A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2023

Leverage portfolios Incorporating portfolios into our observation process was a helpful way to provide more detailed insight into pedagogical practices over the course of the school year. For example, elementary will conduct walks in secondary to provide feedback and vice versa.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 3, 2021

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 14, 2019

Sponsor: Advancement Courses , a 30-year leader in teacher PD, is kicking off their Spring Sale! Use the code COOL 20 to save 20% off each course.Advancement Courses has over 240 graduate-level courses in 19 different subject areas. The courses are all online and self-paced. Darrian Tanner’s Bio as Submitted Ms.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 16, 2020

Jennifer Pieratt, author of “Keep it Real with PBL” for both elementary and secondary students, shares how she finds many of the project ideas that she creates and shares at crafted curriculum. Today’s Sponsor is Advancement Courses. You can save 20% off each course with the code COOL20.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2023

During the 2021-2022 academic year, students taking VHS Learning online courses had an average course pass rate of 91%. Students who took VHS Learning summer school courses for credit recovery achieved success as well. In 2021-2022, VHS Learning had 18,899 course enrollments by students from more than 600 partner schools.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 13, 2021

Nowadays, of course, podcasts are ubiquitous. For students from elementary to high school, We Are Teachers offer suggestions. But the truth is that many podcasts that appeal to adults can also be used in secondary classrooms. Perhaps even more importantly, many educators did not see a way to integrate them into their lessons.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

I did all of this twice, the first week with elementary educators and the second week with secondary teachers (so 8 days total). I then facilitated 3 follow-up sessions over the next day and a half, working with elementary, middle, and high school administrators and their building leadership teams.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 2, 2020

AHS eventually buys a ceiling-mounted ‘GCam’ for every classroom, which captures video, sound (through an area microphone), and screen capture into unified ‘GCasts’ that can be uploaded to the AHS Learning Management System, which also contains RSS feeds, blogs, and Google Docs-like environments for every course.

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Digital Promise

MAY 20, 2020

Jessica Besler, a kindergarten teacher at Lakeview Elementary School, is a member of the program’s second cohort. Jessica Besler Kindergarten Teacher, Lakeview Elementary School. I enjoyed doing the course work and learned a great deal about using Excel,” Thomas said of her first micro-credential experience. “I

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

18, 2022 – Many students don’t have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement® (AP®) classes due to limited availability of AP® course offerings or certified instructors to teach the classes. The statewide initiative will provide select high schools with access to up to eight AP® STEM courses free of charge. Boston – Feb.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

So far, over one thousand educators and education leaders have participated in the program’s online courses, webinars and professional learning network. In 2020, the AI Explorations program released a four-volume series of guides for elementary, secondary, elective and computer science teachers— Hands-On AI Projects for the Classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 25, 2023

Generative AI in the Classroom with Steve Dembo Donnie Piercey, AI and Math Donnia Piercey @ mrpiercEy is sharing how to integrate AI into Math instruction and is hosting an upcoming seminar with the National Council of Math Teachers on a deep dive on AI in math instruction for elementary grades. Highly recommend — Gail Donahue, Ph.D.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 7, 2022

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In my entrepreneurial leadership in education doctoral courses at the Johns Hopkins School of Education, the pandemic converted online class discussions into real-time problem-solving sessions for students. Reorganize key activities: Keep 50 percent of all high school courses for juniors and seniors online.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Data also shows an increase in chronic absenteeism resulting from anxiety, most notably at the secondary levels. A strategy wall at Richmond Street Elementary School to help students develop their emotional intelligence skills. Dr. Alice Lee Principal, Richmond Street Elementary School. Next Steps for our District.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2020

VHS Learning’s new partnership with the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) has helped over 100 students from rural schools take Advanced Placement courses that would have been unavailable to them. The partnership enabled the schools to enroll the students in VHS Learning’s AP courses via a NMSI grant program. AP Biology.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Harvard’s Project Zero teaches courses in Visible Thinking – it looks like they have an online course starting in September but you need teams of 3-5 people to join. There’s videos out there so that you can see what this actually looks like in a classroom, whether it’s early childhood, middle childhood, if it’s secondary.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

