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. As a result, coaches are able to engage in online coaching with more teachers.

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Artifacts Middle School Advocacy Lesson Plan 149

ED Surge

JULY 10, 2024

As part of this program at Morris County Vocational School, in New Jersey, where I teach, students engage in research about key issues at our school and learn how to plan effective professional development to support the staff. As I became more comfortable, I began designing my own projects.

High School 141

High School Museum Education History 141

Studies Weekly

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

While teaching, you can just point to the picture or sign that illustrates your class rules, instead of stopping your lesson to correct their behavior. Look for books on behaviors you want students to learn and read them to your class. Some children understand behavioral concepts better when explained through stories.

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Primary Sources Classroom Management Lesson Plan Professional Development 98

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

I’ve spent two decades as a literacy specialist coaching teachers and providing professional development and I’ve seen a lot of transition in the field. When I work with educators, we often begin with a lesson plan that has been taught many times before and consider how we might tweak it to provide more choice.

Education 141

Education Middle School Global Connections K-12 141

Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

Seventeen states have performance assessment legislation on the books, and 11 states mandate the edTPA, developed by the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity—a $300 performance assessment that evaluates teaching candidates based on portfolios of lesson plans, student work, and videos of their student teaching in action.

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Leadership Education Policy Lesson Plan Tradition 115

Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 22, 2023

To be fair, I’m not the only one making her feel this way — she gets this message from professional development, from people who write books and articles and create media directed at teachers, and from her school leadership. I have no new strategies or tools or books to share with you this week.

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Pedagogy Lesson Plan Library Leadership 130

Studies Weekly

MAY 2, 2024

Read Children’s Books Celebrate Asian/Pacific heritage and improve your students’ reading at the same time with these delightful children’s books: Bilial Cooks Daal by Aisha Saeed — A boy named Bilal teaches his friends how to cook his favorite meal: Daal.

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Heritage Museum Social Studies Artifacts 98

ED Surge

AUGUST 23, 2022

Was there something about this book that really resonated for him? Teachers Need More Professional Development on Accessibility Tools Figuring out when to use accessibility tools to support our students is complicated. I didn’t understand. Had he been holding back? One that created a false narrative about his potential.

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EdTech Professional Development Tradition Lesson Plan 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

The writing and photos would be bound into a book and sold to parents and others, with proceeds donated to a local nonprofit helping new immigrants. New EL schools must first go through several months of professional development, classroom observation and co-teaching — both at the schools and at three-day intensive “institutes” off-site.

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Middle School Library Elementary School Tradition 111

Edthena

AUGUST 13, 2021

Since 2011, Adam has overseen the evolution of Edthena from a paper-based prototype into a research informed and patented platform used by schools districts, teacher training programs, and professional development providers. So let’s remind everyone about your book. Could you share a little bit about your book?

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Teaching K-12 Lesson Plan Professional Development 98

Studies Weekly

JUNE 3, 2024

Take some time for yourself to be outdoors, read that book you have been waiting to pick up, or catch up on some much-needed sleep. Are you taking time for self-care? Are you collaborating to help you be efficient and effective? Who can you talk to if you feel overwhelmed?

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Heritage Primary Sources Lesson Plan Elementary School 59

Studies Weekly

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Constructing lesson plans around the 5Es improves instruction and allows student-driven learning. Using an explore-before-explain sequence helps teachers find a focus for curriculum planning and ensures that students engage in types of experiences advocated by the NGSS. What causes that to happen?’” The teachers happily obliged.

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Lesson Plan K-12 Professional Development Economics 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Schools also have access to professional development gatherings in the fall and spring, a Summit “success manager” assigned to their schools and online support, all at no cost. Many students had their laptops open but ignored them, looking at McIntosh while she spoke, and at sample comic books she had placed at their tables.

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Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 134

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

When and where do you learn–school organized professional development, engaging on social media, listening to podcasts, online courses, reading books or blogs? How do you stay current when it comes to new teaching strategies, instructional models, and technology tools? How do you currently use technology?

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Lesson Plan Professional Development Cultures Teaching 60

ACRE

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The lesson plan provides examples that you can discuss with students to show them how to track income and expenses as well as how to create short and long terms savings plans. Educators receive free resources like books, curriculum guides, and activity kits at all ACRE professional development events.

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K-12 Digital Resources Social Studies Lesson Plan 52

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 10, 2019

In her latest book, Where Teachers Thrive , Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Susan Moore Johnson describes 14 schools studied between 2008 and 2015. Do teachers really need to submit lesson plans for each class every week, or would a sample of lessons be just as informative?

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Lesson Plan Professional Development Leadership Teaching 48

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

“I opened that 64-page book when I climbed on the bus to go home and did not put it down until it was my stop. By then, I had completely finished that book and actually knew what I had read,” she said. “It That was a first for me, and I am convinced it was because this was a book about a REAL person.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies K-12 Civics Lesson Plan 52

Edthena

JANUARY 12, 2021

In Laura’s recently published book Video in Teacher Learning: Through Their Own Eyes , she highlights the power of video to encourage reflective practices to cultivate a growth mindset for teachers. . Laura was interviewed for the teacher professional development blog PLtogether.

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Artifacts Professional Development Lesson Plan Teaching 52

Studies Weekly

MARCH 6, 2024

I recently read a wonderful book on cognitive research about how students learn and remember information. So, I want to share some practical ideas Kate Jones shares in her book, Retrieval Practice: A Guide for Primary Teachers and Leaders, that can help bridge the gap between research and work in the classroom. Really truly!

