Digital Promise

MAY 22, 2019

They included time constraints, fear, lack of professional development, not knowing how to integrate it into the curriculum, teacher overload, teacher resistance, flexibility, scale, and freedom. The post Creative Coding Across the K-12 Curriculum appeared first on Digital Promise.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 18, 2024

Can educators free up essential resources from ineffective programs and nonstrategic professional development? The post OPINION: As federal pandemic funds end, K-12 systems must look for bold changes appeared first on The Hechinger Report. That means coming up with answers to some tough questions.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 1, 2013

Educators are invited to join their peers for Common Core Academies that are: Research-based: Their professional development integrates proven curriculum, instruction, and assessment practices from expert practitioners and thought leaders. Common Core Discovery Education Professional Development'

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K-12 Education Professional Development Lesson Plan 209

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 7, 2014

In my position as K-12 Director of Technology Integration and Innovation in the Spotswood School District, I am assisting with the district’s transition to Google Apps for Education (GAFE) as well as working with teachers on the effective integration of technology. Please share in the comments section.

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EdTech K-12 Professional Development Pedagogy 276

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

These commonly arrive in the form of internal professional development initiatives that chew up a great deal of time, but rarely achieve the types of systemic changes that are intended. In these cases there is little to no embracement from those who are tasked with implementation. This is a great example of forced change.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 30, 2024

The daily struggle is evident in the school systems across the nation, where a multitude of supports, staff, solutions, and professional development options are implemented without sufficient consideration for their overall fit and impact.

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ED Surge

APRIL 19, 2023

Boost curriculum and professional development: Schools can use funds to develop new curriculum materials or purchase new textbooks and other educational materials. Teachers can also use funds for professional development, including training on how to use new educational technology in the classroom.

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K-12 Professional Development Tutoring Educational Technology 98

Edthena

MARCH 18, 2022

Prioritize the teacher professional development that will most affect student outcomes. when ‘teacher professional development’ is put on their schedule? As a teacher professional development consultant, he is adamant about respecting teachers’ time. Give teachers time to practice what they’ve learned.

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Professional Development Teaching K-12 Education 98

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Here are my observations and thoughts after touring three schools (K-12, 7-12, K-6) located throughout central Iowa: We need to prepare our students to be doers and creative thinkers who can compete with their peers globally for jobs that have yet to evolve. Check out this post on Dangerously Irrelevant.

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Edthena

JUNE 29, 2021

Just because summer is here doesn’t mean teacher professional development has to stop. Read on for how to plan your self-driven, at-home teacher professional development this season. Often, educators simply crave more choice and autonomy in their own teacher professional development. Fair enough.

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Edthena

JULY 9, 2021

Lots of things adjusted with distance teaching, but the changes to professional development for educators has actually helped it become more accessible. Doug Fisher talked about new opportunities to learn and grow in an interview with Edthena founder & CEO Adam Geller for the teacher professional development blog PLtogether.

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Professional Development Leadership Teaching Education 98

Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2022

The Delaware Department of Education has added to their 17 early literacy micro-credentials that were launched in 2020 with 12 new micro-credentials to support early literacy throughout the state.*. Teach for America Las Vegas has published their first micro-credential, Solving Challenges Using Design Thinking in a K-12 Classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2019

The Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township, on the west side of Indianapolis, has gotten a fair amount of attention for personalizing the professional development it gives to teachers in its virtual high school and blended learning programs. This whole time I had been doing professional development to teachers, not with them.

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Edthena

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Teacher professional development is essential for growth and learning, especially this school year. This eSchool News article, from Edthena founder and CEO Adam Geller, talks about three key ways to help keep professional development useful and teachers motivated.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 24, 2020

Digital Promise has been working with districts and educators from across the United States to integrate computational thinking (CT) and computer science (CS) into K-12 classrooms. Schools need more robust examples that focus on what CT is (and isn’t), and they need specific support around K-12 CT integration.

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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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Digital Promise

MAY 27, 2021

Last year’s abrupt transition to remote learning impacted all levels of K-12 education. According to a National Parents Union Survey in October 2020, 45 percent of parents of K-12 students would opt to keep their children fully online if given the opportunity. Professional Development.