To support teachers and administrators this school year, Vector Solutions, the leading provider of training and software solutions to help schools make their operations and communities safer, smarter and better, has created a new set of online training courses addressing some of the most common behavioral challenges expected this school year.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 27, 2019

A version of this post was originally published in Teach Secondary Magazine , July 2019. said Erin Ermis , a fifth grade teacher at an elementary school in Wisconsin, regarding her experiences with Alexa-powered devices in her classroom, at ISTE just last year. Another issue with this technology is of course related to privacy.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 30, 2021

30, 2021 – VHS Learning, a nonprofit empowering schools with the industry’s best teacher-led online learning programs, today announced that schools in New Jersey, North Carolina, Wisconsin, South Carolina, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, along with Sierra Leone, are now offering their students access to more than 250 core and elective courses online.

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2021

Through this partnership VHS Learning created an online summer course on Solar Energy Design and offered students the opportunity to participate in a Solar Energy Design challenge. Together, they offer free enrollments in VHS Learning’s Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles course to high school students in rural areas.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2023

We value each of our partner schools and are thrilled to help them expand their curriculum and give their students extensive course options that rival those found at public schools, all without sacrificing quality. Courses are approved for initial eligibility by NCAA.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Coral Zayas Coral Zayas is the new elementary instructional support specialist for science in Crowley ISD’s iNetwork of schools. Then, they can develop their interest in taking other STEM courses as they continue in middle school and high school. I got to teach a brand new course in our district last school year.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

It’s an opportunity for the future teachers who are enrolled at the college to apply what they learn in class in a practical setting, testing out lesson plans with real elementary students. McGhee, assistant clinical professor of elementary education at Auburn University. This year, camp is canceled due to COVID-19.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2020

Teachers, sometimes over the course of a weekend, had to shift to remote teaching while at the same time navigating their own quarantine experience. As spring was beginning with all the promise of the final push of the year, schools nationwide abruptly shut down.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 3, 2018

Some sort of obstacle course? The next day they came in to pre-designed obstacle courses, where they had to find the golden statue with the roving jumping droids, or fly through hula hoops with the flying droids. I was coming in, putting up obstacle courses, making this and making that. But droids are for computer programming.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2021

Teachers, sometimes over the course of a weekend, had to shift to remote teaching while at the same time navigating their own quarantine experience. As spring was beginning with all the promise of the final push of the year, schools nationwide abruptly shut down.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Over the course of their education, I estimate that K-12 students walk through the doors of approximately 40 teachers. Elementary and secondary students filter data differently. Elementary students think in facts and want to please their teachers. Secondary students consider possibilities and aim to please their peers.

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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. This is already happening; for example, California high schoolers can now use their Smarter Balanced test scores for placement in credit-bearing college courses without ever taking the SAT or ACT.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 23, 2018

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EdTechTeacher

MAY 12, 2023

Each post will focus on a practical strategy for using ChatGPT and will include ideas for both elementary and secondary school teachers. Think about course-specific or student-level information that could be useful in constructing an effective prompt for ChatGPT. Check out our first tip here! Get Your Pass Today!

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 24, 2017

This fun, visual tool lets students explore 150 different science and social studies units for elementary and middle school learners. Harvard’s Project Zero teaches courses in Visible Thinking – it looks like they have an online course starting in September but you need teams of 3-5 people to join.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Secondary students in particular need to be able to see and ask questions during laboratory experiments, or receive feedback when developing their own solutions to math problems. The first 24 years were spent at the elementary school level where she taught 3rd-6th grades in the classroom as well as K-6 in the computer lab.

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EdTechTeacher

APRIL 4, 2023

Each post will focus on a practical strategy for using ChatGPT and will include ideas for both elementary and secondary school teachers. What is the name of the course being tested? Are students taking a standardized course, such as Algebra II or AP English Literature? secondary school students) B.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2020

In San Antonio, Texas, elementary school principals get hands-on coaching and advice from early childhood experts during visits to pre-K classrooms. Instead the programs are set up to prepare principals in a “general way” to work across grade levels, said Laura Bornfreund, director of early & elementary education policy at New America. “A

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

This is unfortunate because reading truly is the cornerstone of academic success, and students who didn’t master the skill during their elementary years can face a significant uphill battle as they complete their education. In my role as a secondary interventionist and curriculum specialist, I’ve witnessed these consequences firsthand.

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