February 14, 2024
Archives: Craft Data
Sample PoP for BH
Hi BH! Here’s a sample PoP format so you can get used to the PoP controls when it’s time to upload. Note that this section does not actually show up anywhere on the page but instead is a short description used for search text. For that reason, make this section brief — a lot briefer than I’m making it! Below this box, you’ll see something called “Problem Type,” which will be the accordion/header of the PoP series that appears on the PoP landing page. You’ll need to create a new one, and you can do this by going to Categories – Problem Type – Create entry, and type in the full title of your new PoP series as you want it to appear on the page. Then, it’ll show up in the list and you’ll select it.
January 3, 2024
Clearing the Path for Assessment Innovation: The Role of Federal Policy
Realizing the full potential of student-centered learning requires transformation of traditional approaches to assessment and accountability.
It is time for policymakers to take a fresh look at these initiatives and take steps – both near- and longer-term – to better leverage federal support for states’ design and use of innovative, student-centered assessments.
To create more equitable assessment and accountability systems that empower and encourage the adoption of new teaching and learning models aligned to student-centered learning, we must shift course and provide a realistic pathway for state and local innovation. Without a clear pathway, educators and communities will lose faith in our systems and millions of federal dollars intended to support assessment innovation will not bear fruit. Now is the time to create the running room states and districts need to try new approaches and demonstrate impact.
In Clearing the Path for Assessment Innovation: The Role of Federal Policy, you will read about:
-Current federal assessment opportunities such as the Competitive Grants for State Assessments (CGSA) program, the Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority (IADA) and flexibility within the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESSA)
-Innovation themes from states, including the critical importance of CGSA funding, efforts to leverage assessments to improve instruction and addressing assessment with related professional development
-Examples of assessment innovation from three states
-Recommendations for a path forward to build on the groundwork states are laying to foster innovation and opportunity in assessment across the nation
December 15, 2023
Intentional Problem-Solving to Support Student Development
As students increase their responsible decision-making capabilities, they must develop their skills and mindsets around effectively addressing challenges. Intentional time spent focusing on the process of problem-solving can help students build those skills while effectively overcoming both common and current barriers.
December 7, 2023
Problem-Solving in Seven Steps
Developed by the education researcher Robert Marzano, this protocol describes seven steps teachers can use to guide students through the problem-solving process. Through explicit skill-building, this process supports students’ development of career and college readiness.
December 7, 2023
The CASEL Framework
Created by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), a nonprofit dedicated to supporting all students’ social-emotional learning (SEL) development, the CASEL Framework is a tool for educators to use as they support students’ development across five core SEL competencies, known as “The CASEL 5:”
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Self-Awareness
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Self-Management
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Responsible Decision-Making
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Relationship Skills
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Social Awareness
The interactive “CASEL Wheel” provides in-depth overviews of each competency, along with additional resources for educators seeking to integrate SEL strategies into their practice.
December 7, 2023
Mood Meter
Developed by the University of New Hampshire Health and Wellness (and utilizing the work of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence), the Mood Meter activity helps students identify and name their emotions – a key skill for developing self-regulation. Emotions exist across the axis of Pleasantness and Energy. After naming their emotions, students are prompted to think about how these feelings can best be channeled or matched with certain activities, reinforcing that all emotions are accepted.
December 7, 2023
Emotions Scan
For students to learn how to manage their emotions during intense and/or challenging moments, they first must be able to identify them. An emotions scan helps students build their skills in noticing and naming their feelings.
December 7, 2023
Building Capacity With an Edtech Champions Program
Edtech champions programs provide a promising way for schools and systems to increase capacity for edtech support in schools, provide leadership opportunities for early-adopter staff, and foster a cross-school systems network of edtech leaders.
December 6, 2023
Berkshire Educational Resources K12 (BERK12)
The mission of BERK12 is to support Berkshire County school districts and educators by collaboratively offering solutions to short- and long-term issues, in order to promote high-quality public education, which all children deserve, regardless of background or circumstance.
December 6, 2023