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Model What You Preach: Pedagogy at the Heart of Professional Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Thus, I basically just shared what my teachers and students were doing at New Milford High School (NJ) and the evidence that showed how our implementations of innovative ideas were improving student outcomes as well as teaching, learning, and leadership practices. Pedagogy should be at the heart of all professional learning , in my opinion.

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Purchasing Devices Does Not Equate to Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Teaching will and must be different. We found great success at my school during our digital transformation by focusing on pedagogy first, technology second if appropriate mindset. Drive-by professional development did not work in the past. It is okay to admit that we were ill-prepared before and during the pandemic.

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Avoiding Synchronous Video Fatigue During Remote Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Educators have taken a critical lens as to why they teach the way they do and how it can be done more effectively. Facilitating professional learning using video conferencing tools is exhausting. I bet many of you have experienced the same thing in meetings and professional development since the pandemic began.

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5 Keys for Successful Remote Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Pedagogy Let’s begin with engagement. Successful remote learning is dependent on the consistent utilization of effective teaching strategies and pedagogy that empowers all kids to think and apply their thinking in relevant ways. Additionally, the digital divide is wider than many perceived.

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Edtech Tools for SPED, Math, and Reading

A Principal's Reflections

My role, like in many other similar districts across the country, has been to assist the teachers and administrators with digital pedagogy leading to purposeful use and efficacy using the framework below. They have utilized me as a keynoter, coach (leadership and teaching), and workshop presenter. Some aren't new, but others might be.

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Supporting and Rewarding Teachers with Time

A Principal's Reflections

I don’t have to go into specifics as they are well known, but many of the issues include quarantined students, skeleton classes, concurrent teaching, covering classes, abrupt shifts to remote or hybrid learning, increasing demands, and personal exposure to the virus. Scaling professional learning is hard.

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Time is What Teachers Need Right Now

A Principal's Reflections

I have seen incredible lessons and activities that have both engaged and empowered learners through the purposeful use of technology, sound pedagogy, and personalized strategies. Remote learners can be placed in the same rotation to eliminate the back and forth that often occurs when trying to teach both groups simultaneously.

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