A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 16, 2012

Mysocial media journey has been well documented, but it was this journey that provided me with the knowledge, tools, and ideas needed to initiate change. Professional Development Without this element in place change surely will not occur. Here are some answers to these questions.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 24, 2020

We’ve developed “Look for” documents to support teachers and administrators in envisioning how this fusion could work in elementary and middle school classrooms. What are “Look for” documents? Look for” documents can also facilitate instructional coaching to help teachers integrate CT into their existing lessons.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Educators could then use those badges to build and communicate their own reputations to their colleagues and to senior staff, capturing a complete picture of their own professional development for others to see. Upon receiving documentation, she issues a digital badge for their learning.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Given the challenges of engaging teachers in professional development this year, I suggest leveraging the coaches on your campus and in your district to offer a more personalized approach to professional learning. Document, Reflect , and Revisit Goals. The coach can help teachers document parts of their lesson (e.g.,

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 10, 2010

Some other successful partnerships that have been established at NMHS include the following (it should be noted that there is no cost to the school, staff, or students): * Madison Institute : Professional Development * CBS News : Public relations/Press (5 news stories this year) * Stevens Institute of Technology : NSF GK-12 Program (S.T.E.M.) * AverAcademy (..)

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Edthena

APRIL 14, 2021

Vrain Valley Schools in Colorado became that much more important as professional development stayed a pandemic priority. Professional Development Should Stay a Pandemic Priority. As we talked before the recording, we want to focus a little bit on professional development. It’s definitely vague.

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TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

Successful integration requires strategic planning and professional development to ensure teachers feel confident in implementing this approach. Reading Integration: Use informational texts, primary sources, and document analysis to enhance comprehension and critical thinking.

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Social Studies Primary Sources Critical Thinking Professional Development 52

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Primary sources include: Personal correspondence and diaries Government and civil documents Speeches and oral histories Audio and video recordings Photographs and posters Unfortunately, most textbooks provide just facts and figures, not an immersive experience.

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Teaching American History

MARCH 4, 2025

Discussion of primary documents. Free professional development. During the seminar, the teachers discuss primary documents on the seminar topic with the guidance of a scholar, who acts as the seminar leader. A supportive and engaged group of educators. Historic locations. What more could you ask for?

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Digital Promise

MARCH 29, 2022

The Kentucky Valley Education Cooperative (KVEC) provides free, competency-based flexible, professional learning opportunities for rural K-12 educators via micro-credentials. In the heart of rural Appalachia, teachers may be required to travel 3-6 hours to reach in-person professional development opportunities.

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Political Science Now

JANUARY 21, 2025

As a venue for knowledge exchange, professional development, and networking, conferences ideally promote positive environments that make scholars from underrepresented groups feel welcome. Yet, negative experiences at conferences are well documented.

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Political Science Professional Development Research 51

Teaching American History

APRIL 2, 2024

Discussion of primary documents. Free professional development. During the seminar, the teachers discuss primary documents on the seminar topic with the guidance of a scholar, who acts as the seminar leader. A supportive and engaged group of educators. Historic locations. What more could you ask for?

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Historic Sites Museum American History Heritage 128

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Likewise, peer learning networks such as the Emerging Scholars Workshops arose from research at the University of California at Berkeley that documented sharp increases among Black students who were supported in studying with their peers. Numerous studies have documented the effectiveness of these approaches.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 5, 2019

There is no shortage of sound research on what constitutes effective professional development for teachers—focusing on specific curriculum content, encouraging active learning, supporting collaboration among peers, and offering opportunities for analysis of student work. Our policy brief offers more questions than answers.

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Studies Weekly

APRIL 7, 2025

His own records document visits to 87 countries. According to the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, he was in great demand to give visiting lectures at mathematical societies, colleges, and universities across the world. Harary received many awards and honors for his work in mathematics, including six honorary degrees.

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Social Studies Primary Sources American History Heritage 52

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Open Education Resources for Racial Justice Professional Development and Teaching. We’ll also document, codify, and share the learnings with the field through convenings, and communications campaigns.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

To help them succeed, the school — which last year served just over 500 high schoolers , roughly 80 percent of whom qualified for free or reduced priced lunch — provides its teachers with daily professional development and coaching on literacy instruction and other topics.

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Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2021

Edtech and Professional Development. Provide high-quality teacher professional development in selecting and using edtech that is inclusive of all learners and encourage teacher input and ownership of the edtech they use in their classrooms.

