ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

But by the time she was heading up her own elementary school classroom in Chicago, she found herself missing the library and longing to teach media literacy again. She teaches concepts as wide-ranging as American Sign Language, critical thinking, typing, conducting research and writing in cursive. If you can't manage, you can't teach.

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies Feb. 25, 2025 Studies Weekly Its often difficult to connect students to the real-world, real-time applications of events from history and the real people who lived them. For example, most people over 30 can remember where they were on Sept.

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Primary Sources Social Studies Teaching Oral History 52

ED Surge

MARCH 3, 2025

Technology can also play a pivotal role by blending gamification and pedagogy to sustain student interest while teaching key skills. Professional development ensures educators are equipped to address challenges and apply best practices. Teacher training is another cornerstone of effective numeracy instruction.

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K-12 Professional Development Pedagogy Psychology 73

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2024

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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Artifacts Leadership Digital Resources Lesson Plan 269

ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2025

We've seen fast growth of state pilots, professional development programs that are state supported, standards revisions, Drozda says, [and] the curriculum market for data science and data literacy and AI literacy is growing quite quickly. The easy thing to do is develop a class.

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K-12 Education EdTech Lesson Plan 78

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 should be comfortable teaching, working, and learning in an increasingly connected global digital society.

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Pedagogy Lesson Plan Professional Development Educational Technology 227

Edthena

AUGUST 4, 2021

The same goes for teaching skills. However, educators don’t have time to search through random teaching videos online and determine which are actually helpful or the best to learn from. Up pops the exact teaching video they need to see CFUs implemented skillfully. Videos cannot be shared or embedded on any other site, either.

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Library Teaching Digital Resources Lesson Plan 105

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 17, 2017

What many people also don’t realize is that even though all eyes were on the digital aspects of our transformation, it was the continuous focus on improving teaching and learning that ultimately led to results. 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 19, 2022

Teach for Tomorrow’s Job Market Many parents want their children to study computer science. Yet, in the United States, just over half of high schools actually teach it. The need for real-time 3D development skills across industries is growing exponentially and shows no signs of slowing. Need a hand?

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Teaching Lesson Plan Library Professional Development 115

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Vocabulary Lesson Plan Sept. 2011) Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching (What Works for Special-Needs Learners). September 2009) The Art and Science of Teaching / Six Steps to Better Vocabulary Instruction. Frayer Model References: Archer, A. Hughes, C. The Guilford Press. Urrutia, K., Buenger, A.,

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Lesson Plan Social Studies Professional Development History 52

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.

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Lesson Plan Primary Sources Professional Development Social Studies 52

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

York found that TeachFX listened to her very carefully, and generated a detailed feedback report on her specific teaching style. I rarely ever get feedback on my teaching style. Bubbling right under the surface is a key question: Can AI help teachers teach better? Teaching is hard.

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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. If schools want their teachers to be innovative and teach outside of the box, then they need to take a closer look at their schedules and talk to their teachers and students about how their schedule is either encouraging or stifling creativity.

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Project-Based Learning Lesson Plan Professional Development Tradition 168

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Leveraging AI in the classroom can enhance teaching while preparing students for a future where AI is integral to the workforce. 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. That’s our job as teachers.

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Primary Sources Lesson Plan Professional Development EdTech 137

ED Surge

AUGUST 16, 2022

What am I teaching today? With a to-do list this long, do I even have time to teach? “I This is how the last year of teaching went for me. Teachers have been accosted with endless professional development training, increased testing, and frequent surveys. I was always completing tasks for other people.

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Teaching Leadership Lesson Plan Professional Development 106

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Is your teaching practice sustainable? Teachers enter this profession determined to do it all – design and facilitate lessons, communicate with parents, monitor and track student progress, provide timely feedback, and grade everything. The answer I hear most from teachers is “no.”

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Lesson Plan Professional Development Cultures Teaching 145

Studies Weekly

MARCH 14, 2025

Experience with Studies Weekly Frances recently attended a Professional Development training hosted by Studies Weekly. It may seem simple, but the ability to use printed, colored text and images when teaching social studies is incredibly impactful, she explains.

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Primary Sources American History World History Social Studies 52

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. Even when students were fully remote, our teachers would teach from their classrooms, and I would walk the hallways and pop into classes just to check on them and provide support as needed.

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Professional Development Lesson Plan Classroom Management Middle School 140

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 103

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift This summer, teachers around the country are planning these lessons and more, in professional development programs designed to answer a pressing need: preparing teachers to teach about the climate crisis and empower students to act. “I Related: Climate change: Are we ready?

