A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 12, 2010

As a result, I have seen my own knowledge increase in these areas, participated in exciting professional development opportunities, presented at both my school and at other events on web 2.0, The other day I was talking to a friend of mine who teaches in another part of New Jersey. Here is a great example.

Professional Development 269

Professional Development EdTech Educational Technology Leadership 269

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 30, 2019

The same can be said about drive-by professional development. When it is all said and done, the best experiences are ongoing and job-embedded so that the needed support, application into practice, feedback, and accountability for growth lead to actual changes to teaching, learning, and leadership.

Leadership 408

Leadership Archiving Professional Development Tradition 408

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Traditional Grading Practices and Homework There is a great deal of research out there that supports changes to how educators grade and the use of homework. How will you work to improve professional learning in your school or district? Will you challenge the status quo to improve the educational experience for your learners?

Professional Development 338

Professional Development Leadership Tradition Research 338

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2025

As a sector, we are being bombarded with reports of our failings in the teaching of maths, which leaves teachers and principals across the country feeling uncertain of what to do, and how to teach maths effectively, Rodgers wrote in a report to her school community at the end of the sabbatical. Not any more.

Government 107

Government Professional Development K-12 Teaching 107

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2016

This past summer, I had the opportunity to observe district leaders, teachers, and university supervisors from TeachOregon’s Salem-Keiser Teacher Preparation Collaborative as they trained new mentor teachers in the effective co-teaching of new residents. Third, there’s teaching quality. Planning is the second theme that loomed large.

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Tradition Classroom Management Professional Development Education Policy 111

A Principal's Reflections

JULY 15, 2013

It is a distraction to the teaching and learning process. School administrators can use blogs as a powerful public relations tool in lieu of traditional newsletters and email blasts. It also teaches them about how social media can be used responsibly, to support learning, and as a professional tool.

Global Connections 268

Global Connections Professional Development High School Educational Technology 268

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 11, 2011

Succumbing to the negative rhetoric, abiding by the status quo, and having a bunker mentality will do nothing to initiate needed changes in our building to improve teaching and learning. Breathe Life Into Professional Development Most teachers cringe when they hear the words "professional development" and rightfully so.

Pedagogy 235

Pedagogy Leadership Professional Development Cultures 235

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 5, 2018

However, there is another significant impediment to change that doesn’t get as much focus as it should and that is tradition. Tradition, combined with the comfort of the status quo, forms a plausible excuse for not changing. To create a thriving culture , some hard battles against tradition need to be fought.

Cultures 239

Cultures Tradition Professional Development Teaching 239

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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Library Charter School Education Lesson Plan 114

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

Every teacher at her school, the Health Sciences High and Middle College, in San Diego, shares in the responsibility of teaching students literacy skills, regardless of the subject they teach. For decades, the primary methods for teaching students how to read in the U.S.

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High School Teaching Primary Sources K-12 145

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 8, 2016

By carefully analyzing current components of professional practice, educators can begin to make the necessary paradigm shifts to replace existing practices with more effective and relevant ones. Communications Schools still rely on traditional means (email, newsletters, phone calls). More importantly, it can empower our learners.

Leadership 257

Leadership Tradition Professional Development History 257

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 16, 2012

The resulting article described New Milford High School’s many accomplishments pertaining to the use of educational technology to enhance the teaching and learning process. To put some perspective on this, not one traditional classroom had an Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) in it four years ago. Currently we now have twenty.

Professional Development 271

Professional Development Pedagogy Cultures Educational Technology 271

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 16, 2018

To capitalize on this energy, most school districts organize mandatory professional development opportunities for teachers designed to teach them a new teaching strategy or introduce them to a new piece of technology. Without support, it is easy to abandon a new teaching technique, strategy, or technology tool.

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Professional Development Leadership Tradition Teaching 164

Teaching American History

DECEMBER 17, 2024

For the past year, Teaching American Historys webinars have been about the presidential election. We spent this fall diving into the rhetorical traditions of American politics. Those who remain digitally present for the duration of the conversation will receive an attendance letter from Teaching American History for 1.25

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources American History Professional Development History 52

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 16, 2017

NJ mandated every district to adopt an evaluation tool that was more detailed and moved away from the traditional narrative report. The focus should be on how this change will improve teaching, learning, and/or leadership. Here is what we learned: Be a part of the solution – Large-scale change typically happens at the district level.

Leadership 252

Leadership Professional Development Cultures Tradition 252

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

When Steven Chan founded Goodnotes, he was a student at the time, and so his commitment to understanding the teaching and learning experiences of the community he built was essential to his mission, which is to revolutionize the way ideas are shaped and amplified. Remove grading for non-end-of-year assessment work.

Teaching 119

Teaching EdTech Library Private School 119

ED Surge

MARCH 28, 2022

This work requires a depth of discipline and perseverance from our students that can at times be difficult to foster within the limits of traditional instruction. The white picket fence, two kids, and the traditional nine-to-five workday are quickly losing their appeal. The American Dream no longer exists as Gen Xers know it to be.

Teaching 112

Teaching Tradition Pedagogy Professional Development 112

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 10, 2022

Teaching has always been a demanding profession, but this school year takes the cake! I’d argue that the answer is , in part, giving them the permission and tools to rethink traditional workflows. Second, I want students to develop into expert learners capable of sharing the responsibility for learning.