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Edthena

JULY 18, 2024

In addition to leveraging the Digital Promise resources, Edthena then tapped into our extensive network of existing K-12 practitioners and literacy experts to implement the Science of Reading framework within the AI Coach platform. Teachers engage in self-paced coaching cycles that mirror an in-person instructional coaching process.

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Edthena

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Hard to imagine what using artificial intelligence in teacher professional development could mean? But how can using AI in professional learning and development help support educators ? Adaptive learning drives teacher professional development. teacher professional development.

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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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ED Surge

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In the summer of 2022 as part of the Voices of Change project, EdSurge Research convened 80 Asian American K-12 educators in a series of virtual learning circles to listen to their stories. Our conversations spanned the gamut of topics that are top of mind for educators in all corners of the U.S.

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Digital Promise

MAY 20, 2021

Industry : Nonprofit Education Service Agency; K-12 Educator Professional Development. KVEC has developed a niche in providing free, flexible professional learning opportunities for rural K-12 teachers through micro-credentials.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

She knew she had to prepare herself for what may come, so she thought back on what she had learned during her initial Verizon Innovative Learning Schools learning experiences and began diving into every professional development and certification opportunity she could find. “I

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

However, one of our greatest potential solutions is often missed in the national conversation: providing professional development for principals. Principals often lack access to professional development opportunities. Research suggests that this is one of the top reasons why so many principals are exiting their jobs.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

It's not only affecting our teachers and our admin, it's also affecting us,” says Shelly Ruff, a K-12 client success manager at Instructure. Substitute teachers have a role in teacher retention, Teng says, allowing teachers time off to avoid burnout and to pursue professional development.

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ED Surge

MAY 1, 2024

That’s why it’s so important to bring everyone together, including educators from both K-12 and higher education, edtech suppliers, non-profits and government organizations, to ensure the solutions we build benefit all.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2024

That’s a good start, but to be transformative, nationally, content should be representative and include African American studies; Asian American studies; Latinx studies; Native American Studies; women, gender and sexuality studies; and sociology and other social sciences across the K-12 curriculum.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Aligning their efforts with the New York State Computer Science and Digital Fluency Standards and the Profile of a North Salem Graduate , the district has developed a Computational Thinking Pathway, which provides CT and CS learning opportunities for all students. The course first supports district leaders in assembling a leadership team.

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K-12 Professional Development Leadership Humanities 101

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

First, high-performing schools use data as a common thread to drive, monitor and adjust every aspect of their operations — including core instruction, small-group instruction, attendance interventions, social-emotional learning and professional development. Contact the opinion editor at opinion@hechingerreport.org.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

Why has this happened, and how does it affect black male students in their K-12 academic journeys? But black men account for only 2 percent of all teachers in American public schools. When do black boys get the opportunity to connect, relate and reach their full potentials? After the 1954 Brown v.

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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. It gives me understanding of what’s going on,” Omar said.

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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 121

Digital Promise

APRIL 15, 2021

Mathematics achievement is a national challenge, with persistent inequities across K-12 student subpopulations. As a foundation for all STEM disciplines, low math proficiency limits access to economic opportunity, and the failures of the current K-12 education system disproportionately impact students of color.

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Middle School K-12 Professional Development Economics 117

Edthena

JANUARY 11, 2024

With so many options and tools out there, the challenge for many K-12 leaders and teachers is identifying which tools can actually help enhance the learning experience. The speakers noted that AI coaching can play a critical role in reshaping professional development for educators.

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ED Surge

MAY 15, 2024

In 2013, the STEM and Computer Science (STEM+CS) team was created to implement an interdisciplinary grades K-12 STEM program outside the grade-level core disciplines of ELA, math, science and social studies, and separate from the standard Career Technical Education (CTE) programs to reach all students.

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Education K-12 Critical Thinking Public School 136

The Hechinger Report

JULY 26, 2020

In a 2020 nationwide survey conducted by Educators for Excellence, only 12 percent of teachers said that preparation programs train prospective teachers for the realities of the classroom very well. High-quality teacher preparation meant I was ready on Day One to teach reading in the classroom, unlike so many new teachers.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Part of the solution for economic justice is an education and professional development system that recognizes the unique backgrounds and needs of each adult learner. In partnership with educators, researchers, and training providers, Digital Promise’s Learner Variability Project has developed an evidence-based Adult Learner Model.

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