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Supporting and Rewarding Teachers with Time

A Principal's Reflections

Eric Sheninger (@E_Sheninger) January 19, 2022 As someone who is in schools on a weekly basis and working side by side with educators under these conditions, I always ask what could be done to make their professional lives a little bit easier. That means no meetings, phone calls, emails, or mandated professional development.

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Eye Opening! Harvard Researchers Say Data Isn’t Improving Student Outcomes

The CoolCatTeacher

“Studying student data seems to not at all improve student outcomes in most of the evaluations I’ve seen,” said Heather Hill, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education , at a February 2022 presentation of the Research Partnership for Professional Learning, a new nonprofit organization that seeks to improve teaching.

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When Growth is the Only Path Forward

A Principal's Reflections

During the spring of 2022, I met Nicki Slaugh , who serves as principal, and many of her staff at a school system where we were all there to facilitate professional learning on Personalized Competency-Based Learning (PCBL). After several workshops, I began coaching cycles in the fall of 2022.

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edWeb 2022 Teacher Professional Learning Survey

edWeb.net

edWeb.net is a free professional learning network that provides educators with online professional learning communities and edWebinars. edWeb provides personalized, collaborative learning—anytime, anywhere. For the past five years, we’ve conducted a Teacher Professional Learning Survey.

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Ciena Solutions Challenge: Register and Encourage the Next Generation of Problem-Solvers

Digital Promise

Throughout the Challenge, Digital Promise and Ciena will offer professional learning and mentoring opportunities to support educators and students through Challenge Based Learning to explore big ideas, ask thoughtful questions, investigate challenges, and act to create solutions. Submission Deadline: January 2022.

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2021 Reflections: Looking Back and Harnessing Powerful Possibilities

Digital Promise

Don’t be ahistorical, which is a huge problem in education innovation—revisit 2020-2021 in 2022 and give people the dedicated time to remember and reflect together. The relationship between edtech and learning is now deeply and permanently interwoven. What the education sector should prioritize in 2022.

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Educator Micro-credentials Policy Map Provides an Update of State and District Use of Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

The unique and pressing needs of the ongoing global pandemic accelerated the adoption of education technology and innovations that could support urgent and evolving needs and provide on-demand and flexible learning. Micro-credentials are a quickly shifting landscape.

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