ED Surge

MARCH 19, 2025

In the 2021-2022 academic year, the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce found more than 43,000 individuals with active teaching credentials were not employed as teachers or staff members in a public school. Our principal recruits and advertises open teaching positions only to receive zero applications most of the time.

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Education Professional Development Charter School Lesson Plan 105

ED Surge

OCTOBER 16, 2024

On the spectrum of professional experience for K-12 teachers, I am decidedly on the greener side. Although I knew I had a passion for teaching before entering college, I always had this idea in my head that teaching K-12 education wasn’t a real or appropriate profession for an Ivy League, engineering graduate like myself.

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K-12 Teaching Professional Development Leadership 134

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 24, 2016

There has been a great deal of knocks on professional development as of late and rightfully so. More often than not, professional development is something that is done to educators as opposed to an experience that they truly value for growth. Learning is the ultimate goal for our students, not development.

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Professional Development Leadership Research Teaching 403

Studies Weekly

MARCH 10, 2025

Teaching Irish American History Mar. This overview of Irish American history can help you teach students why they see so many Irish influences today. 10, 2025 By Studies Weekly NEWSLETTER You only need to walk into a store and see St Patricks Day decorations to know Irish Americans have profoundly impacted our countrys culture.

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American History History Teaching Primary Sources 90

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

No matter your position in education, you have gone through some form of professional development. In many cases, the act of being “developed” comes in a variety of standard types such as workshops, mandated PD days, presentations, conferences, book studies, or keynotes. Below are a few lessons learned.

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Professional Development Artifacts Leadership Research 417

ED Surge

MARCH 26, 2025

Looking back on my educational journey, I recently reflected on my classroom experiences from kindergarten to fourth grade. The summer before I entered the fourth grade, my mother informed me that I would be attending a new school in my same community with one caveat: it was a class in the gifted and talented education (GATE) program.

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Education Advocacy Middle School Cultures 107

A Principal's Reflections

JULY 12, 2020

The COVID19 pandemic unearthed many harsh realities for education across the globe. Inadequate WIFI and the availability of computers at home for kids to use for learning caught many educators off guard. Teaching will and must be different. Drive-by professional development did not work in the past.

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Pedagogy Professional Development Leadership Cultures 533

A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 11, 2015

The potential is there for schools and educators to empower students to take more ownership of their learning. Professional Development – As I work with schools and districts across the country on BYOD initiatives, I can honestly say that this is one area where mistakes are made.

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Professional Development Artifacts Pedagogy Educational Technology 389

ED Surge

JANUARY 25, 2023

As a classroom teacher, I always tried to improve my practice by reading academic and practice-based articles, attending trainings and connecting with fellow educators to share resources and troubleshoot challenges. The ability to learn and grow is part of what made teaching dynamic and energizing for me.

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Professional Development Advocacy Tradition Leadership 141

ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2025

In a survey of more than 1,000 public school teachers done through Samsungs partners at DonorsChoose a whopping 96 percent said AI will become an intrinsic part of education within the next decade. They can start with mastering spreadsheets, coding languages like Python or teaching students to use AI chatbots.

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K-12 Education EdTech Lesson Plan 113

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 30, 2020

Educators have taken a critical lens as to why they teach the way they do and how it can be done more effectively. While it is excellent that educators now have a variety of options at their disposal, there is a growing concern that has to be addressed if learning is the goal. Don't teach every standard.

Pedagogy 546

Pedagogy Professional Development Teaching Education 546

ED Surge

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In early spring this year, the local chapter of my teacher professional development organization held our first in-person conference since the pandemic. I believe this mindset shift is emblematic of the widening gulf between national professional organizations and local teacher communities.

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Professional Development K-12 Leadership Teaching 138

ED Surge

JANUARY 27, 2023

It’s September 2021 and as one of the district’s instructional technology content leaders, I have finally been given the green light to host in-person professional development (PD) for this group of eager teachers after months of meeting online. Teachers trickle in as I set out muffins and candy at each table.

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Professional Development Advocacy Lesson Plan Teaching 141

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

They have utilized me as a keynoter, coach (leadership and teaching), and workshop presenter. Recently the district asked me to be a part of their professional development day, which consisted of seven different learning strands specific to the needs and interests of their teachers. Some aren't new, but others might be.

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EdTech K-12 Pedagogy Professional Development 540

ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

But by the time she was heading up her own elementary school classroom in Chicago, she found herself missing the library and longing to teach media literacy again. She teaches concepts as wide-ranging as American Sign Language, critical thinking, typing, conducting research and writing in cursive. I'm an educator.

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Library Charter School Education Lesson Plan 111

A Psychology Teacher Writes

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The paradigm of persistent problems Mary Kennedy’s seminal (2015) paper “Parsing the practice of teaching” sets out the idea that every teacher, no matter their experience, expertise or context, faces the same persistent problems of teaching. Script a short teaching sequence to perform. Evidence Based Education blog.

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Professional Development Psychology Classroom Management Teaching 130

A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 23, 2022

If it’s true that life is a test, then the COVID-19 pandemic represents the most challenging one education and everyone in the field has ever faced. If we burn out teachers our education system will never meet the needs of learners. That means no meetings, phone calls, emails, or mandated professional development.

Pedagogy 539

Pedagogy Professional Development High School Teaching 539

Zinn Education Project

MARCH 19, 2025

She is the author or co-author of numerous books and articles on the Civil Rights and Black Power movements and the politics of race and education. Professional development credit certificate provided upon request for attendees. ASL interpretation provided. We designed the sessions for teachers and other school staff.

