A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 15, 2020

As of late, I have been working with quite a few districts on personalization through a variety of blended learning strategies. My experience in this area began over three years ago, thanks to having the opportunity to coach teachers and administrators at Wells Elementary School. Ownership of learning shouldn’t just be for students.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The overreaching goal for each session was to support instructional strategies aligned to rigor & relevance and the 6 C's with a focus on the purposeful use of technology. This was then followed with strategies and tools for embedding tech that would assist with both differentiation of instruction and co-planning (virtually).

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 1, 2017

Today Alan November @globalearner shares an assessment idea that is gaining steam. In today’s ThoughtLeader Thursday, start thinking about this new idea in assessment. In today’s show, Alan November discusses a groundbreaking new assessment strategy to make you think: The origins of this strategy.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 16, 2021

Teachers are freed from orchestrating a lesson and able to conference with learners about their progress, provide feedback on work in progress, or conduct side-by-side assessments. Standards-aligned boards Strategy-specific boards Thematic boards Review and practice boards Project or performance task boards. Designing Choice Boards.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2023

To help you get started, I've compiled ten specific strategies that I used during my tenure as a high school principal and now help other leaders with during coaching cycles. When a teacher struggles with assessments, provide or co-create an example assessment. We then share collective insight while processing the feedback.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

BOSTON – Adaptive learning company HMH today announced HMH Performance Suite –a first-of-its-kind teaching and learning solution that integrates assessment, Tier 1 curriculum and instruction to harmonize K-12 classroom teaching practices on a single platform. Liberty Elementary School in Tulare, Calif.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Elementary school teachers often lack confidence in teaching math and are math anxious themselves. To improve these math mindsets, there are strategies for teachers to model growth mindset and give growth mindset feedback so students learn that struggle and mistakes are normal parts of the math learning process. Cruz and Ms.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 23, 2020

As I continually work with more and more districts and schools on an ongoing basis, ideas keep percolating in my mind as to the pedagogically-sound strategies that educators can use now. Many readers have noticed that many of the strategies I have shared are also effective for face-to-face learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 4, 2021

A more sensitive and pragmatic strategy is to develop systemwide supports for learning recovery through acceleration. assessments to priority standards. Be bold by questioning current assessments and their purpose to determine if you need them all. It’s not their fault that a pandemic occurred.

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Then, you’ll learn several practical and research-based strategies to help your students build reading comprehension skills. The early years are vital to a child’s long-term achievement in reading, so teaching vocabulary and content knowledge in preschool and in the elementary grades is essential. They go hand in hand.

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Waterford

DECEMBER 22, 2021

In this article, you’ll learn more about why phonics skills are so important for literacy development, then discover helpful strategies for teaching elementary students—with five free downloadable teacher resources from Waterford.org! Teaching Phonics in the Classroom: Strategies and Resources. Learning the ABCs can be fun!

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 14, 2020

I’d like to propose using a creative strategy to free the teacher from needing to be “on” presenting information or orchestrating the lesson. For example, an elementary teacher may want to focus on a specific season or weather pattern while a secondary teacher might focus on cell division or energy sustainability.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 28, 2021

In a previous post , I shared how members of the 4th-grade team at Red Cliffs Elementary School in the Juab School district collaborated to create a personalized experience that combined choice and data to differentiate. District 205 has given us the opportunity to have an instructional coach at each elementary building.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 9, 2018

Fleming says whether the district sets up a makerspace in an elementary school library, in a middle school classroom or in a high school cafeteria, each makerspace has a unique quality. Assess the School’s Existing STEM Programs. CDW VV2 Strategy. It’s really a mindset and a philosophy of education.”. Content Subtype.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Blended learning is one of many strategies that can add a level of personalization while also making the experience a bit more personal with the right conditions. In each case, the station rotation model has been the preferred strategy. One such method that is rapidly gaining traction is blended learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Assessing student learning used to be as simple as giving a test that consisted of multiple choice, True/False, short answer, and/or essay. Habits, templates, and routines are much easier than reinventing the assessment wheel but a tool that results in passionate students committed to lifelong learning gets my attention.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2024

Look for apps and programs that cover key concepts and skills taught in early elementary grades, such as phonics , early literacy , basic math skills and foundational science concepts. Edtech tools streamline the formative assessment process, making it more efficient and less intrusive.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 17, 2021

While mandate-focused trainings do very little to inspire the masses, one-and-done and drive-by events likewise do very little to provide educators with strategies to effectively implement the ideas or show what they look like in practice. Any investment made should lead to efficacy. Below are a few examples.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Now, before I go any further, it goes without saying that I see fantastic examples of sound pedagogical practice and innovative strategies that are leading to improved learning outcomes. In addition, I will provide additional strategies and resources. How do you know if the class got it at the end of a lesson?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 19, 2020

