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Leadership
Can’t Miss Education Conferences in 2024
[…] Throughout our travels, we continue to curate and update a list of our favorites that we think everyone should attend. Here is the latest list of can’t-miss education conferences for your 2024 planning: FETC January 23-26, 2024; Orlando, Florida FETC is the largest national independent EdTech conference discussing tech trends, strategies and best practices […]
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Place Based Education
Five Reasons to Bring Our National Parks into the Classroom
National Parks are a great way to provide experiential learning, outdoor learning and engage learners with a nuanced past.
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Competency-Based Education
Getting Smart Town Hall Recap: Let’s Talk About C.B.E.: Competency-Based Everything
[…] about C.B.E.: Competency-Based Everything, we brought in a few of our friends to serve as guests and lend their valuable expertise to the audience’s wonderings about competency-based education (CBE). We were joined by Claudette Trujillo of Westminster Public Schools, Laura Hilger of Knowledgeworks, Deion A. Jordan of Crosstown High and Abby Benedetto of Envision […]
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Leadership
Meet the Culture Hackers: Microcredentials Aren’t Just for Students
[…] matter of time before the school leaders needed to learn new skills for their leadership roles. Administrator microcredential tracks were the solution, especially for those moving into education leadership from the classroom. When it became ‘one more thing.’ There was a lot of effort put into defining microcredentials and making sure everyone understood the […]
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Learning Design
The Adult Learner: Understanding Their Variability to Customize Their Learning
[…] America’s economic landscape: an underpaid, underappreciated, and underprepared workforce that has recently faced the harshest of economic blows. Part of the solution for economic justice is an education and professional development system that recognizes the unique backgrounds and needs of each adult learner. In partnership with educators, researchers, and training providers, Digital Promise’s Learner […]
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SEL & Mindset
The Benefits of Play-Based Learning For All Ages
[…] work is experiencing deep fears and trauma related to workers being displaced by automation, artificial intelligence, and pure skill misalignment. Solutions are often focused on re-training and educational efforts, as well as newer concepts such as Universal Basic Income. Play nurtures and fosters all things related to this ability to connect and relate to […]
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Leadership
A Whole Child, Strengths-Based Approach to IEPs
[…] challenges faced during COVID. Some challenges are new, but others have lurked beneath the surface, starkly revealing themselves during the pandemic. This is especially true in special education. Teachers, administrators, and families are reimagining learning plans for learners with unique needs. Nationwide, over 7 million students are provided with individualized education programs (IEPs) that provide the roadmap for all involved […]
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New Pathways
Communities Develop Their Future Workforce Through NAF Academies
Education, business, and community leaders can work together to support students in visualizing and creating their future. Wall-to-wall NAF Academies collaborate with communities to develop the future workforce through work-based learning, mentorships, internships, and more.
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Place Based Education
Creating Connections Across Slate Valley for the Common Good
[…] their Personalized Learning Plans (PLPs) through community-based applications; to make interdisciplinary connections through Transferable Skills and content proficiencies (science, math, social sciences, English, arts, health, and physical education), and to reflect on and refine an understanding of themselves as learners and as members of their greater community. FHUHS students will have experiences in the […]
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