A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

With little to no training or preparation, they have stepped up to keep learning going. More than half of those surveyed teach in public schools (66 percent) and more than half are elementary school teachers (60 percent). There is so much pressure on teachers as more and more schools close for the academic year as a result of COVID19.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

They have a huge catalog of K-12 education training classes that are offered online, on open schedules, and at affordable rates. Model Teaching is an online educator training program with a goal not only to provide teaching knowledge but to improve overall student performance. assess success at completion. Elementary Math.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

You’ll see when you login that you start off by being able to add activities, explore the resources they have, or get some training on how to use this collaborative learning tool. In particular, math teachers and elementary teachers will love the manipulatives that you can adapt for your own lessons. .

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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. Understand ‘Digital Citizenship’ Current best practices say don’t hide students from the digital world.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2019

to help them assess their technical and professional development needs. . Your elementary teachers might be further along than your high school teachers,” she says. So, the training was less ‘Here’s exactly how to do this’ and more ‘Here’s how you can use this set of tools in your classroom.’ ” . It’s been a really long game.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2024

Teaching Credentials : Prioritize tutors with teaching certificates or licenses, ensuring they’re trained in effective instructional strategies. Age Group Familiarity : Select someone experienced with teaching children in your child’s age group, as pedagogy varies significantly between elementary and high school levels.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

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.

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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). In many schools, the structures and training were not there to support effective digital learning. Conducting a Needs Assessment.

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User Generated Education

JANUARY 22, 2023

As I always do, I am exploring its use in my classes (elementary-level gifted education). General Ideas for Using ChatGPT in Education ChatGPT, according to ChatGPT, is a variant of the GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) language model that has been specifically designed for generating human-like text for chatbot applications.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2021

It wasn’t part of their teacher training program so they rely on school PD to fill the many holes in blending tech with education. Moreover, sending teachers into the workforce without adequate training is equivalent to sending doctors out to practice without learning to treat specific ailments.

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Waterford

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Yet you might be wondering why it’s worth planning professional training opportunities on the science of reading for your educators? Read on to learn how training on the science of reading can transform your school district. Then, find strategies for turning training sessions into daily practice.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2021

The reasons were varied (teacher training, infrastructure, and professional support to name a few), but one of the most prominent was money. Elementary and middle school children can read the books or have them read aloud to them. In school subscriptions, quizzes are available to assess student basic comprehension skills.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Yet many counselors receive little or no training in college counseling. Instead, training focuses on helping students cope with social and emotional problems. Recognizing that the pendulum has swung far from college and career counseling, a few states, including California, have started requiring more training in these areas.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

The report looked at how students at 435 of the biggest California districts performed on its statewide test, based on the national Smarter Balanced assessments, for three years beginning in 2015. At the top of the pack for both African American and white student achievement was Chula Vista Elementary, located south of San Diego.

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Waterford

JANUARY 30, 2020

And finally, if you are a school administrator, plan an emotional intelligence training session for your faculty. Emotional intelligence training and SEL programs are not only linked to a positive classroom environment, but they also improve overall academic performance.[11,13]. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2012, 30(4), pp.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2019

Teachers need to accept what they do not know and what they have not been trained on and what they may not be used to because I really believe teachers are more important than ever, they are just important in different ways. . So, when I look at that, I think every elementary, middle and high school should have an esports team. .

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

You’ll find them in elementary classrooms and university lecture halls. Student feedback and assessment with optional audience response accessories. As with any new EdTech tool, training and professional development are critical to success. Findings from the Marzano study support the importance of teacher training.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2022

Tip #2: Seek Out Training Katie: Second is to seek out training. So if you hang out with amazing trainers, you will actually pick up tips on how to have engaging training. Head to Lumio for more information and to sign up for FREE. So this might sound kind of obvious, but I think coaches are like ultimate power providers.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 3, 2017

ESL / ELL Tutors (elementary through high school, all three counties). Assessing for National Board is a great professional development opportunity, and an invaluable part of the National Board Certification process. National Board assessors consistently report that the assessment process is a great professional development experience.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 16, 2018

Rather than instructors pointing fingers at IT staff (or vice versa), Antwon Lincoln, instructional technology coordinator at Chula Vista Elementary School District , says that collaboration and communication are the keys to success. All of a sudden, they went from supporting devices to supporting assessment,” said Lincoln.

