EdTech Magazine

MAY 25, 2018

5 Tips That Foster Collaborative Professional Learning. Leveraging new technology for professional learning requires some creative thinking — and it also takes money. For example, if it’s just a cute little game for elementary school students, it’s not meeting the goal of enhancing learning.

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Ditch That Textbook

DECEMBER 15, 2017

For me, professional development has often meant sitting through a staff-wide meeting about topics with limited interest and little time to practice hands-on. That kind of professional learning stinks. Thankfully, we have TONS of options for fun, hands-on, relevant professional learning — on our own terms.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 24, 2023

Listen to the Interview on Podcast Educators in all roles need professional learning that meets their needs in more ways and in more areas than ever before. How did it impact professional learning? How have professional learning needs changed as a result of the pandemic?

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 19, 2014

If in-district professional development wasn''t bad enough, I also attended my fair share of workshops and conferences that were a complete waste of time. I attended many of these events just to meet the required hours of professional development. Digital Leadership ICLE Jimmy Casas Principal Academy professional learning'

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 9, 2023

Professional development (PD) is something that is typically "done" to educators. On the other hand, professional learning is something they actively WANT to engage in to grow. In this piece of #EDvice below, I dive into a mindset shift from professional development to professional learning.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 18, 2017

Districts across the nation are exploring a new approach to professional learning to meet the evolving needs of today’s diverse classrooms and the educators who lead them. We look forward to continuing to learn from them and the many other states and districts engaging with micro-credentials for professional learning.

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 30, 2016

I have the opportunity to take part in, observe and deliver hundreds of hours of professional development a year, either through conferences, meetings or during the work I do. Why do we not take a stand when it comes to our own professional learning? Reflect, Reflect, Reflect: As a PD leader what I do is never perfect.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 23, 2022

If we burn out teachers our education system will never meet the needs of learners. Eric Sheninger (@E_Sheninger) January 19, 2022 As someone who is in schools on a weekly basis and working side by side with educators under these conditions, I always ask what could be done to make their professional lives a little bit easier.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Modern professional learning links the Professional Learning Community (PLC) with the Professional Learning Network (PLN). An Excerpt from Modern Professional Learning: Connecting PLC’s with PLN’s. The Professional Learning Community. It retires. It retires.

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edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2023

We invite educators and district administrators who want to learn about and share their experiences to join our brand-new edWeb community, Tutoring for Schools , and engage in an exceptional discourse on the most effective ways of implementing tutoring support tools in the classroom.” Visit Varsity Tutors for Schools to learn more.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 1, 2022

Professional learning It is hard to meet goals and expectations to improve learning if consistent support is absent. Professional learning develops and strengthens the expertise of teachers and administrators so they are better equipped to meet the needs of all learners.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Moore says that before any rollout of sustainable and effective professional learning, there are four factors that school leaders must consider. Gaddis explained how Wake County focused their professional learning by first identifying three groups: teachers, leadership, and school library media coordinators.

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edWeb.net

JULY 28, 2022

If people are that particular about their coffee, imagine how they might feel about their professional learning, says Robin Knutelsky, Director of Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, and Human Resources for Northern Highlands Regional High School in New Jersey. Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners. Iced or hot.

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edWeb.net

JULY 28, 2022

When the pandemic hit and impacted in-person schools, the district shifted to virtual PD sessions on Zoom and Google Meet for significant district technology workshops. Until May 2021, Leigh was a one-person team with professional development training responsibilities for 15 schools within the district.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

I see it as students who learn differently and as such, efforts need to be made to meet specified accommodations, differentiate, and provide personalized interventions so they can succeed. Professional learning that leads to sustained changes to practice is ongoing, job-embedded, and aligned to research.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 23, 2015

It was an incredible opportunity to get back to Hawaii for a professional event as opposed to a vacation. This was the fourteenth time the school had put on the event and it was awesome to see and meet so many passionate educators on a Saturday.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 16, 2023

Knowing where kids are and then developing strategies to meet their respective needs is one of the most effective ways to close learning gaps post-pandemic. If you are interested in learning more, drop your email in the comments section. So how do we begin to address this issue?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Professional learning in many districts must undergo radical reform, from a model that’s outdated and ineffective to one that’s personal, empowering, and owned by the learner. How school leaders run faculty meetings and in-service time should be a direct reflection of the type of instruction they seek in the classroom.

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Edthena

AUGUST 13, 2021

On this episode of the Teaching Leading Learning K-12 Podcast, Edthena founder and CEO Adam Geller talked with Steve Miletto talked about all things professional learning, including how video is changing the game for giving educators feedback about their teaching. We know this is important, but we can’t get to it yet.