2 – Designing Online Assessments As you assess learning online, you’ll want to use the research-based best practices for online assessments. Feedback using your formative and summative assessment tools is also essential. Check out Designing Online Assessments for Students — a course that can help you in this area.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 18, 2021

It warmed my heart when Amy Rhodes, the principal of Bevins Elementary, shared what she had recently implemented in regard to feedback. Next, we moved on to formative assessment and then on to questioning and discussion. My role was to provide then direct feedback on all the evidence shared while also engaging the group to do the same.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 28, 2020

However, it was not until I changed the way I approached feedback, assessment, and parent communication that I had an epiphany. If teachers and students work together to assess, track, and reflect on the learning happening in the classroom, teachers will have the time and energy to innovate and personalize learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

These days, almost every math curriculum in early childhood and elementary school includes games, usually a board or dice game, says Yvonne Liu-Constant, a practitioner specialist for Project Zero. It teaches students to come up with strategies for performing math, he says. Another Word for Fun?

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

More than half of those surveyed teach in public schools (66 percent) and more than half are elementary school teachers (60 percent). Consider giving students a series of assignments over a period of time where only one or two, not all, will be assessed for a grade. ClassTag surveyed more than 1,200 U.S.

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Hapara

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Educators could add digital resources and assessment pieces, and learners could submit assignments. When you add content to a Workspace, you can allow students to directly upload their assessments, whether it’s a video, a Google Slides presentation, an audio file or a link to an app.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Recently, EdSurge spoke with three educational leaders from Bourbonnais Elementary School District 53 in Illinois about their experiences with and strategies for using technology to enrich classroom environments. Shepard Elementary School. Moulton plays a key role in this phase.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

From our conversations with kindergarten through third grade teachers, literacy coaches, and principals in 17 elementary schools across the country, we highlight below three ways schools are reimagining student supports during a year of distance instruction. For many adults, assessment was for your grade [when they were in school].

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2024

They already visit web-based edutainment sites as early as preschool, use ‘Instagram’ and multi-player XBox games in elementary school, and have made text messaging and Facebook their communication of choice by Middle School. All of these factors can be summed up in one strategy: Learn to thrive as a digital citizen.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

questions, assessments, tech used by kids for learning, student work, etc.). Over the years, I have shared all of the wonderful things happening at Wells Elementary, as I am now in my third year as their coach. I am fortunate to be involved in several long-term projects where I have been able to document growth over time.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 11, 2019

We wanted to honor our teachers’ past successes and identify effective teaching strategies from our traditional classrooms while also enhancing those tactics with best practices gleaned from our one-to-one classrooms. Teachers may give assessments before each unit or standard, which sorts students into three groups: high, middle, low. .

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 6, 2023

While educators can leverage many high-agency strategies, choice might be the most essential element of personalization because it allows students to take ownership of their own learning in so many different ways. Let students know what they need to learn and how they will be assessed. Below you can see a few examples. Be flexible.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

As most school systems have learned by now, assessing learning in a pandemic comes with all sorts of challenges, including but not limited to how (and where) to assess students and whether the data being gathered is even accurate. As assessment and curriculum leaders for two different districts, we’re still discovering the answers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

It’s online assessment, practice, and instruction for K-6 students with a tagline: Curiously fun, amazingly effective, refreshingly affordable. Education Galaxy provides online assessment, practice, and instruction in a highly engaging environment for students. Learning Strategies for your Classroom.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

The message that I try to convey is that technology should not be separate from sound instructional design, but instead serve as a ubiquitous entity that supports or enhances curriculum, instruction, and assessment. While conducting some coaching visits at Wells Elementary School recently, I saw Ms. Mican using Quizizz.

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Waterford

JULY 7, 2022

It’s one of the best strategies to create a positive learning environment for all students. Family partnerships formed during elementary school years build a strong foundation for future student success and continued engagement.[6] Parent Involvement and Children’s Academic and Social Development in Elementary School.”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2025

Its explicit teaching, in a structured manner, mastering the basics before you move on, and then making sure were assessing along the way to make sure that theyre on track. Can a new strategy make a difference for students? It found that 22 percent of the countrys Year 8 students were at or above mathematics benchmarks.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Seesaw (web, iOS, Android, Chromebook, and Kindle Fire) is the digital portfolio platform I currently use with my elementary students. Teachers can communicate effectively with both parents and students in multiple languages, assess students, and collect work.

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