A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 25, 2020

There should be no catch when a class is covered, and it should be up to the teacher as to how he or she will use this opportunity to either grade, prepare lessons, attend professional learning, observe peers, or just put up their feet and relax.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 10, 2020

I must say that the definition and description above align seamlessly with the environment we are currently experiencing. Many kids have flourished during remote learning as they have been able to follow a unique path or learn at their own pace. A Personal Learning Network (PLN) is a must in a remote learning world.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 15, 2020

Since pacing is a pivotal component of both personalized and blended learning, I did another Google search for ways to integrate timers into Google Slides. The key with a choice board to use as a part of professional learning with adults or classroom learning with students is sound blended pedagogy.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 3, 2021

In my previous books, I’ve defined blended learning as the combination of active, engaged learning online with active, engaged learning offline to give learners more control of the time, place, pace, and path of their learning. This book creates a bridge between the UDL framework and blended learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 22, 2020

Educators now shoulder the burden to create lessons and activities that will enable students to learn at home. Virtually none have received extensive professional learning in this area. Greg Kulowiec provides an excellent working definition: App Smashing is the process of using multiple apps to create projects or complete tasks.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Now don't get me wrong as this has been incredibly fulfilling and a great learning experience for me. However, you just can't replace face-to-face professional learning, in my opinion. I suggest only three rotations to begin, but you can definitely add more if you are working with a more extended block of time.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 11, 2021

There were definitely excellent practices taking place in classrooms across the globe. Classroom Dashboard : Provides schools and districts visibility into Google Classroom engagement metrics to make better-informed learning decisions. Now don't get me wrong. However, they were more isolated than widespread.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 19, 2020

This definitely applies now. Consider a daily or weekly YouTube video that can be embedded in a mass email to showcase how teachers are successfully implementing remote learning. Provide professional learning support Just because schools are closed doesn’t mean professional learning should stop.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 21, 2017

I believe the only way to inspire teachers to want to continue learning is if a school culture celebrates learning at all levels. ” That definition screams teaching. Pink defines purpose as “the yearning to do what we do in the service of something larger than ourselves.”

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 28, 2020

One could even say that there are no definitive answers in uncertain times. Provide support Support can come in many forms, such as resources, time, and professional learning opportunities. Modeling helps to instill belief. Ask questions No one has or will ever have all the answers.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2018

The idea of using a learning management system (LMS) to deliver professional learning and development to K-12 educators is not new—but it’s not quite mainstream, either. The organization has been providing LMS-based professional learning for the state’s educators since 2004. “We Hint: Think AI.)

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 19, 2010

In my District I am part of a Professional Learning Community (PLC) with other administrators. During our professional day in October we decided to collect data on whether or not student-centered learning was taking place and present our finding to our respective staffs in January.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 8, 2018

The irony of this is that many of us educators have been successfully navigating the waters of personalized learning for our students, but haven’t been given the opportunity to transition that same approach to our own professional learning. Micro-credentials were my path to do exactly that.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Additional recommendations from the report include: Rural districts should work with regional teacher preparation programs to explore ways to address the shortage of STEM teachers in rural areas, through housing assistance, grow your own programs, or flexible and ongoing professional learning opportunities, among others.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

The struggle is also defined by what seems like never-ending challenges such as time, money, support, infrastructure, inadequate professional learning, mindset, and colleagues who fill either the role of antagonist or naysayer. The struggle is real people, and to scale change, you must be prepared upfront. Discord is all around us.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 7, 2011

In an article for SEEN Magazine Dr. Daggett provides some nice working definitions for these two terms: Rigor - Academic rigor refers to learning in which students demonstrate a thorough in-depth mastery of challenging tasks to develop cognitive skills through reflective thought, analysis, problem solving, evaluation or creativity.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 9, 2014

Last, but definitely not least are the students. Our main goal will be to create and provide a practitioner-driven professional learning solution that encapsulates the innovative learning pathways that many connected educators embrace. I always brag at home and on the road how amazing the students at NMHS are.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

More and more schools across the country are thinking beyond academic initiatives, working to broaden the definition of success to ensure all students are healthy, safe, and engaged in their learning. This finding aligns with a growing trend toward a “whole child” approach.