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Teaching K-12 Professional Development Civics 96

ED Surge

MARCH 16, 2023

At school you teach and support students. At home you answer emails, grade, plan, and analyze data. 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. This is a crisis.

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Professional Development Lesson Plan Middle School Teaching 145

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2018

. – When David Krulwich decided to make a mid-career switch from attorney to math teacher in 2001, he was delighted to find that teaching was a profession he found rewarding and fun. Every day he’d teach in a classroom, alone, and at night he’d go home and plan the next day’s lessons, alone. But he was also troubled.

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Teaching Lesson Plan Humanities Professional Development 82

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Professional Development Partnerships with Studies Weekly | Teacher Testimonial Feb 07, 2025 Video Transcript Speaker : Julie G., 4th Grade Teacher, TX How was your experience with our Professional Development team? Ongoing professional development (PD) is essential for both educators and students to thrive.

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Professional Development Social Studies Lesson Plan Classroom Management 40

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. As teachers, we teach students not subjects.

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Lesson Plan K-12 History Professional Development 122

ED Surge

JULY 10, 2024

Ethan, a high school junior studying to become a secondary history teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning, was presenting findings from his extensive research to the staff at our school. The population of students I serve as a teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning are interested in pursuing a career in education.

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High School Museum Education History 141

Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2021

During the transition to online and home-based instruction, teachers and administrators turned to instructional technology coaches for support in the meaningful, effective use of technology to ensure learning continuity and minimize teaching and learning disruptions.

Artifacts 144

Artifacts Middle School Advocacy Lesson Plan 144

The Hechinger Report

JULY 21, 2022

Teacher summer camp,” Aimee Hollander, an assistant professor and director of Nicholls State University’s Center for Teaching Excellence, jokingly called it. McMillan, who teaches in a rural southeast part of the state, said the geography of her school is one reason she applied to the fellowship.

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Controversial Topics Education Lesson Plan K-12 117

Edthena

AUGUST 13, 2021

On this episode of the Teaching Leading Learning K-12 Podcast, Edthena founder and CEO Adam Geller talked with Steve Miletto talked about all things professional learning, including how video is changing the game for giving educators feedback about their teaching. Now here’s Steve with this week’s show.

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Teaching K-12 Lesson Plan Professional Development 98

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Teacher Advocates are only available for classroom teachers currently using Studies Weekly materials. They are not available for homeschools.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Lesson Plan Classroom Management Professional Development 52

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Nifemi Ogunsuyi is a teacher leader in New York who participated in Teaching Matter’s Emerging Teacher Leadership Program (ETLP) to develop teacher leader skills, as well as their Master Teacher Program , an advanced micro-credentialing program that allows teachers to demonstrate her competence in leading other teachers.

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Professional Development Leadership Lesson Plan Teaching 119

ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

Teaching creativity and creative thinking in K-12 has always been valued but often challenging to implement. Many standards and curricula don’t call out creativity explicitly, and teachers aren’t often trained on how to teach and assess creative thinking. How would you respond to that?

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Pedagogy Advocacy K-12 Economics 135

Edthena

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Or even teaching fractions in a late-elementary classroom. New toolsets from Edthena allow any district to curate a video library of searchable lesson segments, tagged to teaching standards, and shared securely to all staff members within the district. Getting started with your video library of teaching.

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Library Teaching Lesson Plan Classroom Management 78

ED Surge

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Education experts were raising questions and expressing concerns about teaching shortages long before COVID-19 came into the picture, but the pandemic exacerbated the issue. During that period, I continued my duties as a para, ensuring the students I worked with met the goals and mandates of their Individualized Education Plan (IEP).

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Classroom Management Professional Development Lesson Plan Teaching 119

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2018

When they have a whole curriculum, aligned to the state’s common core standards and flexible enough to be adapted for the schools’ own particular students’ needs, she said, teachers can spend the bulk of their time teaching. But she said professional development and support are essential, too. And they’re lacking.

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K-12 Professional Development Lesson Plan Middle School 97

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. I’ve been teaching for 30 years, and now you’re gonna make me do what?”.

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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. Many of these kids (falsely) believe that there is nothing their teacher can teach them that they cannot discover online. That, of course, comes with drawbacks.

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Education Middle School Global Connections K-12 141

TCI

JANUARY 21, 2025

While games cannot replace classroom instruction, they can enhance learning when intentionally integrated into a lesson plan. In a recent TCI Summit session on gamification, we explored how incorporating games into teaching can transform the learning experience. What Are the Elements of a Good Game?

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K-12 Lesson Plan Critical Thinking Social Studies 52