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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. Teachers might not feel comfortable using the tool with students yet, or it could be that they haven’t had enough training.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2018

Digital resources can save teachers innumerable hours of planning, grading, assigning, and assessing in the classroom. Assessments can be altered with settings to meet the needs of all students with a few short clicks. After adequate training, online resources such as USATestprep become go-to materials in the classroom.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 12, 2016

This week I had the pleasure of training a group of elementary teachers on blended learning strategies. Assessment. Elementary teachers, who are teaching all subjects, may combine reading, math and vocabulary activities on a single board. As a group, they wanted to focus on: Differentiation. Student choice.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 29, 2018

From stop motion to video controls and cool add-ins for formative assessment and graphics, learn about this Swiss Army Knife of Google tools – Google Slides. Kasey: Pear Deck is a formative assessment tool. Adding those formative assessments in and preparing for those. Let’s look at it. Vicki: Yes. Those days are over.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Milo’s usage is still limited to training two to three students at a time and the team at RoboKind is working to implement Milo in bigger classrooms. An emotionally active robot like MONICA assesses the students’ cognitive states, i.e., is the student concentrating, distracted, or inactive? Pepper (Age group 5-12).

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 5, 2015

Jayson Snyder, principal of Meadows Edge Elementary in Indiana, shares the secrets: formative assessment, intentional intervention, and how data-driven instruction should look. They work hard to train teachers and have a “yet” mindset. Meadow’s Edge Elementary. What are the improvement secrets?

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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. This journey requires collaboration among technology teams, instructional coaches and educators.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2024

Research formality ranges from classroom-based informal needs assessment and feedback regarding professional learning to high-level National Science Foundation-funded studies. The initial training and implementation focused on these teachers providing feedback on tool integration. Iterate on what works and learn from what doesn’t.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 3, 2017

ESL / ELL Tutors (elementary through high school, all three counties). Assessing for National Board is a great professional development opportunity, and an invaluable part of the National Board Certification process. National Board assessors consistently report that the assessment process is a great professional development experience.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

Under Jon’s Leadership, and with his CUE Professional Learning Team, CUE PL has trained over 32,000 teachers in 2015-2017. chief innovation officer of CUE, who has helped train 32,000 educators since he’s been there. Every week day you’ll learn powerful practical ways to be a more remarkable teacher today.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

We have kids that on our benchmark knowledge assessments are scoring what is the equivalent of second grade, first grade, fourth grade,” said Fisher, who is also a professor and chair of educational leadership at San Diego State University. Credit: Image provided by Patty Topliffe Poor reading skills are a nationwide issue.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2021

I attended low-performing elementary and middle schools in San Francisco, and no one in my family had ever gone to college. Aligning assessments with community college admissions would help ensure more students pursue a postsecondary education. My pathway to college and a career was a narrow—and unlikely—success story.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Through school visits and panel discussions with TDSB officials, district leaders explored local policies and systems, the use of data for equity, and professional development and training for teachers and leaders, keeping an eye and ear toward what they could bring back to their own school communities. Dr. Baron Davis.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

achieved National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) proficiency in fourth grade reading. Preliminary research from the nonprofit assessment group NWEA suggested that students would retain only 70 percent of last year’s gains in reading when they returned for the 2020-21 academic year compared with a typical school year.

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Digital Promise

MAY 23, 2023

The team then decided to apply the strategies from the “Implementation” section of the edtech systems guide, focusing on clear communication with stakeholders (caregivers, teachers, admins) and providing ongoing support and training opportunities for staff.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

It didn’t matter that he’d likely never have to teach the geometry concepts that kept tripping him up (Anderson hoped to teach elementary school). Latiker points out, “but he couldn’t teach elementary education because of his performance on the Praxis math exam.” That was in 2017. “It It began to become emotionally draining.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Yet even though almost all K-12 classrooms have computers or tablets, most teachers aren’t trained to leverage computing education for rigorous learning. Teacher training programs aren’t yet making a dent: Very few, if any, training programs in the U.S. algorithms) for a potential tour of the city.

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