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It is Time For Schools to Seriously Consider BYOT

A Principal's Reflections

This has resulted in the reduction of staff, larger class sizes, lack of follow through to repair aging buildings, and the inability to keep up with purchasing and replacing educational technology. This is why the time is now for districts and schools to seriously consider developing a Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) initiative.

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This School Librarian Thinks Her Job Is the ‘Best-Kept Secret in Education’

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When you have 45 minutes once a week with students that have so many different levels of learning, so many different accommodations and modifications, and you still have to stay with it and plan and be able to change or modify in a moment, classroom management is key. I also teach media literacy.

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New Teachers Need More Support. Here's an Easy Way to Help

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Yet, many of the traditional strategies employed, while absolutely essential to professional growth, can be cumbersome and disruptive for teachers, their students and even those responsible for offering support. She believes that this combination is not only time-saving, but also helps teachers develop autonomy.

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Will Teachers Listen to Feedback From AI? Researchers Are Betting on It

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A researcher at the University of Southern California, she has been working on AI-based professional development for math teachers for several years. AI-based professional development is gaining traction at a time when a record number of teachers are feeling burned out, underpaid and demoralized about their profession.

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The Role of the Substitute Teacher Needs an Overhaul

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In a deal struck between the New York City Department of Education and the United Federation of Teachers, a new position — paraprofessional classroom manager (PCM) — was created as a temporary solution to allow paraprofessionals (paras) like me to sub for classroom teachers.

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As a Paraprofessional, My Role Is Undervalued, Underpaid and Too Often, Forgotten

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Even though the work paraprofessionals do is critical and is proven to improve student learning , I can count on one hand the amount of times I’ve been thanked and it often feels like my voice is the last to be heard in shaping routines, classroom management practices and instruction, even for students I have worked with for years.

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What All High Schools Can Draw From Career and Technical Education Programs

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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. Earlier this year, I was facilitating a series of three lessons about classroom management.