A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 4, 2021

Emphasize rigorous and relevant learning through scaffolded questions and tasks that teach priority standards while allowing immersion in key concepts and skills. assessments to priority standards. Establish continuous high expectations to instill a belief that all students can and will learn.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2023

Abolishing the routine of announced observations, having teachers provide artifacts of evidence to show the bigger picture since you can never see all that is done in a single observation, and prioritizing the collection assessments over lesson plans can also be effective. We then share collective insight while processing the feedback.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2024

To learn more about how districts are integrating innovative instructional practices and data-driven tools for more personalized learning, EdSurge spoke with Dr. Joseph Mancuso , Superintendent of Eastern York School District , and Michael Calvert , Director of Elementary Education at South Allegheny School District.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 11, 2019

This teacher also mines data at the individual student level to help students become active owners of their learning process. . The tradigital learning environment encourages all teachers — elementary, middle and high school — to adopt a station rotation model. Stage two involves differentiating those stations.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

In July 2018, Digital Promise launched a new Maker Learning Leadership Cohort dedicated to professional learning, peer connections, and school transformation in the Pittsburgh region. Today, step into any of Duquesne Elementary’s shared learning spaces and you will see students immersed in hands-on design work.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

teachers in mid-March to collect and share best practices, ideas, and common approaches to remote learning. More than half of those surveyed teach in public schools (66 percent) and more than half are elementary school teachers (60 percent). Like teachers, they are working crazy hours to help keep learning going.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

An active advocate of the Next Generation Science Standards, (NGSS), she eventually became Vermont’s Science Assessment Supervisor and has served as an NGSS curriculum reviewer and president of the board of the NSFs Society of Elementary Presidential Awardees. She also has every student write in a science notebook.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2023

BOSTON – Clark County School District (CCSD) in Nevada, has made Lexia LETRS ® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) professional learning programs available to most elementary schools in the district with a plan to continue expanding the program to additional elementary and early childhood teachers and administrators.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 24, 2019

Nicole Naditz on episode 478 Standards-based grading — where students are assessed by specific standards — is being discussed or implemented in many districts. Nicole is a sought after speaker and facilitator of professional learning on the topics of literacy, student voice, social justice, standards-based grading and more.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 16, 2020

Lauren Williams, a fifth grade teacher in California, works in a predominantly Latinx and Black K-5 elementary school, where almost half of the students are designated as English Learners (ELs). These learnings informed the five competencies in the “Transitioning to Digital Learning” stack, outlined below.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2021

16, 2021) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, announced today that all schools throughout Alabama can now boost literacy instruction via LETRS® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) professional learning. About Cambium Learning Group. BOSTON (Aug. showed growth in knowledge.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 17, 2019

The ACT Network schools share their solutions not only across the network, but nationally at two Forging Innovation in Rural Education (FIRE) Summits and on KVEC’s place-based learning platform, The Holler. A common need across the ACT Network schools is the need for personalized professional learning.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Pittsburgh, PA – In a groundbreaking move set to revolutionize elementary math education in the post-pandemic era , Carnegie Learning has launched ClearMath Elementary , its first core elementary math solution.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 24, 2021

Envision’s approach of relying heavily on performance assessments and formalized defenses in 8th, 10th, and 12th grades is designed to help deliver that result. If you order it, let me know what you think! ]. Excerpt 04. At Envision Academy, the goal is to “force epiphanies for kids.”

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Digital Promise

JULY 11, 2018

Grounded in the lessons learned from a year-long pilot with a national cohort of schools and the development of the Maker Learning Leadership Framework , this cohort program is dedicated to professional learning, peer connections, and school transformation in the Pittsburgh region. Crafton Elementary School.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2025

The five-year study, Improving Student Achievement Across State Borders and State Standards, concluded that the print, digital and hands-on program, coupled with high-quality professional learning, raises students standardized test scores. The difference for female students was statistically significant. Lapp and Anne B.

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eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2024

North Carolina based QoreInsights announced today the launch of a MicroGrant program where they will award three schools with free site wide licenses for unlimited use of their AI-enabled personalized professional learning platform, The Classroom Education Plan© (CEP). The total approximate value of the three awards is over $30,000.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

We asked educators to share their views about teaching and learning in 2025 (find industry predictions for 2025 here ). Here’s what they had to say: In 2025 and beyond, providing high-quality professional learning will be essential in retaining teachers, as well as helping to ensure they feel fulfilled in their work.