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Digital Promise

MAY 7, 2019

Users have access to a calendar to keep track of their meetings within the initiative and can send private messages to other individuals or groups of Verizon Innovative Learning schools educators. “It

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Digital Promise

APRIL 12, 2021

This connects my learning to actions that impact teacher and student opportunities. The OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) I have worked on each quarter with the VILS professional learning team have provided the structure that keeps me focused and engages me in ongoing reflection.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

Microcredentials provide an opportunity for educators to pursue focused professional learning at their own pace, and on their own schedules. In this webinar, we’ll explore: How can teachers understand the value of microcredentials for their own personal learning? But they also raise a lot of questions for teachers and schools.

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Digital Promise

MAY 9, 2018

This pilot sought to understand how beneficial MCs could be for teachers and begin to determine how MCs could play into the professional learning landscape of our state. Over the course of the school year, I was able to complete two MCs and dramatically shift my perceptions of student learning within my classroom.

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The Web20Classroom

MAY 29, 2014

I''ve had many experiences where after I chat I think what great ideas to share with my teachers or administrators or something new I wanted to try for my own professional learning. Definitely. Sure, are there times when everyone agrees?

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DECEMBER 18, 2018

Professional Learning – The strategies used by the district to provide timely professional learning opportunities, and other supports designed to effectively encourage and assist teachers’ successfully bolstering and broadening classroom practices.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 2, 2018

It kind of defies definition. It almost defies definition, but it’s a way to publish something almost like a blog except that it is actually interactive. If you’re not familiar with it yet, you should definitely — if nothing else — go to the website and look at their gallery. It’s sort of created its own genre.

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Edthena

AUGUST 13, 2021

On this episode of the Teaching Leading Learning K-12 Podcast, Edthena founder and CEO Adam Geller talked with Steve Miletto talked about all things professional learning, including how video is changing the game for giving educators feedback about their teaching. We know this is important, but we can’t get to it yet.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2025

The need for AI in professional development Educators often struggle to balance professional training with the constraints of time, accessibility, and relevance. Professional development programs often rely on a one-size-fits-all model, which cannot by definition address the needs of each individual teacher.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

We should also be talking about the need for teacher agency at the same place where we need student agency in conversations like these, especially when were talking about professional development of staff and being able to choose their pathway and have more choice in the targeted professional learning that we offer.

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The PL2C Blog

JANUARY 22, 2018

We know that each educator has specific learning goals and each classroom is different and micro-credentials support this by offering a means for deeper personalization within the professional learning experience. However, we should consider the consequences of the competencies themselves for personalizing learning.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 22, 2024

A Balanced Approach to Tech and Learning: Revising the Dynamic Learning Model Click To Tweet Listen to this episode: A Balanced Approach to Tech and Learning: Revising the Dynamic Learning Model In this episode, I revisit my Dynamic Learning Model through the lens of 2024.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 19, 2017

A growth mindset allowed me to learn that failure can be productive and growth comes from ongoing reflection and practice, not a one-and-done attempt. So last year, when my district revamped their professional learning strategy with a competency-based focus, micro-credentials naturally played a big part.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 24, 2016

Image credit: [link] Let’s first tackle the stigma that comes with professional development. Learning is the ultimate goal for our students, not development. As such, districts need to invest in professional learning opportunities that will result in fundamental changes to teaching, learning, and leadership.

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Edsurge

JULY 26, 2021

Additionally, schools in rural areas or with higher proportions of low-income students are least likely to have formalized SEL and service learning programs. It is time to expand the “learning loss” discussion to respond to both the widespread demand for SEL and service learning, as well as the disparities in their implementation.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

How often do we sit in professional learning that is Unexciting? Dyane: So, my passion really is to see how we can create professional learning that engages teachers. Let’s get up and learn… and dialogue and actually make magic happen for teachers! Dyane: So let’s make professional learning energetic as well!

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MARCH 18, 2016

At the center of the Framework is a focus on student learning, surrounded by the school’s vision for the kinds of learning experiences they value and want to see in their schools. Click here for more information.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2022

In the C&I department, Katie supervises a team of 15+ instructional design coaches that serve about 20 school districts, oversees a national coach mentorship program, and also created and oversees Edge•U Badges, an anytime anywhere professional learning program for educators. I don't really know what that means.

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DECEMBER 18, 2018

Professional Learning – The strategies used by the district to provide timely professional learning opportunities, and other supports designed to effectively encourage and assist teachers’ successfully bolstering and broadening classroom practices.

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