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The Pivotal Role Movement Plays in Learning

A Principal's Reflections

The best part is the conversations that I get to have with learners, especially at the elementary level. Downing Elementary School with principal Marcos Lopez as part of some broader work in Ector County ISD. 2012; Erwin, Fedewa, & Ahn, 2013; Browning et al., Case in point. As we entered, the lesson was about to conclude.

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Redesigning for Deeper Learning: 10 cohorts for international school educators!

Dangerously Irrelevant

Elementary Teaching track – May 8, 15, and 22. The one question I’m asking at ISTE 2013. Middle School Teaching track – March 6, 20, and 27. Leadership for Deeper Learning track – April 3 and 10. Secondary Teaching track – April 17 and 24; May 1. Related Posts.

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Arts-based Teaching in Elementary Schools

EdNews Daily

With efforts like Rhode Island School of Design’s championing of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math, the arts remain at the forefront of dialogue about best practices in elementary education). Arts-based Teaching Models in Elementary Schools. in Elementary Education from Florida State University.

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K–12 Leaders Get Creative to Make the Case for Network Upgrades

EdTech Magazine

Two years ago, IT Services Director AJ Phillips needed to persuade her school board to purchase new network infrastructure, so she tapped her prior experience as an elementary school teacher and presented a show-and-tell. I told them we were at 1 gig in 2013, we went up to 2 gigs in 2015, and now we need 10 gigs,” Phillips says. “We

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Amidst Opioid Addiction, Plummeting Morale, One Elementary School Reinvents Itself

Edsurge

When you enter Parker-Varney Elementary School, you are immediately struck by the relaxed atmosphere. Four years ago, in 2013, Parker-Varney was listed as a “School in Need of Improvement.” Across Parker-Varney Elementary, teachers focus on what can work rather than on what is not working. It wasn’t always this way.

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Put your outside helpers to work

Dangerously Irrelevant

Workshop 3 (elementary teachers / instructional coaches) = redesigning elementary lessons for deeper learning. When it comes to educators and technology… Learn about robust, technology-infused learning at the 2013 Iowa 1:1 Institute. Workshop 2 (leadership teams) = leadership challenges related to deeper learning.

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Retraining an entire state’s elementary teachers in the science of reading

The Hechinger Report

But this fall, everyone at Viewmont Elementary School is in masks, so she has to listen more intently than usual. Some teachers in Hickory Public Schools, where Viewmont Elementary is located, have been focusing more on the science of reading in recent years, spurred in part by the influence of a local education college.