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Persistent problems: A powerful paradigm for professional development

A Psychology Teacher Writes

The challenge, then, for PD is to use these levers to secure engagement (note: this is not about some rather sinister form of psychological manipulation to ‘trick’ people into engaging or getting buy-in; it’s about finding ways to explicitly show that people’s perceived individual needs are actually in alignment with whole-school goals).

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The Seeds of Innovation

A Principal's Reflections

The following is a guest blog post by Dr. Franklin Turner who recently visited my school. professional development, the equipment and hands on guidance) for them to be successful with the effective implementation of these technologies in the classroom. is an Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology at Queens College, CUNY.

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Decomposing decision-making: a cognitive dimension to teacher rehearsal

A Psychology Teacher Writes

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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What We’re Reading: 4 Resources for Improving School Culture

Edthena

We’ve rounded up four resources that provide best practices for improving school culture, including how psychological safety is crucial for educators and strategies for valuing and supporting teachers. This ASCD blog post doesn’t beat around the bush when it comes to the critical role school leaders play in shaping school culture.

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What We’re Reading: 3 Resources for Supporting Teachers and Reducing Burnout

Edthena

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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The Missing Piece in Literacy Instruction: Why Social Studies and Science Matter

TCI

Similarly, a February 2024 study in Developmental Psychology provided strong causal evidence that science instruction also drives literacy growth. The impact was particularly strong for historically underserved students, with lower-income families and English language learners (ELLs) seeing the greatest gains.

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Do I Have Your Attention?

The Effortful Educator

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.