A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Educators could then use those badges to build and communicate their own reputations to their colleagues and to senior staff, capturing a complete picture of their own professional development for others to see. Educators can earn the badge by then assimilating what they’ve learned into their own instruction in some way.

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TCI

OCTOBER 31, 2023

TCI’s social studies programs provide comprehensive planning and support tools so you can focus on what you do best: teaching. Here are a few tools to help you stay on top of lesson planning. Quickly Review Information in the Planning Box Start your lesson plan with the planning box. Request a sample.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 17, 2017

To help achieve an ROI we increased the number of formal observations and evaluations, collected learning artifacts (lesson plans, assessments, student work, etc.) Our collective goal is to create an immersive experience that moves beyond the typical one and done professional development.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Most of its applications, though, are either geared toward students (better tutoring solutions, for instance), or aimed at making quick, on-the-spot lesson plans for teachers. A researcher at the University of Southern California, she has been working on AI-based professional development for math teachers for several years.

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Research Professional Development Tutoring Teaching 145

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 30, 2016

” I hear this lament frequently when I lead professional development. How did having more time impact your lesson planning? “I’d love to do [ fill in the blank with some creative idea or activity ], but I just don’t have time. My classes are only 50 minutes.” into your shorter periods?

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Project-Based Learning Lesson Plan Professional Development Tradition 168

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

When and where do you learn–school organized professional development, engaging on social media, listening to podcasts, online courses, reading books or blogs? What strategies did you use to combat the students’ reluctance to lean into the learning? Thank you to StudySync for producing and sponsoring this podcast!

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Lesson Plan Professional Development Cultures Teaching 162

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2024

An AI instructional coach designed to help English teachers create lesson plans and project ideas. Over five weeks this spring, about 300 people – teachers, school and district leaders, higher ed faculty, education consultants and AI researchers – came together to learn how to use AI and develop their own basic AI tools and resources.

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Lesson Plan Professional Development Tutoring Educational Technology 100

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

It is essential for educators to tap into professional development (PD) opportunities to advance their understanding of how to use AI to improve the classroom experience. Leveraging AI in the classroom can enhance teaching while preparing students for a future where AI is integral to the workforce.

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Primary Sources Lesson Plan Professional Development EdTech 135

ED Surge

MARCH 16, 2023

In it, the report authors list the myriad tasks, in addition to instruction, that teachers do as part of their jobs — meeting with parents, participating in professional development, grading. Those responsibilities all regularly tip teachers’ work weeks past 40 hours. It’s a reality that troubles teachers across the country.

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ED Surge

MARCH 8, 2022

These cameras would allow parents to livestream their children’s lessons throughout the school day. Meanwhile in Indiana, a bill would have required teachers to turn in a year’s worth of lesson plans in advance. Yes, I’m deviating from my lesson plans. The lesson plan would still be there.

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Lesson Plan K-12 History Professional Development 118

Digital Promise

APRIL 20, 2021

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?

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Professional Development Lesson Plan Classroom Management Middle School 119

The Hechinger Report

JULY 21, 2022

After the field work, the teachers were placed in small groups — based on which grade level they taught — to learn how to develop lesson plans for their students and other educators based on what they had learned. Credit: Image provided by Aimee Hollander.

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Controversial Topics Education Lesson Plan Artifacts 118

ED Surge

MARCH 1, 2022

Now politicians are trying to censor, monitor, and report teachers —filing bills and executive orders that require microphones and cameras in classrooms, and lesson plans available for public review and approval. This is not a professional development issue, it’s a workforce issue.

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Lesson Plan Professional Development Teaching Humanities 126

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

That program also allows teachers and administrators to give substitutes access to lesson plans and homework, making them more than a babysitter, Daly indicated. 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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EdTech K-12 Lesson Plan Private School 136

ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

Webinar panelists Stacie Johnson , leader of professional development at Khan Academy, Pat Youngpradit , chief academic officer at Code.org and leader of TeachAI , and Brian Johnsrud , global head of education learning and advocacy at Adobe , each offered unique and valuable perspectives on the intersection of AI and creativity.

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Pedagogy Advocacy K-12 Economics 133

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2017

District sponsorship allows for the development of broader materials: entire units, rather than lesson plans. The third and final common misunderstanding is that open educational resources are comprised of an supplement-scale content, such as lesson plans, practice items, and articles.

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Lesson Plan Professional Development Tradition Middle School 102

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 14, 2022

It also means that we must make professional development more inclusive so that all staff build their capacity to support all learners.?. Educators should consider who students are as learners and seek to remove potential barriers to learning during the lesson-planning process. Fourth, design accessible instruction.

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Lesson Plan Professional Development Tradition Leadership 130

ED Surge

AUGUST 22, 2022

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.

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Lesson Plan Leadership Professional Development Cultures 114

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Unity Learn Educator Hub The Educator Hub on Unity Learn is a one-stop library of free teaching resources, including professional development courses, syllabi, lesson plans, scope and sequences, standards alignment (including ISTE) and more.

