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Virtual Coaching Videos: Answering Your Questions

Catlin Tucker

” I have the privilege of working with thousands of educators every year who are expanding their teaching toolboxes to include blended learning models , UDL , and student-led instructional strategies. Metacognitive Development : It encourages students to reflect on their learning, strengthening their metacognitive muscles.

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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Even when connecting at a distance instead of in person, we can all benefit from learning some skills to connect with students on an emotional level, even while delivering classroom instruction. Online Assessment. Assessment must respect learners, provide actionable feedback, and motivate. Look at this course.

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Strengthening Schools’ Writing Instruction Through the Use of Data

edWeb.net

Degner emphasized that data about writing should not just be used to inform teachers’ interactions with students, it should also play an important role in the ongoing professional learning and evaluation of instruction across grades and schools. He also works with edWeb.net to write articles on their professional learning edWebinars.

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English Learners Need a Better Access Point to Math

MIND Research Institute

As Vice President of Curriculum and Instruction at MIND, Twana leads the overall vision, strategy, and execution for curriculum materials, resources, and professional learning across MIND’s suite of products. View the full webinar here to learn what English learners can gain when we focus on the whole student ecosystem.

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Personalizing the Journey for Our Students

The Principal of Change

Katie Novak , an internationally recognized expert in Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and all-around awesome person, discusses this personalization of learning for students and why it is so significant : Imagine this scene in a 3rd-grade classroom: Students are sitting quietly on the floor as a teacher reads Charlotte’s Web aloud.

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Inclusive Schools Week Giveaway with Brookes Publishing

edWeb.net

For Inclusive Schools Week , which took place from December 5th to 9th, Brookes Publishing , sponsor of the Teaching All Students: Practical Strategies for Inclusive Classrooms professional learning community (PLC) on edWeb.net , celebrated with a five-day giveaway. About Our Sponsor.

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Professional Learning Communities: Using the 5Es to Give Teachers Agency and Maximize Productivity

Catlin Tucker

This will be easier to do if school leaders harness the talent on their campuses and create systems that encourage teachers to learn with and from each other. Professional learning should not be relegated to a handful of all-staff training days. The members of the PLC determine the focus of their inquiry and learning.