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RTI and MTSS: A Powerful Blueprint To Help Every Student Thrive

The CoolCatTeacher

Mike is also a thought leader in professional learning communities (PLCs) and the PLC at Work process, advancing the work of his mentors Richard DuFour and Robert Eaker. At both schools, he helped create Model PLCs, improving learning for all students. He co-created the RTI at Work approach to systematic interventions.

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Boost Morale with These Simple Strategies

A Principal's Reflections

Examples include release time, professional learning opportunities off-site, a premium parking spot, tickets to school events, books, and school supplies. 2004), "Making workplace fun more functional", Industrial and Commercial Training, Vol. Some schools have large-scale team-building events both on and off-site. & Ryan, R.

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Courageous Conversations: Let’s Talk about Fighting Racism

The CoolCatTeacher

Now in the age of COVID-19 the TGR Foundation and Discovery Education introduce the first module in a new series of no-cost digital professional learning resources, empowering educators with new strategies to support student success far beyond school campuses.

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The End is Only the Beginning

A Principal's Reflections

For it is they who made the choice to go down the road less traveled five years ago when we began transforming our learning culture. Jerry, Joe, and Mary have been with me in some sort of capacity since the beginning in 2004. Then there is my administrative team at the high school.

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How an LMS Can Solve Professional Learning's Challenges—and Keep Master Teachers Engaged

Edsurge

The idea of using a learning management system (LMS) to deliver professional learning and development to K-12 educators is not new—but it’s not quite mainstream, either. The organization has been providing LMS-based professional learning for the state’s educators since 2004. “We Hint: Think AI.)

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

Teaching quality has been defined as “instruction that enables a wide range of students to learn” ( Darling-Hammond, 2012 ), and it is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement ( Hanushek, 2011 ; Nye, Konstantopoulos, and Hedges, 2004 ; Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005 ).

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PROOF POINTS: Debunking the myth that teachers stop improving after five years

The Hechinger Report

In a 2004 paper, economist Jonah Rockoff, now at Columbia Business School, tracked how teachers improved over their careers and noticed that teachers were getting better at their jobs by leaps and bounds at first, as measured by their ability to raise their students’ achievement test scores.

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