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Teaching Lesson Plan Library Professional Development 112

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2018

But she said professional development and support are essential, too. There are few high-quality purveyors of whole curricula to begin with, she said, and “most curriculum developers don’t embed professional development and support” in their programs. And they’re lacking.

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K-12 Professional Development Lesson Plan Middle School 92

Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2021

Verizon Innovative Learning Schools coaches were often tapped to help lead the transition in their districts , drawing on the program’s tech-focused professional development to prepare teachers to engage with students virtually.

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Artifacts Middle School Advocacy Lesson Plan 124

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

The day’s professional development for these Chicago Public Schools teachers, alumni of the program, was a refresher, a way to strengthen their teaching practice, share ideas and return to the classroom newly inspired. LEAP is a nonprofit organization that trains schools and teachers to use personalized learning in their classrooms.

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Education Charter School Professional Development Tradition 145

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

I’ve spent two decades as a literacy specialist coaching teachers and providing professional development and I’ve seen a lot of transition in the field. When I work with educators, we often begin with a lesson plan that has been taught many times before and consider how we might tweak it to provide more choice.

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Education Middle School Global Connections K-12 140

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 9, 2018

How did earning micro-credentials differ from other kinds of professional development that you’ve experienced? Usually, professional development experiences take two or three days. Most professional development programs are short, and it’s on the teacher to make sure they follow up and implement what they learned.

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Professional Development Leadership Lesson Plan Teaching 102

ED Surge

JULY 10, 2024

As part of this program at Morris County Vocational School, in New Jersey, where I teach, students engage in research about key issues at our school and learn how to plan effective professional development to support the staff.

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High School Museum Education History 138

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

When will this PD end so I can get back to lesson planning and grading student work?” Not sure how to set a five-year plan? Similarly, 92 percent of teachers indicated that most relevant professional learning was job-embedded coaching. It seemed like the minute hand on the clock was stuck.

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Artifacts Professional Development Leadership Lesson Plan 98

ED Surge

AUGUST 3, 2023

So education leaders are investing in new training and professional development for teachers on the best use cases for AI. For example, the use of AI “can start with a two-week lesson plan. The introduction of generative AI into society shines a bright spotlight on these educators.

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EdTech Professional Development Lesson Plan Critical Thinking 98

Edthena

AUGUST 4, 2021

Teachers can search your video library by lesson objectives or standards, and they can filter to specific grades and subjects, too. Forget scouring YouTube and welcome to your district’s secure video library hosted by Edthena, where you can curate model teaching videos to your professional development heart’s content.

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Library Teaching Digital Resources Lesson Plan 106

ED Surge

DECEMBER 31, 2021

There was a time when I would come to school sick beyond belief because I did not want to disappoint anyone, and let’s face it, because the hassle of leaving lesson plans for subs who never completed them drove me absolutely crazy. All day, every day. Non-educators assume that teachers only work from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.,

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Lesson Plan Professional Development Humanities Teaching 124

ED Surge

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Even still, I struggled to form deeper connections with students, to engage them while I was implementing lesson plans on-the-fly, and to hold them to high standards, when they knew it was likely that I wouldn’t be there the next day. I didn’t have to attend professional development or training to become a PCM.

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Classroom Management Professional Development Lesson Plan Teaching 107

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2021

In others, teachers went to summer training institutes, attended extra professional development days during the school year and were given monthly coaching sessions. It’s an open question whether large numbers of teachers will enjoy teaching detailed lesson plans created by curriculum designers. It was a big investment.

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Project-Based Learning Middle School Social Studies High School 145

Studies Weekly

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

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Primary Sources Classroom Management Lesson Plan Professional Development 98

The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2023

Roschelle said he wants to see school leaders and educators experiment in ways that don’t carry big risks for students, such as changing a few lesson plans. “I The district is also planning to hold several professional development training sessions to help educators learn how to use AI in the classroom, he added.

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K-12 Lesson Plan Tutoring High School 92

Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

Seventeen states have performance assessment legislation on the books, and 11 states mandate the edTPA, developed by the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity—a $300 performance assessment that evaluates teaching candidates based on portfolios of lesson plans, student work, and videos of their student teaching in action.

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Leadership Education Policy Lesson Plan Tradition 111

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Patricia Erwin from Kentucky Educational Television (KET) showcases a set of workplace resources developed by KET and available for free on PBS LearningMedia. Adult educators can find professional development classroom resources that include videos, interactive activities, lesson plans, and other support materials.

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Lesson Plan Professional Development Education 66

ED Surge

AUGUST 23, 2022

Teachers Need More Professional Development on Accessibility Tools Figuring out when to use accessibility tools to support our students is complicated. That confidence allowed him to overcome a weakness in literacy that he’d internalized during the first decade of his education career. Young people are tech savvy.

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EdTech Professional Development Tradition Lesson Plan 109

Studies Weekly

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The most valuable resources to her are the lesson plans. When she switched to Studies Weekly Social Studies, she had, for the first time, a social studies curriculum that was both simple to follow and fun to teach. Studies Weekly has changed my outlook on history, she says. They are step-by-step and easy to follow.

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