Tag: Professional Development & Learning

North Carolina Virtual: Professional Development Course for Teaching Online (Syllabus)

The TOT1 (Teacher Online Training), “An Introduction to Online Teaching and Content Development,” is a free professional development course for North Carolina public and charter school teachers offered through North Carolina Virtual Public School (NC Virtual), the state’s virtual school launched in 2007. The self-paced course is designed to prepare educators for teaching in online and remote learning environments. The syllabus demonstrates the content covered in the course and the progression of the program.

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February 9, 2023

Teachers Making the Shift to Equitable, Learner-Centered Education

We know that the traditional “sit and get” classroom will not help us advance towards educational equity or promote the deeper learning skills our students need to succeed. The long game of systems-change work is critical to advancing learner-centered education, but what steps can educators take today to advance such environments?

This new resource offers a comprehensive, research-backed analysis of how education systems can support the transition to learner-centered education by tapping educator mental models, motivations, and moves. For those responsible for and interested in professional learning, this resource offers steps that educators can take today to shift their practice to advance learner-centered environments.

“My hope with this report—and accompanying blogs and forthcoming exercises—is that practitioners will be able to help educators to engage in their own deeper learning and develop regular habits and practices that support learner-centered education,” said Wendy Surr, lead researcher and primary author of the report.

Have any feedback or reactions to the report you’d like to share with us? Submit a “general inquiry” through the form below.

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September 26, 2022

Digital Promise Digital Equity Checklist

The Digital Equity Checklist serves as a guide to support district leaders in
meeting the needs of every student with a direct focus on meeting the needs of all students. This checklist highlights six primary categories that include and extend beyond just providing students with devices and internet access.

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October 15, 2021

Episode 11: Ector County ISD on Community Internet Access, Personalized PD, and Strong Home-School Connections

On this final episode of What Will We Take With Us?, a series featuring our conversations with education leaders across the United States on how they grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic in K-12 education, we speak with Scott Muri, Superintendent of Ector County Independent School District in Texas, about how leaders worked to make the most of the pandemic to accelerate the implementation of goals that benefitted the entire school community, ranging from expanding connectivity and internet access, to focusing on personalized professional development, to forging stronger, more meaningful connections between schools and student families.

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October 7, 2021

Episode 6: Austin ISD on Instructional Blueprints, Professional Collaboration and Development, and the Concept of “Learning Loss”

On this episode of What Will We Take With Us?, a series featuring our conversations with education leaders across the United States on how they grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic in K-12 education, Dr. Suzanne Newell of Austin Independent School District in Texas details how the district focused on supporting students and teachers by providing instructional blueprints with prioritized standards to help guide instructional time, as well as how they emphasized professional collaboration to address “learning loss” (also referred to as unfinished learning) and maximized time for valuable remote professional development.

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September 22, 2021

Episode 1: Dallas ISD’s Take on Project-Based Learning, Community Connections, and Teacher PD

On this episode of What Will We Take With Us?, a series featuring our conversations with education leaders across the United States on how they grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic in K-12 education, Kristen Watkins of Dallas Independent School District shares with us the creative ways they developed to engage students through project-based learning, community partnerships, and family connections, as well as how they refined their personalized approach to professional development.

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September 22, 2021

Building Teacher Pipelines

Building Teacher Pipelines Type: Topics: Professional Development & Learning, Visioning, Talent Systems Sub-topics: Professional Development, Coaching, Strategy Development, Teacher Pipeline

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April 29, 2021

Investment in Teaching Workforce Through Pipelines, Incentives, Personalized PD, and Virtual Coaching

Ector County Independent School District Superintendent Scott Muri shares how the district is investing in the teaching workforce through an investment in teacher development through coaching and personalized professional development. The school district also has a high number of teacher vacancies so is developing teacher pipelines and building in incentives to attract teacher candidates.

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April 29, 2021
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