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K-12 Lesson Plan Elementary School Professional Development 59

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

Related: When math lessons at a goat farm beat sitting behind a desk. Schools used their professional development budgets, and were able to use federal money, for teacher training to support work toward the switch. I think that’s being answered in different ways across the state.”.

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High School Tradition Professional Development Social Studies 102

Studies Weekly

JUNE 6, 2024

Engaging Learning Materials Learning Resources Stock the classroom with books, games, and learning materials that cater to different interests and reading levels. Professional Development Workshops and Training Attend workshops or training sessions now to gain new ideas and strategies for classroom management and design.

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Heritage Primary Sources Library Lesson Plan 52

Studies Weekly

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Discuss ways to help the hen make her bread, like problem-solving as groups to design something to help carry the wheat to the mill Hands-on Exploration Activities with Sensory Tubs: Test the experiment: will a pumpkin sink or float? Teacher Advocates are only available for classroom teachers currently using Studies Weekly materials.

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Psychology Artifacts Social Studies Lesson Plan 52

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

To the end of his life, Du Bois never stopped his research, and he published dozens more books, essays, and articles on his own in pursuit of freedom. He encouraged Black Americans to work as communities to create their own system of producers and consumers to fight against economic discrimination.

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Museum Social Studies Advocacy Heritage 52

Studies Weekly

AUGUST 26, 2024

The stories and characters we meet within the pages of books teach us about our world, ourselves, and others. Reading also nurtures skills like: improved vocabulary, greater concentration and memory, and increased cognitive development. It enhances our imagination, sparks our creativity, and helps us see others’ perspectives.

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Primary Sources Heritage K-12 Professional Development 52

Rosie the History Teacher

DECEMBER 14, 2019

I don’t have anything planned yet since I thought the class was cancelled for the day…so I would welcome any ideas for a winter/holiday themed activity that has to do with college/career prep?! Speaking of half days, usually the afternoon is meant for staff professional development. Please send ideas my way!

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Global Perspectives Library World History History 52

Studies Weekly

JANUARY 10, 2024

The visual geography of paper has memory-linking effects that help students connect what they have read with where they saw it on a page or how far into a book it was. Don’t throw away your printed books: A meta-analysis on the effects of reading media on reading comprehension. Mayo Clinic Health System. Delgado, P., Wammes, J.

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Artifacts Primary Sources K-12 Psychology 52

Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

Seventeen states have performance assessment legislation on the books, and 11 states mandate the edTPA, developed by the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity—a $300 performance assessment that evaluates teaching candidates based on portfolios of lesson plans, student work, and videos of their student teaching in action.

Leadership 48

Leadership Education Policy Lesson Plan Tradition 48

Studies Weekly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

” She wrote a book on her experiences, titled, The Scalpel and the Silver Bear which discusses this desire to combine Navajo healing philosophies with western medicine. A hospital should also have the right smells, the right foods, the right sounds, the things in life that soothe us. In 2013, she was a nominee to become the U.S.

Oral History 52

Oral History Museum Heritage Archaeology 52

Studies Weekly

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Create a Student Artifact Students can write about a favorite thing they learned or create a project about their learning, such as: a pop-up book, display tray, poster, or puppet to share with class. Keep the anchor charts on display for students to refer to and use. Please feel free to reach out with any questions.

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Artifacts Lesson Plan Teaching Professional Development 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Teachers project lesson plans onto interactive screens, and little hands reach for black Chromebook laptops, which are stacked like cafeteria trays in a large box called a Chromecart. Some parts of Oppenheimer’s book (see: nightmare visions of Apple iMacs and CD-ROMs) have not aged well. Yet, inside Isaac Paine, tech abounds.

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Charter School K-12 Middle School Elementary School 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

New Jersey is making some effort to help teachers adopt the standards, setting aside $5 million for lesson plans and professional development, and enlisting teachers like Horsley, who holds a master’s degree in outdoor education and has a passion for the environment, to develop model lessons.

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Teaching Elementary School Middle School High School 145

ED Surge

JULY 14, 2022

Books have the power to pull us in, gather us up, toss us about and leave us changed. But these books affect me differently now than they did before the pandemic. Part of my role has always been supporting individual students, classes and teachers in making book choices—before, during and after the pandemic. Until now.”.

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Library Humanities Lesson Plan Professional Development 22

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

These goals could include creating a schedule that sets aside time for reading a book or pursuing other projects that pry students away from the computer, including arts and crafts projects or learning a new skill, such as cooking. But then “we agreed that kids need to be in class, so to speak.”

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Elementary School Tutoring Public School Charter School 98

Studies Weekly

APRIL 29, 2024

Saun also wrote the book My Mother India , where he criticized British imperialism in India and narrated his experiences at his homeland. He was born in India and became a naturalized American citizen in 1949. He had previously advocated and organized efforts that would allow people of Indian descent to become naturalized American citizens.

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Heritage Teaching K-12 Museum 59

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

The entire district had just one teacher certified to teach English as a second language, no interpreters and very little by way of professional development. “We The district also invested in professional development for teachers, ensuring that it happened during work hours, said Ezzell.

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High School K-12 Professional Development Heritage 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 20, 2018

Omarosa Manigault Newman, the senior White House staffer turned author, said recently during her book tour that she had heard a tape of President Donald Trump using the N-word during his time on the reality show The Apprentice. I had to provide a separate lesson on the word and how teachers should address it in lessons.

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Lesson Plan History Professional Development Economics 97