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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. If you’re focused on human, great.

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Human Meets AI: Helping Educators Navigate Their Emotions About Technological Change

ED Surge

Understanding the Psyche of Technological Resistance in the Education Workforce Resistance to change, especially technological change , is fundamentally anchored in our human psychology. Typically, humans have an inclination toward safety and the predictability of routine, avoiding the uncertainty that comes with new terrain.

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The Professional Learning Sweet Spot

A Principal's Reflections

For the better part of my educational career, I always referred to any type of learning to assist me as a teacher or administrator as professional development (PD). Up until this point, professional development was always done to me as opposed to something that I wanted to be an active part of. Thus, my thinking changed.

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Learning Never Stops

A Principal's Reflections

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. Herein lies the power of a PLN.

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Meeting the Core Human Needs of a Teacher

Cult of Pedagogy

” Amazon | Bookshop.org The strategies in Arise are all built on a framework of six core human needs: belonging, autonomy, competence, self-esteem, trust , and purpose. When you’re thinking about wanting to help someone develop, you need to keep their full humanity at the center.” ” 1.

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Digital Learners Need (and Deserve) Digital Leaders #DigiLead

A Principal's Reflections

Leading the transition from 20th century to 21st century schools includes attention to the human toll it takes when such large changes are being required. Ongoing professional development, constant review and analysis of successful attempts at the changes in learning opportunities and the increasing use of technology offer momentum."

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Kids Aren’t the Only Ones Who Benefit From Social-Emotional Learning

ED Surge

One student candidly shared that he felt like his teachers weren’t invested in him as a human being, because the amount of homework that he was assigned didn't take into account his commitments outside the classroom and other barriers to studying.