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9 Ways to Upgrade Professional Learning in Your District

Tom Murray

The notion of “effective professional learning” is something that has been discussed for decades. A comparison in the philosophies of today’s school districts yields results that falls across a continuum of who controls the learning. Learn alongside your staff members and model expectations for them. Nothing more.

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8 Key Focus Areas for Developing a Re-Entry Plan

A Principal's Reflections

Addressing and Closing Learning Gaps Many people are saying that the summer learning loss will pale in comparison to what educators will see when kids return to school. While many schools have valiantly continued with remote learning, some decided that it just wasn’t working.

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Participate.com: Your toolbelt for professional learning

NeverEndingSearch

A recent winner of the ISTE Seal of Alignment Report , Participate.com is a professional learning networker’s dream, packed with features offering local relevance as well as the potential for global connections. Way back in 2016 I wrote a post about Participate.com, Curating with Communities.

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95 Percent Group Unveils 95 Phonics Core Program for Grades 4 and 5

eSchool News

It also includes professional learning and ongoing coaching at the district and building level to support teachers in mastering phonics-based instruction. It engages students with informational text and literary passages to help them develop fast and meaningful word recognition and build fluency, comprehension, and confidence.

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PROOF POINTS: Researchers blast data analysis for teachers to help students 

The Hechinger Report

“Studying student data seems to not at all improve student outcomes in most of the evaluations I’ve seen,” said Heather Hill, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, at a February 2022 presentation of the Research Partnership for Professional Learning, a new nonprofit organization that seeks to improve teaching.

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Educators Team Up to Respond to Sudden Rise of ChatGPT

Edsurge

The group plans to produce reports and guidelines for using AI in education; make policy recommendations for incorporating AI in school curriculum standards, courses, tools, assessments, and professional learning; and establish a global framework for computer-science curriculum that includes AI.

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How Introducing AI Across the Curriculum May Address Key Equity Concerns

Edsurge

As the program—a collaboration between ISTE and General Motors —wraps up its third year of professional learning opportunities and support for educators, she says, “this is really the end of the beginning of the work.” There’s a need for professional learning opportunities. There’s a need for student resources.