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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ED Surge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

LEGO Education designs standards-aligned sets for K-8 students and offers plenty of free support for teachers, including more than 400 online lesson plans —ranging in focus from computer science and English Language Arts (ELA) to robotics and coding— self-guided professional development and an online community where teachers share tips and ideas.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2021

The students not only scored 11 percentage points higher on a science assessment but also performed 8 to 18 percentage points better on state math and reading tests than similar students who learned science the traditional way. The positive spillover effects for other subjects are noteworthy. It was a big investment.

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Project-Based Learning Middle School Social Studies Learning Science 145

ED Surge

AUGUST 16, 2022

In North Carolina, where I live, teachers are paid for “show time” with students, but there is little regard—and certainly no reward—for the hours of unpaid preparation and lesson planning it takes to keep a classroom running. I have always put in extra hours outside of the school day. It’s just a reality of the job. I felt trapped.

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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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Studies Weekly

APRIL 29, 2024

We hope students of Asian or Pacific Islander heritage share their experiences and their cultural traditions with their peers, and teachers include the contributions of Asian and Pacific Americans to our collective history in lessons this month. They helped shape our country into what it is today.

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Edthena

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The answer does not lie in a good lesson plan. Ayodele was interviewed for the teacher professional development resource portal PLtogether. Read our related Lounge Talk interview with Amy Tepper and Patrick Flynn about the shift from traditional to distance teaching and coaching. . So, how does a teacher prepare?

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Rosie the History Teacher

JULY 31, 2020

I am one of the lucky teachers who did not have to figure out how to change all of my lesson plans and adapt to online teaching overnight, because I have been teaching at a virtual school for a couple of years now. Now I do all of my lesson planning during the school day. It is pretty mind-blowing.

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Teaching Lesson Plan Museum History 52

ED Surge

AUGUST 4, 2023

Rapidly changing technology, particularly the emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in education has positioned faculty and leaders with a pivotal decision to make: Stick with the known comfort of traditional methods or experiment with the enticing, yet intimidating, potential of AI.

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Humanities Psychology Library Education 95

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 48

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

Within each subject, schools identified learning targets, clearly explaining what students would need to demonstrate in order to be considered “proficient” — a shift away from the traditional system’s emphasis on logging seat time to earn credits and progress. Related: When math lessons at a goat farm beat sitting behind a desk.

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Tradition High School Professional Development Social Studies 83

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Veteran or master teachers like Eckhoff, who often have rated highly under the new teacher evaluation standards and agreed to share their classrooms with aspiring teachers, are advising them on issues from the soft skills teacher candidates need to how to keep professional development useful and relevant once they’re on the job.

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Classroom Management Lesson Plan Pedagogy Elementary School 108

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Kids in traditional schools sometimes act like they’re on a cruise ship, where they sit on deck and teachers bring them stuff to do,” Berger said. “We New EL schools must first go through several months of professional development, classroom observation and co-teaching — both at the schools and at three-day intensive “institutes” off-site.

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Middle School Library Tradition Elementary School 111

Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

Job Embedded Professional Development. Professional Learning Communities. Job-Embedded Professional Development. Above all, it is most important to remember that effective professional-development programs are job-embedded and provide teachers with five critical elements (Darling-Hammond et al.,

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Research Education Professional Development Leadership 50

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

She has learned through experience how to teach students with a variety of disabilities, and works with a veteran special education teacher to modify lesson plans and tests. Vayda-Manzo said the school makes sure co-teachers have the same planning periods so they have time to plan lessons together each day.

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Middle School Professional Development Advocacy Teaching 89

ED Surge

AUGUST 23, 2022

I wish I had worked with John to develop more traditional writing skills and set him up for the reality that he would not always be in a quiet environment where the computer could clearly hear what he wanted to say — or for that matter, that he would have access to a computer at all.

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EdTech Professional Development Tradition Lesson Plan 107

Studies Weekly

MARCH 15, 2024

Preschool programs are also not subject to the same limitations as the traditional public school system, so some states can fund private or faith-based pre-K programs. Preschool prepares children for the structured learning programs, social interactions, and schedules of traditional K-12 schooling. 2021, May 10).

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K-12 Economics Professional Development Tradition 52

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

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2017

Our nine districts have been considering free or low-cost open educational resources alongside traditional options. As many states adopted new state standards in recent years, educational leaders voiced concerns that traditional publishers had not developed adequately aligned materials.

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Lesson Plan Professional Development Tradition Middle School 90

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 30, 2016

” I hear this lament frequently when I lead professional development. If you are a teacher who has taught in both a traditional 50-minute schedule and a block schedule, I’d love to have you share your experience in each scenario. How did having more time impact your lesson planning?

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Project-Based Learning Lesson Plan Professional Development Tradition 168

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. Now, with video conferencing tools, coaches are able to “visit” more classrooms on a given day.

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Artifacts Middle School Advocacy Lesson Plan 126

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Schools also have access to professional development gatherings in the fall and spring, a Summit “success manager” assigned to their schools and online support, all at no cost. Teachers in other schools have found the shift to project-based learning to be a massive, unwanted change from traditional instruction.

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Junior High Charter School Social Studies Elementary School 121

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2024

The entire district had just one teacher certified to teach English as a second language, no interpreters and very little by way of professional development. “We The district also invested in professional development for teachers, ensuring that it happened during work hours, said Ezzell.

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High School K-12 Heritage Professional Development 140

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Teachers project lesson plans onto interactive screens, and little hands reach for black Chromebook laptops, which are stacked like cafeteria trays in a large box called a Chromecart. Today, nearly every DelSesto lesson plan unspools from a Summit-brand “playlist,” a menu of personalized activities.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Professional Development Manager. ’ A prime example of this work from 2014 are the texts, lesson plans, and pedagogy shared by educators on Twitter through #FergusonSyllabus.” Where do you see education moving in 2015? Share your thoughts in the comment section below! (To Krista Moroder. ” Robert Bajor.

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Education Civics Pedagogy Lesson Plan 101