quite evangelical about it. As I hope is clear, this is neither an attack on instructional coaching as a form of professional development nor those who are proponents of it.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 20, 2019

The content they shared included policies, procedures, pedagogical techniques, and professional development, but more importantly, tangible improvement results. It is important when reading a blog post or article to look beyond what in theory sounds good, but in practice might not lead to improvement.

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Edthena

MARCH 29, 2022

Director of Professional Development Helen Martin and Coordinator of Professional Development Amy French presented about how they use Edthena to build capacity, trust, growth, and goals among coaches and teachers. To support the many first- and second-year teachers in Lee County, teacher leadership is developed.

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Edthena

JULY 28, 2022

We’ve written a lot about the innovative platform using artificial intelligence to guide and support teachers’ independent learning and professional development. Check out the links below to our most popular blog posts on AI Coach by Edthena, broken down by what you want to know. Just catching up and not sure where to start?

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 23, 2010

Blogs : Incredible sources of information that allow educators to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics. This is a common medium to discover best practices, examples of innovation, and learn from professional experiences of both novice and veteran educators. For more information on blogs check out this video.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 15, 2013

Blogs are an incredible social media tool that can be utilized in a variety of ways. Teachers can set up a class blog to foster creative writing and reflection, or as an alternative to a school newspaper. Blogs are not isolated to just writing, students can add rich media to posts such as pictures, videos, widgets, and gadgets.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 8, 2013

Jessica also used the time to develop the school’s digital newspaper, The Lance , from scratch. He also developed his own blog and started a Twitter account for his classes. 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.

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