A Principal's Reflections

MAY 9, 2023

Meaningful change to improve learner outcomes can/will still happen with a moderated approach. The most essential element in learning is the teacher in the classroom. This could come in the form of questioning techniques, assessment development, prioritizing standards, and creating performance tasks or projects. Less is MORE.

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Social Media Outcomes Professional Learning Assessment 444

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

We spent countless hours crafting detailed outlines, complete with objectives, activities, assessments, and even a backup plan in case of inclement weather. Lesson plans should be more streamlined, focusing on essential learning outcomes and incorporating innovative strategies to enhance the learning experience.

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Personal Learning Network Outcomes Professional Learning Strategy 312

EdTech Magazine

JULY 12, 2018

This means that administrators can’t see what has produced better learning outcomes for students as a result of their purchases.”. High-Outcome Schools Focus on Collaboration and Games. “There are very few studies being done on the overall effectiveness of edtech interventions,” The Tech Edvocate reports.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Now is not the time to revert back to traditional observation and evaluation protocols because, quite frankly, they will not result in improved outcomes. An emphasis on priority standards can significantly reduce teachers' burden while streamlining other pedagogy aspects, such as assessment. If possible, try to eliminate all of these.

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Professional Learning Meeting LMS Strategy 529

The Web20Classroom

MAY 19, 2019

Professional learning for educators comes in many flavors: Face-to-face, blended, online Content-driven, instructional practices, Edtech focused Faculty meeting, half-day, conference session If we were all to think long enough we could come up with a list of the best professional learning we've participated in and what made it great.

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Professional Learning Learning Outcomes Meeting 176

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 14, 2021

While giving keynotes and facilitation workshops is something I love, both lack an on-going component, which is one of the most critical aspects of professional learning that leads to scalable results. The only way to do this is to roll up our sleeves and jump into the digital learning environment with our teachers and students.

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Strategy Professional Learning Groups Outcomes 543

A Principal's Reflections

JULY 12, 2020

Not only was there a focus on solid instruction, but we also provided numerous supports for our teachers in the form of ongoing and job-embedded professional learning opportunities. If the expectation was to integrate technology with purpose to support or enhance learning, we made sure everyone was prepared to do just that.

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Digital Divide Learning BYOD Case Study 531

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 2, 2022

Hechinger Report just published an article on how having teachers study student data doesn’t actually result in better student learning outcomes. We implement benchmarking assessments and professional learning communities (PLCs). We’re not closing gaps with other countries on international assessments.

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Assessment Outcomes Data Study 355

Edsurge

MAY 20, 2024

In the post-COVID pandemic educational setting, assessment offers ways to gain crucial insights into student thinking and learning and the areas requiring support for progress toward learning goals. The first step is to consider the idea of school culture and how it underpins the related concept of assessment culture.

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Assessment Professional Learning System Survey 184

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 11, 2019

Depending on the instructional outcomes, a fifth station can be added, which typically involves independent work. Teachers who establish and successfully roll out four to five stations complete the first stage of tradigital learning. . Stage two involves differentiating those stations. Let us know how you fare on this journey.

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Digital Learning Blended Learning Learning Outcomes 418

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 25, 2024

A SWOT analysis can be a valuable tool for leaders to assess their institution's overall health and identify potential areas for growth. This information can help them make informed decisions about resource allocation, curriculum development, professional learning, and strategic planning. How do we know?

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 9, 2019

As such, teaching, learning, and leadership must change if growth and improvement are the goals. It requires all leaders, regardless of title, to seek out answers to crucial questions that can pave the way for innovative ideas aimed at improving outcomes for all learners while fostering better relationships with stakeholders.

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Social Media Outcomes BYOD Strategy 403

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 7, 2022

It is an essential step in making formative assessment as meaningful as it does in Waggle. Waggle has robust hints embedded in every practice assignment and immediate feedback for every learning activity. The premise of personalization is all learners getting what they need when and where they need it to learn.

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Personalized Learning Data Meeting Outcomes 538

A Principal's Reflections

JULY 28, 2024

Through shared problem-solving, knowledge sharing, and mutual support, teams can develop resilience, increase their capacity for innovation, and ultimately achieve their desired outcomes. Collaboration is a cornerstone of effective educational improvement, especially when it comes to making the shift to personalized learning.

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Personal Learning Network Outcomes Personalized Learning Professional Learning 344

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Given the rapid advances in AI and the momentum in the education field to understand how these technologies can support teaching and learning, last year the Gates Foundation launched a pilot initiative to provide funding to test new AI ideas that are in support of equitable K-12 mathematics outcomes.

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Tools Professional Learning Academic Standards Examples 372

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2024

Data-driven decisions are increasingly recognized as a critical component of K-12 education, enhancing personalized learning, improving assessment and feedback, optimizing resource allocation and fostering early intervention. Data informs us how best to respond to student needs and work toward the greatest student outcomes.

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Outcomes Data Strategy Assessment 140

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

We must commit to creating meaningful, purposeful professional learning experiences for our educators. We must commit to creating meaningful, purposeful professional learning experiences for our educators. From there, you can construct a solid professional learning plan for your team.

