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Professional Learning School Leaders Need and Deserve

A Principal's Reflections

If in-district professional development wasn''t bad enough, I also attended my fair share of workshops and conferences that were a complete waste of time. I attended many of these events just to meet the required hours of professional development. Digital Leadership ICLE Jimmy Casas Principal Academy professional learning'

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Learning and growing as educators

Neo LMS

Finding time to engage in professional learning can present a challenge for educators. Our daily schedule at times leaves little room for attending PD events and sometimes can limit our interactions with our colleagues. Schools have been starting to provide time for PLCs, or professional learning communities.

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Developing SEL Competencies Through Technology

A Principal's Reflections

Then there are other mitigating factors stemming from digital drama, selfies, digital footprints, privacy violations, cyberbullying, distraction, time management, and violent video games. Knowing what the issues are and how recent events have amplified them, the time is now to be proactive.

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How One District Takes STEM Learning to the Next Level

Edsurge

Innovative STEM programming requires a willingness to adopt emerging tools and technologies, as well as methodologies like project-based learning. We saw an opportunity to use Minecraft Education as a project-based learning tool in computer science, which is how Level Up Los Angeles was born.

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Building Sustainable STEM Programs: School and District Leaders Share Tips

edWeb.net

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast If we want students to succeed in college and the workforce, they need to be familiar with STEM and CTE, but that’s easier said than done. As important as building sustainable STEM programs is, it can also be very difficult.

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Announcing the 2021 Cohort of HP Teaching Fellows

Digital Promise

These educators create deep, meaningful learning experiences for their students that are personal and accessible , authentic and challenging , collaborative and connected , and inquisitive and reflective. James Ewing, Grade K-5 STEM/Science and Grade 4 Special Education (New York). Introducing the 2021 Cohort of HP Teaching Fellows.

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Remaking Learning: Today’s Crisis and Tomorrow’s Promise

Digital Promise

For more than 10 years, Pittsburgh’s Remake Learning Network has been building an ecosystem of partnerships and initiatives to advance the future of learning for youth across Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. A map of professional learning communities in the Remake Learning Network.

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