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Teaching EdTech K-12 Professional Development 143

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2021

channels, contact information, frequency, responsiveness) and where shared documents will be housed. One challenge, of course, is that faculty and staff members may not have themselves received formal professional development on how to collaborate well, which can make it difficult to see and communicate what works and why.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Here are some signs that you may be missing opportunities with your school’s technology integration efforts: Your LMS is primarily used as a document management system. Technology professional development sessions are sparsely (or reluctantly) attended. Lots of Kahoots but not much student creation. These are just a few.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2021

Better results for project-based learning were documented on a variety of tests, from Advanced Placement exams in high school to annual state assessments in math and reading in sixth grade. Students had to document their learning process as they added their ideas and built a device. Not every attempt at project-based learning worked.

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Teaching American History

AUGUST 6, 2024

hours of professional development. Register now for this free professional development by clicking on the links below! Its documents also explore the president’s responsibility to oversee the executive branch and his authority as commander in chief and in regard to foreign policy.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2024

This is one example of many in our paper that demonstrates how those with traditional power — leaders, researchers and solution developers — emerge from the Inclusive Innovation and adapt to support the leadership of teachers, students and families in the R&D process.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Credit: Camilla Forte/ The Hechinger Report Researchers at the Erikson Institute, a child-development focused graduate school in Chicago, started the Early Math Collaborative 16 years ago to provide educators with research-backed professional development to help them better teach young students math.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

In addition, as a report from New America has documented, nearly every state mandates that teachers renew their teaching licenses, typically every five years. How can micro-credentials be best cobbled together to document that these novices have met state teaching standards? However, the requirements also vary widely by state.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

The day’s professional development for these Chicago Public Schools teachers, alumni of the program, was a refresher, a way to strengthen their teaching practice, share ideas and return to the classroom newly inspired. It’s always evolving; it’s a very living document.”. CZI is one of The Hechinger Report’s many donors.)

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 29, 2021

Inside each team’s envelope was a Mission Document that explained the conversation station at that location (i.e., As you can see if you follow the link on the Mission Document below, the goals were to spark rich discussion and for each team to complete all six conversations. . Team Zebra, Team Tiger), and.

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Teaching Professional Development EdTech Leadership 125

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2024

Yet despite some efforts to document the experiences and outcomes of multilingual learners in the district, a legal monitor noted last year that Boston’s school leaders had defied requests for records showing how it spent its funds.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 19, 2019

Our analysis suggests that policymakers can take advantage of micro-credentials, with their digital format and opportunities for customization, to radically improve ways for teachers to document and demonstrate their effectiveness and be recognized for it. We will explore this opportunity in our next blog post.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Students in classrooms with residents have been documented to make larger learning gains than those in other classrooms, with strongest benefits going to those with the most need. Rigorous studies have documented their students outperform peers. Such professionalism develops over time and through relationships.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Studies document that weak readers in elementary school are less likely to make it to high school graduation, and they’re also more likely to struggle academically in upper grades. Literacy advocates have long argued that to raise reading levels, we need to focus our efforts on improving reading instruction in the early grades.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

“We want to create a sense of urgency to continue to close those gaps,” said Roberto Rodriguez, assistant secretary in the Department of Education’s Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development. The update of the policy document by the DOE’s Office of Education Technology is the first since 2016 (parts of it were revised in 2017).

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

This is one of the first documents that really gives schools a roadmap for looking at their technology systems as a whole, says Lindsay Jones, the chief executive officer of CAST, a nonprofit that advocates for equitable learning conditions. These reports, some observers believe, mark a thoughtful step toward ensuring digital equity.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 8, 2016

Studies suggest American schools invest $18 billion in teachers’ professional learning annually. But considerable evidence indicates that formal professional development often misses the mark. In short, the current approach to American teachers’ professional development is falling short.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2020

What I didn’t expect was just how many challenges today’s students face, as staggering statistics document. I completed my bachelor’s degree last year, and never once did I have any kind of professional development that addressed social-emotional learning. How would I engage with students?

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ED Surge

JUNE 1, 2023

That aligns with national student population trends documented by federal education statistics. Those resources include bilingual teachers, professional development for staff and the ability to communicate with parents, she adds.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 11, 2022

Salespeople foster a belief that precise metrics — time on task, pages read, annotations written and how frequently a document is opened — will enable instructors to confirm that their students are engaging with their texts and peers. But such metrics are misleading because students read in many different ways.

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