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4 tips for creating an elementary esports program

eSchool News

These positive learning outcomes make esports popular in secondary grades, with both students and educators advocating for the addition and growth of scholastic esports in their middle and high schools. To ensure the development of a successful elementary esports program, here are four helpful tips: 1.

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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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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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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]. Connect with families in person or in regular virtual meetings. Family Engagement = Student Success.

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Put your outside helpers to work

Dangerously Irrelevant

Workshop 3 (elementary teachers / instructional coaches) = redesigning elementary lessons for deeper learning. Workshop 4 (secondary teachers / instructional coaches) = redesigning secondary lessons for deeper learning. Workshop 2 (leadership teams) = leadership challenges related to deeper learning.

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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.

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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.