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. As a result, an online course was created with the help of Participate. Below you will see how the course is structured as well as learner outcomes.

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EdNews Daily

APRIL 5, 2017

Learn about building online professional learning communities with Merry Cora, 51Talk Teaching Specialist. In this piece, she shares her experience working for 51Talk, and how she built an online professional learning community through respect and politeness. She took all of the training courses available to her.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 23, 2022

That means no meetings, phone calls, emails, or mandated professional development. However, professional learning support is also imperative, and there are other time-sensitive strategies that can be implemented. Scaling professional learning is hard. It is even more challenging during a pandemic.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 17, 2024

Here is how educational leaders can champion personalized professional learning for their teachers: Needs Assessment: Start with the Individual One-size-fits-all professional development (PD) is a recipe for disengagement. A shift to personalized professional learning can change this dynamic. Desimone, L.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2020

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

As I work with leadership teams, many are struggling to engage their teachers in professional learning this year. They are excited about the potential of leveraging this technology to create more dynamic, differentiated, and student-centered learning experiences. Blended Learning Coaching Course.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 24, 2025

She will share her insights on creating professional learning pathways and customizing education for both teachers and students. Her advice for empowering teachers as part of creating learning objectives for the school and their own personalized learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 30, 2022

Leading professional learning, teaching a lesson, participating in a PLC (professional learning community), or flipping a faculty meeting are all ways that leaders can model the same practices that they want their staff to embrace. This is just one example. In my opinion, this statement pertains to any author or speaker.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 12, 2020

Thanks, Nancy for helping us learn how. Sponsor: This show is sponsored by Advancement Courses. Advancement Courses is a leader in online professional development, with over 280 courses in 20 different subjects, including topics like online instruction, social-emotional learning, and diversity, equity and inclusion.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 3, 2020

What I want to avoid is a situation where teachers are presented with an alternative schedule in August and given a handful of professional development days to figure out how to adjust a semester’s worth of curriculum for a hybrid schedule. Schools may need to get creative when it comes to their course catalog.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 4, 2020

Teachers are scrambling to move their offline courses online to ensure that students continue learning for the remainder of the school year. Understandably, the focus is on online learning as that is a new and unfamiliar learning landscape for a lot of educators.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 22, 2020

The new ( Re)Defining STEM learning module from TGR Foundation and Discovery Education is the first of several courses to support educators to integrate STEM in new and powerful ways. Every STEM educator should take a look at these resources and integrate them into their blended or online learning environment.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Path They are many ways to allow students to determine their own path during remote or hybrid learning. Path could come in the form of customized curriculum, asynchronous virtual courses, selecting the order in a playlist , or independent study. For more remote and hybrid learning strategies and resources click HERE.

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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. Of course, your own observations are also a piece of the decision-making process. Prioritize student voice.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

Learning online will also help us become better teachers and now is the perfect time to take an online course. So, in this blog post, I’m going to share 20 teaching areas that are relevant to distance learning and why these topics might be one you choose to take a professional development course to learn this summer.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Finding time to engage in professional learning can present a challenge for educators. So how can educators engage in professional learning and find time to connect with other educators, when schedules and responsibilities make finding extra time difficult? How I have found time to connect and grow as an educator.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 25, 2018

Systems Designer : Leaders build teams and systems to implement, sustain and continually improve the use of technology to support learning. Connected Learner : Leaders model and promote continuous professional learning for themselves and others. ISTE U Promises Unique Learning Opportunities.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 20, 2023

Imagine being matched with the best possible professional learning consultant(s) aligned to virtually every focus area, technique, initiative, tool, or strategy in education. Just like for our learners, professional learning needs to be personalized and differentiated. Learn more on my website.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 5, 2023

During the spring of 2022, I met Nicki Slaugh , who serves as principal, and many of her staff at a school system where we were all there to facilitate professional learning on Personalized Competency-Based Learning (PCBL). A standout example of this is Quest Academy Junior High School in Utah.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 17, 2020

Professional Learning For all the previous focus areas listed above to be addressed and implemented successfully, professional learning will be needed. Communicate excessively, but also consider eliciting feedback from parents and the greater community to develop the best possible course of action.

