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Leveraging SWOT to Navigate the Winds of Change

A Principal's Reflections

Second, knowing where a district or school stands can facilitate comparisons with similar schools or district benchmarks. A SWOT analysis can be a valuable tool for leaders to assess their institution's overall health and identify potential areas for growth. This can reveal gaps in performance or areas where you are excelling.

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3 Reasons Teachers Should Use the Playlist Model

Catlin Tucker

” I wrote a blog about the difference , but here is a quick comparison that might help. As a result, teachers can use their class time more effectively, working directly with individual students or small groups who need additional instruction, support, or scaffolding. You listen to a sequence of songs in a particular order.

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For Schools, Time Was Already Scarce. Here’s What They’ll Need to Restart in Fall.

Edsurge

Student Assessment By now (mid-June), nearly every school in the U.S. Quality formative assessments, a requisite for providing meaningful instruction, will be especially important for closing COVID learning gaps. has been running remotely for twelve weeks.

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National Achievement Report Finds Varied Rates of Recovery from COVID-19 Impact

eSchool News

Based on the assessment data of 3.8 million students’ assessments. Assessment scores from all 50 states and the District of Columbia were included in the sample, which consisted of students in grades 1–8 who took Star Early Literacy, Star Reading, or Star Math assessments during fall 2019, fall 2020, and winter 2020–2021.

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?How Game-Based Learning Encourages Growth Mindset

Edsurge

Adaptive GBL platforms can help by doing the heavy lifting, handling instructional planning, delivery, and data collection in mixed ability classrooms. Adaptive GBL platforms can help by doing the heavy lifting, handling instructional planning, delivery, and data collection in mixed ability classrooms.

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Why I Had to Develop a Unique Learner Profile to Meet the Needs of My Students

Edsurge

I’ve learned that I need to know my students academically and personally so I can modify instruction to be as effective, engaging and rigorous as possible, so every year I craft personal learner profiles for my students that go beyond their IEP goals and basic personality surveys. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and B.F.

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ReadWorks Review for Teachers and Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

You can also organize students into different groups and differentiate instruction based on students needs. ReadWorks offers several features to enhance reading instruction and learning. Then they can re-assign it periodically to see how their students are growing and changing through our robust data comparison options."

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