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Blending with the Station Rotation Model

A Principal's Reflections

As I transitioned from the principalship to supporting districts and schools, I learned that blended learning was a powerful pedagogical strategy that could unleash students' potential while meeting their diverse needs. Over the course of many years, my work with Wells Elementary School provided a foundation that I pull from to this very day.

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How Family Engagement Leads to Student Success

Waterford

You can encourage families to join your school’s family-teacher association or arrange virtual family-teacher meetings for families with transportation issues. Graduate from high school and attend post-secondary education[2]. Develop self-confidence and motivation in the classroom[3]. Require redirection in the classroom[4].

Secondary 359
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Why These Educators Meet Regularly to Align Instruction with Mind, Brain, and Education Research

Edsurge

The chime she rang to remind students to take a calm breath before focusing their attention signaled that this breathing practice had become embedded into classroom culture. My class time is somewhat reduced by my role as EAL team leader, in which I support other elementary EAL teachers. She wasn’t the only one. It started with coffee.

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Put your outside helpers to work

Dangerously Irrelevant

students’ leadership capacity through The Leader in Me framework; competency-based education and student progressions; deeper learning modalities in their schools, classrooms, and external partnerships; and. Workshop 3 (elementary teachers / instructional coaches) = redesigning elementary lessons for deeper learning.

Secondary 297
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Guest Post: How We Can Reframe Edtech Selection to Promote Equity

Digital Promise

While this basic level of access is an important starting place, it’s time to move towards a more intentional—and equitable—system for selecting the right tools to meet student needs. Schools often think about digital equity in terms of access to devices, the internet, and tools.

EdTech 301
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Keep, Start, Stop: A Student Feedback Strategy

Catlin Tucker

At this point in the school year, you have had time to establish classroom routines, nurture your relationships with students, and design and facilitate entire units of study. He uses it when he meets with each member of his team to exchange feedback at the mid-point and end of the calendar year.

Strategy 445
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It's Elementary When it Comes to #EdTech

A Principal's Reflections

Superintendent Scott Rocco provided me with a great opportunity to not only work with teachers in his district, but to also push me outside my comfort zone, which has always been secondary education. At the meeting later that day I introduced each of the tools to the group and noted which ones did not require student access to a computer.