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More Verbs

JANUARY 9, 2020

One of the things that has weighed on me with the new Tech Director position in Bethel is trying to figure out how to support all our staff (K-12) with coaching, professional learning, and support for learning through technology. Wendy Cannon is a PreK-2 Technology Coach in the Saco Schools (ME).

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 21, 2022

Advancement Courses for Your Summer PD. Last summer I took my professional development with Advancement Courses and I am so glad that I did! On my blog, I recently shared 10 Ways to Rejuvenate and Learn This Summer. All of the course ideas come from the advancement courses catalog.

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Digital Promise

MAY 28, 2021

When schools were forced to quickly shift to distance learning in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools (VILS) team immediately sprung into action to provide professional learning and support to educators within the network—which grew to 264 middle and high schools across the country by late 2020.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

This is extremely important in terms of technology integration in the classroom and professional learning to improve practice. To complement traditional means of professional learning, work to create or further develop a Personal Learning Network (PLN).

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Well duh, of course I didn’t, as I was an aspiring leader who was just venturing into this space. Learn from more experienced leaders : Seek out mentors or coaches who can provide guidance and support as you develop. This can help you to identify areas where you need to focus your professional learning efforts.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2021

The 21 st Century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Price includes course registration and all necessary materials. Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Professional Learning Network. Can also be taken for college credit.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 7, 2022

Go to coolcatteacher.com/wellness and download your free educator wellness toolkit from Advancement Courses. Also, you can save 20% off your next course by using the code CAT20. With over 280 courses to choose from, Advancement Course offers subjects in everything from educator wellness to social-emotional learning and more.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The district hoped that scrapping honors math classes and eighth grade algebra courses would reduce disparities in math learning in the district. For him, it wouldnt be less rigorous either, since Californias Common Core math standards had by then incorporated more algebraic material in eighth-grade courses.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

That doesn’t happen in online courses. After a weekly one-hour session, students feel closer to classmates and often add them to their ongoing PLN (Professional Learning Network). That approach, of course, sapped the advantages of being online. ” Ignore Innocent Mistakes. Pay Attention to Human Contact.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The unique and pressing needs of the ongoing global pandemic accelerated the adoption of education technology and innovations that could support urgent and evolving needs and provide on-demand and flexible learning. Micro-credentials are a quickly shifting landscape.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Consider providing opportunities for staff to spread their wings by heading up committees, planning professional learning, and working side-by-side with you to develop new courses, electives, and schedules. Move away from drive-by professional development and blanket approaches to personalized, job-embedded models.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 25, 2024

Charting a course toward our desired destination can be difficult without knowing where we stand. This information can help them make informed decisions about resource allocation, curriculum development, professional learning, and strategic planning.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 8, 2021

Regardless of the learning landscape, the last year has presented a steep learning curve for everyone in education. In the summer, I published a course titled Getting Started with Blended and Online Learning to support teachers as they prepared for an unpredictable year. Give students more agency over their learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 22, 2023

Laptops can help students to be more motivated to learn. For example, students can use laptops to explore their interests, learn at their own pace, and get immediate feedback on their work. Of course, there are also some challenges associated with using laptops in schools. For more insight, check out this post.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 13, 2020

Now in the age of COVID-19 the TGR Foundation and Discovery Education introduce the first module in a new series of no-cost digital professional learning resources, empowering educators with new strategies to support student success far beyond school campuses.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 4, 2020

The current course in many districts and schools has created conditions and a workload that is just not sustainable. What I mean here is that this has to be their opportunity to plan, grade, conference with students, create videos for flipped lessons, or engage in professional learning. There is no way to skirt around the issue.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2019

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