Leadership
Content that enables educators, edleaders, organizations and families to increase capacity, apply a growth mindset and implement what’s next in learning on behalf of those entrusted to them.
Leadership
How School Administrators Can Support and Promote Formative Assessment
By: Susan Villani. As teachers develop formative assessment-focused lesson plans and structures that enable students to increasingly become responsible for their own learning, administrators must give teachers the support and flexibility they need to rethink their approach.
Future of Learning
Where to Be During SXSW EDU 2019
It’s that time of year where we all make our way down to Austin, Texas for SXSW EDU. We’re excited to spend four days together discussing education innovation with our fellow optimistic, forward-thinking stakeholders who are aiming to impact the future of learning.
Equity & Access
What Happens When We Do School Better?
By: Doris Korda. Doris explains how students in the Columbus City Schools have the option to participate in Options for Success (OFS) to avoid missing out on valuable learning opportunities.
Future of Work
Helping Students Prepare for Their Futures with LinkedIn
LinkedIn has become an essential networking and professional development platform to use for the new global workforce.
Leadership
4 Reasons to Attend the Inaugural Digital Learning Annual Conference
If you're not already planning to be part of the inaugural Digital Learning Annual Conference in Austin this spring, you should add it to your list. Here are four reasons why (hint: one reason may be a discount code just for our readers) we think you should attend!
Leadership
Post-Secondary Preparation Through Guidance and Advisement
We all play a role in student success, meaning parents, teachers, counselors, advisors, and even peers. This factor alone is a key motivator of why advisory is so important and why it should be a priority in our schools. The methods we use to guide and advise our students are like puzzle pieces to their now and their future.
Leadership
Improving Organizational Culture: The What vs. The Why
The start of a new year is a great time to take a personal, team, and organization pulse and set intentions which will help carry you throughout the year. One helpful exercise for all organizations to go through is to reexamine both the organization’s “why” and each team member’s personal “why”.
Leadership
The Importance of Being a Mentor and Having a Mentor
Mentoring is a very important part of what we “engage” in as educators. Whether we serve as a mentor to a colleague or a student, or perhaps we seek out a mentor to help us with challenges or simply to have a system of support in our personal and professional lives, it has a tremendous impact. Whether or not we even realize it at times, we are all serving as a mentor to someone.
EdTech
How A Global Tech Giant Is Becoming A Learning Leader
With a commitment to a distributed global workforce, Infosys is hiring people committed to lifelong learning—and to helping teachers instill a love of learning in young people. Learn more about the company and how they’re supporting preparation for the future of work.
Future of Learning
Creating a More Inclusive School Community Starts With Intentional Support for Teachers
By: Nichelle Bowes, Ed.D. Once we build the pathways into teaching, we have to think about how to best support our aspiring and veteran educators to successfully support each of their students. Nichelle Bowes offers a few lessons she has learned through her career.