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edWeb.net

JULY 11, 2020

The Spencerport School District (NY) was looking for a professional learning solution for some of their teachers who can’t stay after hours for face-to-face PD because of family responsibilities. Those PD needs coincided with the impact of COVID-19 pushing all learning to remote instruction in March 2020. Online Learning.

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edWeb.net

JULY 11, 2020

The Spencerport School District (NY) was looking for a professional learning solution for some of their teachers who can’t stay after hours for face-to-face PD because of family responsibilities. Those PD needs coincided with the impact of COVID-19 pushing all learning to remote instruction in March 2020.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 30, 2022

Leading professional learning, teaching a lesson, participating in a PLC (professional learning community), or flipping a faculty meeting are all ways that leaders can model the same practices that they want their staff to embrace. This is just one example.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In this edWebinar, the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) Social Studies team, made up of regional and district leaders, describe how their virtual learning communities on edWeb.net helped them support educators, and their students and parents, during a time of crisis.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In this edWebinar, the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) Social Studies team, made up of regional and district leaders, describe how their virtual learning communities on edWeb.net helped them support educators, and their students and parents, during a time of crisis.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 5, 2023

During the spring of 2022, I met Nicki Slaugh , who serves as principal, and many of her staff at a school system where we were all there to facilitate professional learning on Personalized Competency-Based Learning (PCBL). It was so exciting for us to meet someone who shared our passion and vision.

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Edthena

JANUARY 13, 2022

Learn more about Edthena’s start and video-powered professional learning in this conversation between Rod Murray of The Pulse podcast and Edthena founder and CEO Adam Geller. And, try out Edthena’s video coaching professional learning for yourself. Video-Powered Professional Learning.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 2, 2020

edWeb.net has just released its 2020 Teacher Professional Learning Survey. For three years, edWeb has conducted an annual survey on professional learning and how edWeb meets educators’ needs. edWeb professional learning provides educators with these highly rated attributes.

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eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2022

BOSTON (April 21, 2022) – Hemet Unified School District in Riverside County, California, has adopted LETRS® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) professional learning programs for its teachers and administrators. It also offers professional learning sessions led by national LETRS experts.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

If you’re like most educators, you don’t have the time to waste on unproductive faculty meetings. That’s why administrators and teacher leaders should transform faculty meetings into engaging professional development (PD) opportunities. You can elevate the motivation and learning to heights that seem unreachable.

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The Web20Classroom

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

It also got me thinking about how much boring time educators spend in meetings and “PD” when they could be doing something more authentic. I'm going to bet we can all recall a meeting or boring PD we had to endure. Those meetings that drag on, and on, and on. Many meetings are just information transfer. I will admit it.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2020

Developing a Professional Learning Community Earlier in my career, I met Dr. Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa, a researcher, author and thought leader in the field of MBE, when she presented a session on multilingualism at Zurich International School. To my surprise, people were interested and they voted to meet before school at 7 a.m.

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Brilliant or Insane

JUNE 28, 2015

Brilliant or Insane I began meeting with strategic planning groups last week, in anticipation of the summer and the year ahead. There’s always a bit of a honeymoon period before the real work […] The post 4C the Success of Your Next Professional Learning Initiative appeared first on Brilliant or Insane.

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Edthena

JANUARY 13, 2022

Learn more about Edthena’s start and video-powered professional learning in this conversation between Rod Murray of The Pulse podcast and Edthena founder and CEO Adam Geller. And, try out Edthena’s video coaching professional learning for yourself. Video-Powered Professional Learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 5, 2021

While this is undoubtedly important, it is also vital to gather input on professional learning and resources that are needed— more of this down the road. From here, specific requests can be made for professional learning support on personalized strategies. It’s no shock that their number one response is time.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 25, 2020

The main takeaway with time though is to develop ways to give it unconditionally to teachers and not schedule or mandate anything else in its place, such as meetings or PLC's. Eliminating Meetings Let's be honest for a minute. No one truly likes meetings, and the value of them is open to interpretation.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

As I work with leadership teams, many are struggling to engage their teachers in professional learning this year. Schools invested money in purchasing devices and improving access to reliable internet to meet the demands of the pandemic, and leadership teams want to keep the momentum going.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 16, 2023

Look no further than using AI to conduct queries on any aspect of educational practice, such as grading, pedagogy, professional learning communities, virtual learning, or the use of technology. Peer-reviewed research Educators want a compelling why that imparts value when it comes to change.

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