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Professional Development History Teaching Education 126

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 4, 2020

For more information on various hybrid models, check out this detailed piece from Education Week. If you are already in a hybrid model, time can still be added with approval from the Board of Education. Other administrators and support staff who are not involved in daily hybrid teaching can lend a hand to give teachers the needed time.

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Pedagogy Professional Development Leadership Teaching 514

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Both of my parents were public educators; my father an elementary principal in Hackettstown and my mother an elementary teacher in Flemington. They both touched lives and impacted kids like countless other NJ educators. Educators are, and have been, the cultivators of virtually every other profession.

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Education Pedagogy Professional Development Public School 285

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2025

That happened after a January column I wrote about a prominent scholars critique of the evidence for including children with disabilities in general education classrooms. The director of education at the Learning Disabilities Association of America weighed in, as did the commissioner of special education research at the U.S.

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Research Education Psychology Human Rights 124

The Effortful Educator

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Heres hoping as many as possible read the book and action the ideas getting these learning ideas on the front foot is a tough ask (weirdly) and moving teachers from their obsession about teaching to add an obsession about learning is the aim of the game. Teachers love to teach. The act of teaching is so enjoyable.

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Psychology Professional Development Humanities Teaching 121

Edthena

JUNE 5, 2023

Teacher professional development is a key component of school improvement, but are your teachers really getting the most from your instructional PD? Whether you’re a district-wide PD director or a school principal, it’s important to maximize the time teachers spend engaging in their professional learning and growth.

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Professional Development Teaching Research Education 97

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

We live in exciting times as unprecedented access to knowledge, research, and effective strategies at our fingertips can assist educators in creating meaningful experiences for students that align with both needs and strengths. Another standout for me was to see firsthand how much progress has been made with effective co-teaching strategies.

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Junior High Pedagogy Professional Development Leadership 482

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 19, 2018

For years I was able to teach both in the classroom and on the field. In many aspects, coaching is teaching, but without formal grades. As a coach, I provided lessons and strategies on skill development as well as competencies that pertained to excelling at a particular sport. That is one of the critical points of this post.

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Leadership Professional Development Pedagogy High School 365

NCHE

APRIL 1, 2025

The National Council for History Education (NCHE) is excited to announce a new partnership with the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program (TPS). These regional grants will help fund projects that expand and explore innovative methods of teaching and learning with Library of Congress materials.

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Library Primary Sources Museum Historic Sites 130

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 25, 2020

The pandemic has really put a strain on educators, yet they continue to rise to the occasion on behalf of kids. The majority of educators fall into the latter. Others are seeing their administrators offer their time and that of other non-teaching staff members. This has come at a cost both mentally, socially, and physically.

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Leadership Pedagogy Professional Development Tradition 530

Zinn Education Project

MARCH 7, 2025

Stanley demonstrates how attacks on education and historical memory support authoritarianism, undermining public understanding of past struggles for justice. Stanley doesnt just diagnose the problem he also offers strategies to resist these attacks, from advocating for historical literacy to supporting educators under fire.

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History Historical Literacy Professional Development Economics 97

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 22, 2023

With the suggestions in hand, the leaders were empowered to review what we had seen and my recommendations to determine the focus for an upcoming professional development day I would be facilitating. Feedback is a critical catalyst for professional learning and growth.

Psychology 429

Psychology Professional Development Cultures Leadership 429

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 3, 2017

When it comes to education, we see many practices that fall into this category, but more on these later. Below is a list of five things that I believe need to be overcome if meaningful change and improvement in education is the goal. Will you challenge the status quo to improve the educational experience for your learners?

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Professional Development Leadership Tradition Research 340

ED Surge

DECEMBER 4, 2024

By creating more flexible, student-centered classrooms, personalized learning empowers students to take ownership of their education, developing the skills they need to thrive both academically and personally. In our district now, we talk about designing, teaching and learning to the edges , which is our personalized approach.

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Professional Development K-12 Middle School Teaching 120

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 30, 2019

The same can be said about drive-by professional development. When it is all said and done, the best experiences are ongoing and job-embedded so that the needed support, application into practice, feedback, and accountability for growth lead to actual changes to teaching, learning, and leadership.

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Leadership Archiving Professional Development Tradition 410

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2025

As a sector, we are being bombarded with reports of our failings in the teaching of maths, which leaves teachers and principals across the country feeling uncertain of what to do, and how to teach maths effectively, Rodgers wrote in a report to her school community at the end of the sabbatical. Not any more.

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Government Professional Development K-12 Teaching 109

ED Surge

OCTOBER 30, 2024

I have come to find solace here; yes, these are part of my identity, which I hold dear to my heart — but as I have grown older, I have learned that few people ever see beyond them, including those who I call colleagues and peers in this education system. Who Am I in Education?

Leadership 127

Leadership Middle School Professional Development Teaching 127

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 4, 2024

Let’s now dive into the most popular myths that hold educators back when it comes to personalization. Myth 1: Technology is needed to personalize Years ago, almost every educational technology company jumped on the personalized learning bandwagon and hailed it as a holy grail for improving outcomes.

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Professional Development Educational Technology Teaching Education 413

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 8, 2013

Similar to FedEx days discussed by Dan Pink in Drive, my teachers have been given the opportunity to follow their passions, unleash their creativity, and deliver a learning portfolio that illustrates professional growth to enhance teaching and learning.

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Sociology Artifacts High School Professional Development 407

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 2, 2020

Equity There have always been issues with equity when it comes to education. Successful remote learning is dependent on the consistent utilization of effective teaching strategies and pedagogy that empowers all kids to think and apply their thinking in relevant ways. Each district is unique in terms of resources and demographics.

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Pedagogy Social Justice K-12 EdTech 546