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Quantifying Innovative Practices

A Principal's Reflections

As I engage with districts and schools regularly, they frequently inquire about ways to gauge the outcomes and efficacy of their innovative strategies, such as BYOD, 1:1, blended and personalized learning, classroom and school redesign, branding, makerspaces, and professional development.

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Learning Walks

A Principal's Reflections

To help achieve an ROI we increased the number of formal observations and evaluations, collected learning artifacts (lesson plans, assessments, student work, etc.) It’s been a few years now since I left the principalship to pursue my new career as a Senior Fellow with the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE).

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Data-Driven Instruction for the Real World

ED Surge

Taking the time to analyze student data and factor it into a personalized lesson plan is usually something for which teachers are expected to volunteer their personal hours. Teachers Aren’t Given Real-Time Data Making the time to analyze data and apply it to lessons is only half the battle. Data-Driven Leadership in Schools.

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Discovery Education's Common Core Academies

A Principal's Reflections

They understand that successful implementation requires a focus on fundamentals: curriculum, instruction, assessment, and leadership. Educators will then utilize this knowledge to develop CCSS lesson plans and assessment tasks for immediate use in their ELA or content area classroom. Click HERE to register to attend.

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A 5-Step Plan to Improve Professional Learning in Your School

ED Surge

When will this PD end so I can get back to lesson planning and grading student work?” It’s up to those of us in leadership positions to prevent this. We must commit to creating meaningful, purposeful professional learning experiences for our educators. Not sure how to set a five-year plan?

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Your Teachers Need a Win

Cult of Pedagogy

To be fair, I’m not the only one making her feel this way — she gets this message from professional development, from people who write books and articles and create media directed at teachers, and from her school leadership. Lesson planning : Do they come up with interesting activities to teach their content?

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Supporting Teachers in a Hybrid Learning Environment

Digital Promise

The lesson plans are typed up and printed out and the lesson objectives and daily agenda are posted artfully on the board. All professional development sessions were recorded or planned as asynchronous sessions. Do you remember that first-day-of-school excitement?