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Professional Learning Learning Assessment Data 148

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 25, 2019

Over the years, I have not shied away from discussing the need to align ideas and strategies to research as well as evidence that shows in some way that there is an improvement in student outcomes. The bottom line is why make an investment to improve teaching, learning, and leadership but have nothing to show for it?

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Outcomes Social Media Industry Strategy 334

eSchool News

MARCH 1, 2023

Additionally, Hattie will now serve as a technical advisor for i-Ready Assessment, bringing over 30 years of research on what works best to improve learning. Professor Hattie’s Visible Learning research and our i-Ready Assessment program are a natural complement to one another.

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Professional Learning Assessment Learning Data 99

A Principal's Reflections

JULY 28, 2019

How will assessment and feedback change or improve? What professional learning support is needed to maximize the use of flexible spaces? The space will not improve outcomes all on its own. How will it promote higher levels of student agency? How will pedagogy change in ways that emphasize path, pace, and place?

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Blended Learning Learning Social Media Outcomes 399

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In the Digital Promise Data Equity Cohort, districts are engaging in an Inclusive Innovation research and development (R&D) process to identify equity gaps within their data systems and create action plans to use data interoperability to promote deeper understanding and more equitable outcomes in their schools. what’s your opinion?—but

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Data Schoology Outcomes System 399

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Becoming over-reliant on it might dilute intended outcomes or even result in a regression of practice. Learn more about professional learning offerings on AI from Aspire Change EDU HERE or email aspirechangeedu@gmail.com Discounting AI to support and improve education could be a mistake.

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Data Examples Tools Outcomes 385

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

Course: Designing Blended Learning for Student Engagement and Achievement “By the end of the course, you will be able to design and implement meaningful blended learning experiences with objective-aligned assessments and activities that foster core 21st-century skills.” See the course 10. Check out the course 17.

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Blended Learning Social Media Differentiated Instruction Learning 418

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. For Duquesne Elementary educators and students, maker and STEAM learning sit at the intersection of core content and real-world skill acquisition.

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Maker Movement Robotics Learning Elementary 323

Neo LMS

MAY 17, 2022

Differentiation in PD changes professional development into continuous professional learning, with teachers training at their own pace while collaborating with their peers at different levels of expertise. Do a needs assessment for teachers. Of course, it will also improve student outcomes and achievement. .

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LMS Training Survey Assessment 427

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2024

We merged quantitative and qualitative measures to validate each innovative idea's reasons, processes, and outcomes in detail. Among these resources stands the Innovative Practices Assessment (IPA), which was created to fill a void in moving from ideas and innovative practices to results that improve the learning culture.

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BYOD Data Future Ready Outcomes 263

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.

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Professional Learning Course Learning Differentiated Instruction 111

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 19, 2018

The actual game was more or less an assessment of what my players had learned during practice. The positive impact of a good coach can be felt for years and lead to success in both professional and personal aspects of life. Coaching is so much more than the result of a game, match, or competition.

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Professional Learning Data Study Outcomes 363

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 4, 2018

All of these experiences empowered us to think about and then create a deep learning experience that could be easily accessible to all educators across the globe. Below you will see how the course is structured as well as learner outcomes. Actively apply what has been learned to initiate sustainable change and achieve efficacy.

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Course Digital Badges Learning Professional Learning 220

Digital Promise

JUNE 26, 2019

In our policy paper we suggest that micro-credentials, with the right tools, technologies, and virtual learning communities, could transform the teaching profession and fuel better outcomes for students. states require some kind of performance assessment in order to be fully licensed. No doubt, we have a long way to go.

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Policies Professional Learning System Trends 297

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2020

The real shift occurs when everyone in the educational community starts to change what they talk about and how they respond to conversational outcomes. In California, the Saugus Union School District is in the third year of a professional learning community initiative focused on data-driven instruction.

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Data Outcomes Assessment Software 212

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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Assessment How To Survey EdTech 138

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Barringer explained that state leaders are intrigued by micro-credentials as ways to pivot the conversation on professional learning away from accountability and toward developing the capacity of teachers. Assessment of micro-credentials is labor intensive, many acknowledged. Several themes emerged from the presentations.

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Professional Learning Assessment Conference Groups 210

Hapara

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Student engagement was the main driver to teaching the learning outcomes, and Heather helped educators do this with technology. Read on to learn how to use technology in the classroom to truly engage students. For example, Heather’s team at Buffalo Trail Public Schools used robotics and coding to teach the learning outcomes.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 17, 2019

This network helps us organize and maximize resources to advance student outcomes. Using available micro-credentials from Digital Promise, each educator can create a personalized professional development plan that builds on the expertise they feel they most need in the classroom and in our schools.

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Digital Badges Professional Learning Data Elementary 231

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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Professional Learning Elementary Accessibility Differentiated Instruction 98

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Having started as a classroom teacher in a rural school where most of the students were economically disadvantaged, Miles then became the school’s reading coach and interventionist and led a schoolwide transformation that resulted in significantly improved student outcomes. Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast. Join the Community.

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