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System for Educational Transformation (SET)

A Principal's Reflections

To foster an environment where every student thrives, we must reimagine our approach to education from the ground up. This calls for a system that is not just a patchwork of quick fixes but a comprehensive blueprint for enduring change. Below is more detailed information on the components of the system.

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Why Professional Learning Is a Crucial Piece of a 1:1 Program

Edsurge

Paula Stamey, a seventh-grade social studies teacher in Benton, Tennessee, taught for 20 years before her school became a Verizon Innovative Learning School and adopted one-to-one technology in 2017. Educators require support in harnessing technology for diverse student needs, emphasizing digital competencies and 21st-century skills.

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The Vital Role of Digital Leadership in Transforming Education

A Principal's Reflections

It represents a dramatic shift from how schools have been run and structured for over a century, as what started as a personal use of technology has become systemic to every facet of leadership. Below I will address these through a new lens from which we can begin to transform teaching, learning, and leadership in a post-COVID19 world.

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Will Existing Mental Models Threaten Post-pandemic Progress in Education?

Catlin Tucker

The rapid proliferation of technology combined with the closure of schools due to COVID were powerful change agents that placed enormous pressure on educational systems this year. Some educational systems made significant progress or changes to adapt to the demands of the moment, while others stagnated and floundered.

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New Approaches to Instructional Technology Coaching

Digital Promise

Even in schools outside of the Verizon Innovative Learning network, coaches reported that they were valued more by teachers and administrators than prior to the pandemic. Sutter Middle School in the Los Angeles Unified School District, the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools coach uses the district-adopted LMS for professional learning.

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New Computational Thinking Resources for Powerful Learning

Digital Promise

To do this, teachers need meaningful professional learning experiences and resources to integrate computational thinking in equitable, authentic, and sustainable ways. abstraction, problem decomposition) in application to data practices, algorithms, and systems thinking.

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Using Micro-credentials for Personalized Professional Development

Digital Promise

The ACT Network brings together shared school leadership teams—teachers, principals, central office staff who serve the schools, and community advocates—to analyze a school’s data sources, including demographic data, perception and survey data, learning data, and program data. Micro-credentials are a solution to this need.