The Barnstable Public Schools Instructional Technology team uses a YouTube channel to house a growing number of how-to videos that seek to address frequently asked questions and more technical aspects of the edtech tools commonly used in their district.
In this episode of TLA’s “Beyond Brick and Mortar” podcast series, which features leaders of established virtual and hybrid learning programs from across the U.S. as they discuss what makes their programs a success – and what they had to learn along the way, we chat with Jill Rogier, Head of Schools, Digital, and Betsy Fowler, Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives at ASU Prep Digital. Learn about their approach to student-centered supports, flexibility for educators, and ensuring all of their students have a path to post-secondary education.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Ector County Independent School District Superintendent Scott Muri shares how the district has brought in virtual coaches who are able to observe classrooms using cameras and provide real-time coaching to teachers.
Ector County Independent School District Superintendent Scott Muri shares how the district is shifting away from a one-size-fits-all for teacher professional development and towards personalized professional development tailored to each individual.