Project-Based Learning 186

Project-Based Learning Professional Development Tradition Critical Thinking 186

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 6, 2010

Learning environments that are structured in such a way will not only help students think critically, problem solve, and master the content, but also teach them how to be digitally responsible. To get that same information on our traditional website would have taken a week’s worth of emails and action by two or three different staff members.

Leadership 259

Leadership EdTech Educational Technology Professional Development 259

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Students can be excellent little actors in a traditional classroom, going through the motions of “ studenting ,” but not learning much. That’s the argument of Peter Liljedahl, a professor of mathematics education at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, who has spent years researching what works in teaching. How did that go?

Research 145

Research Teaching Pedagogy Elementary School 145

Edthena

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In the news What if professional development could be as dynamic and personalized as the classrooms we envision for our students? Vrain Valley Schools is transforming professional development with AI, read the full article from NASSP. Thats exactly what St. Vrain Valley Schools in Longmont, Colorado, is making a reality.

Professional Development 52

Professional Development Interactive Learning Leadership Tradition 52

Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Teaching is intense, vulnerable work. We can look at student data and try new instructional strategies all day long, but until we learn to navigate all of these complex feelings, the work of improving our teaching will always be limited at best. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org? The school’s out of control.

Humanities 224

Humanities Pedagogy Professional Development Library 224

ED Surge

MARCH 7, 2023

There’s a growing market for the convenience, accurate feedback and interaction that voice-based AI reading tools provide, due to the unprecedented fall in NAEP reading scores across the country coupled with mounting concerns about modern strategies for teaching literacy.

Teaching 124

Teaching EdTech Professional Development Tutoring 124

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

This content goes far beyond traditional formats like film, television and print because it isn’t static; it’s both immersive and interactive. 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. Need a hand?

Teaching 115

Teaching Lesson Plan Library Professional Development 115

Catlin Tucker

JULY 3, 2020

What I want to avoid is a situation where teachers are presented with an alternative schedule in August and given a handful of professional development days to figure out how to adjust a semester’s worth of curriculum for a hybrid schedule. Schedule 2 also divides the school population into two groups: Group A and Group B.

Pedagogy 218

Pedagogy Leadership Professional Development Tradition 218

A Principal's Reflections

JULY 30, 2017

As a teacher, I was only afforded the opportunity to work with a limited number of students who I had the pleasure of teaching. They should never perceive that they are inferior to their peers if they don’t do well on standardized tests or more traditional, one-size-fits-all assessments. Perception always surrounds our work and us.

Leadership 257

Leadership Professional Development Tradition High School 257

ED Surge

MARCH 26, 2025

This includes recognizing talents in areas such as creativity, leadership and problem-solving as well as traditional academic measures. Providing professional development opportunities that focus on culturally responsive teaching practices and the unique needs of gifted Black boys is essential.

Education 58

Education Advocacy Middle School Cultures 58

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.

Teaching 106

Teaching Leadership Lesson Plan Professional Development 106

Edthena

MARCH 6, 2025

” The piece explores how AI-powered coaching tools, like the AI Coach platform by Edthena , are reshaping professional development by making coaching more accessible, scalable, and efficient. Patty Hagan, a teaching and learning coach at St. The AI is not evaluating the teacheryoure evaluating yourself, she said.

Professional Development 52

Professional Development Humanities Tradition Teaching 52

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

My reading regularly inspires my blogs, books, teaching, and work with educators. This year, traditional approaches to professional development may feel daunting because teachers are spread thin due to substitute shortages and the challenges associated with returning to physical classrooms.

Professional Development 143

Professional Development Tradition Teaching Education 143

Edthena

MARCH 31, 2020

Educators who were expecting to teach in classrooms in Beijing, China, are now teaching virtual classes remotely from their homes. Asynchronous Teaching. The international team teaches using the learning management system Moodle. During the first few weeks, patience and flexibility was a necessity. Teacher Support.

Teaching 75

Teaching Professional Development Tradition Education 75

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.

Project-Based Learning 168

Project-Based Learning Lesson Plan Professional Development Tradition 168

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

According to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, states and school systems spend $18 billion annually on professional development for educators in the United States, and almost all teachers participate in some form of professional development. under which circumstances would they earn them.

Professional Development 125

Professional Development K-12 Tradition Teaching 125

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 23, 2025

Alabamas First Class Pre-K program, ranked among the nations best, prioritizes small student-teacher ratios, play-based learning and high-quality professional development embedding relationship-building into early education. Thats why some of the most effective initiatives dont look like traditional schools at all.

Humanities 65

Humanities Economics Professional Development High School 65

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 The post COLUMN: Want teachers to teach climate change?

Teaching 96

Teaching K-12 Professional Development Civics 96

TCI

MARCH 25, 2025

However, recent research highlights the crucial role of social studies instruction in developing strong reading skills. Train Educators to Teach Content-Rich Literacy: Provide professional development that helps teachers integrate social studies instruction into literacy frameworks effectively.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Primary Sources Civics Critical Thinking 52

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2020

In my book, Balance with Blended Learning , I invite teachers to reimagine teaching and learning by partnering with students. To better support shared learning, I’ve partnered with Learning Innovation Catalyst (LINC) to offer learning modules through LINCspring , their online coaching and professional development platform.

Project-Based Learning 145

Project-Based Learning Library Professional Development Tradition 145