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Investing in leadership capacity: The amazing, wonderful District 59

Dangerously Irrelevant

Two years ago I had the incredible opportunity to work with the entire leadership team of District 59 in Arlington Heights, Illinois for SEVEN days. They labeled it their ‘21st Century Leadership Academy.’ And we can build on all of that to start implementing new instructional and leadership paradigms in schools and classrooms.

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Your best Geography CPD? Professional Development in Geography – Chartered Geography (Teacher) with the RGS

Dr. Preece

As a teacher in the early phase of your career, a lot of your professional development is naturally focused on your Geography and subject knowledge. In my experience, as you develop further through your career, the Geography-specific training and focus reduces in time. What is it?

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Supporting Non-Specialists in the Geography Department

Dr. Preece

With the teacher recruitment offering worrying times for schools and ITE providers alike , it’s already quite common – and likely to become more important – that HoDs and Departments have a considered approach to supporting non-specialists with teaching in Geography. Supporting development of vocabulary is critical, too.

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How School Administrators’ Roles Change in the Digital Age

Digital Promise

Did we have the right leadership structure in place? What professional development should take place to prepare everyone for this major initiative? We realized we needed to search for other districts that could serve as models since what we were doing was so new to us. Where did the authority lie for making key decisions?

Geography 124
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Webinar Series: Teaching the 2024 U.S. Election

Political Science Now

She is the recipient of the Barbara Burch Award for Faculty Leadership in Civic Engagement (American Democracy Project, June 2024) and the Stand Out Faculty Award (ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, November 2019). King is an assistant professor of political science and geography at Old Dominion University. Dr. Athena M.

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The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

The Hechinger Report

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. She and her leadership team quickly convened all-staff meetings to talk about collaboration and student discourse.

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Why Accessibility Must Be a Part of Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity Initiatives

ED Surge

Importantly, these companies are pursuing equitable access to their products and content, regardless of identity, geography, race, religion, socioeconomic background, etc. Such institutions recognize the importance of meeting learners where they are—and the positive impact this has on outcomes.

EdTech 101