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6 Ways to Improve Professional Learning

A Principal's Reflections

The bottom line is that all educators yearn for quality professional learning as opposed to development that leads to sustained improvements in teaching, learning, and leadership. The image below from Katie Martin sums up nicely what educators want out of professional learning. Always make time for feedback.

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6 ways to create engaging elementary learning spaces

eSchool News

Our goal is to shift pedagogy toward a “culture of thinking” that supports more student agency and more effective use of the learning space itself. Ultimately, we’re learning what we can about better meeting basic student learning needs through comfort and well-being in the spaces where they spend so much of their time every day.

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5 Tips That Foster Collaborative Professional Learning

EdTech Magazine

5 Tips That Foster Collaborative Professional Learning. Leveraging new technology for professional learning requires some creative thinking — and it also takes money. Ensure that the Technology Enhances Learning. jena.passut_7651. Fri, 05/25/2018 - 14:29.

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5 reasons to use a literacy professional learning solution

eSchool News

I learned about Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling Suite (LETRS) from my mentor principal at the state department, which works with schools like Central Elementary to establish the specific benchmarks that each Alabama school must reach. Now, our entire staff of 27 is working through the program.

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Supporting Multilingual Learners in Early Elementary Education

Waterford

When hosting parent conferences, family engagement activities, or concerts, consider requesting an interpreter to meet the language needs of your school,” suggests Candra Morris, VP of Professional Learning at Waterford.org, in her book Why Every Child Needs a Village For Academic Success.

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How we use robots and art to make meeting computer science standards fun

eSchool News

With KIBO, a hands-on coding robot designed specifically for young learners, we have a screen-free way to introduce robotics and coding to elementary school students. This approach has allowed us to create interdisciplinary lessons that spark curiosity, imagination, and engagement.

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Why These Educators Meet Regularly to Align Instruction with Mind, Brain, and Education Research

Edsurge

As an English as an additional language (EAL) support teacher at NIST International School in Bangkok, Thailand, I co-teach in four early elementary classrooms, supporting multilingual students who are developing their academic proficiency in English. To my surprise, people were interested and they voted to meet before school at 7 a.m.

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