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Digital Promise

MAY 23, 2019

DuBois Academy—all started strong out of the gate in their first year as Verizon Innovative Learning schools. Strong coaching quickly built capacity among teachers, and by leveraging their devices in various ways, these schools had the highest student achievement growth in the county on their MAP assessment. STEM Culture of Innovation.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 28, 2019

Last year, thousands of educators across the country engaged with micro-credentials as a way of personalizing their professional learning and gaining recognition for their skills. Micro-credentials recognize educators who are meeting the complex, real-time demands of today’s classrooms.

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TeacherCast

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The Staff Needs Assessment is by far one of the most important and at the same time, most stressful part of the process in creating an EdTech Integration Plan for your school district. In this post, we are going to learn what a Staff Needs Assessment is, how it should be created, and how it should be shared with your staff.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2020

In California, the Saugus Union School District is in the third year of a professional learning community initiative focused on data-driven instruction. The PLC, implemented at SUSD’s 15 sites, includes a new curriculum and assessment structure.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

on Corippo is the Chief Innovation Officer for CUE, leading CUE’s professional learning throughout California and Nevada. Jon keynotes, leads and designs Professional Learning experiences all over the country. Full Bio As Submitted. Jon Corippo. Jon Corippo. It’s like, why are people grading anything?

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2024

We learned through the typical problems of bringing new technology into education, such as the need to bring the IT team and school administration in before attempting implementation! We engage in several research-practice partnerships to learn what works and how to overcome barriers to spread and scale techniques and innovate when needed.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

We were using Core5 in just six of our elementary schools prior to the pandemic,” said Dr. Mary Ann Reilly, assistant superintendent for Teaching and Learning. When COVID-19 hit and our schools transitioned to remote learning, we were able to quickly expand Core5 to all our elementary schools.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2020

In California, the Saugus Union School District is in the third year of a professional learning community initiative focused on data-driven instruction. The PLC, implemented at SUSD’s 15 sites, includes a new curriculum and assessment structure.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2020

In California, the Saugus Union School District is in the third year of a professional learning community initiative focused on data-driven instruction. The PLC, implemented at SUSD’s 15 sites, includes a new curriculum and assessment structure.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2024

Making tough choices Later this year, the final round of federal pandemic funding, known as Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER), will expire, leaving school budgets uncertain in many districts. Funds they have come to rely on for staffing and technology will end in September if not allotted.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2017

They’re doing awesome things to drive inquiry based learning. This fun, visual tool lets students explore 150 different science and social studies units for elementary and middle school learners. Learn more about formative assessment. We need to use our data to improve learning, with formative assessment.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 31, 2018

Learn about this program, how you can join in, and how you can become a better mentor. Jennifer Gonzalez has released her 2018 Teachers Guide to Technology with over 200 education technology tools including tools for assessment, flipped learning, presentations, parent engagement, video engagement and more.

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Hapara

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Upload all learning materials into one digital spot While Heather’s French learners added all of their content into Google Drive, as the Innovation Coach, she and her educators upgraded to Hāpara Workspace. This technology gave them one spot to upload all learning materials for a single lesson or project.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The second one is what we called, “Innovate Salisbury Professional Learning.” We had another professional learning cohort called “Leading Your Salisbury.”. And at the end of that year, we did some assessment, and we realized that we needed some more time to build this vision.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 3, 2019

It allows each person to contribute with shorter deadlines and individual deliverables and makes it easier to assess each person’s contribution. I advise teacher professional learning cohorts to start small if they plan to introduce a project-based learning unit. Collaborate with teachers in your school.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Pittsburgh, PA– Carnegie Learning , a leader in artificial intelligence for K-12 education and formative assessment, announced today that elementary students from Buchanan County, Virginia School District achieved unprecedented reading gains using Carnegie Learning’s Fast ForWord ® reading and language program.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Like all districts in Texas, we live and die through accountability ratings based on how our students perform on the state’s STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness) tests. To this end, we began using Renaissance Star Assessments districtwide in the 2015–2016 school year.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2022

In the C&I department, Katie supervises a team of 15+ instructional design coaches that serve about 20 school districts, oversees a national coach mentorship program, and also created and oversees Edge•U Badges, an anytime anywhere professional learning program for educators. Thank you to the Sponsor Lum.io for this episode.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 12, 2020

In California, the Saugus Union School District is in the third year of a professional learning community initiative focused on data-driven instruction. The PLC, implemented at SUSD’s 15 sites, includes a new curriculum and assessment structure.

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