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ISTE Goes Virtual: A Week of Powerful Learning

Rachelle Dené Poth

Dec 11, 2020

Rachelle Dene Poth shares a recap of virtual ISTE20 Live including main sessions and closing keynotes.

Leadership

Reaching for Better with Teacher Evaluation and Support

Guest Author

Dec 10, 2020

By: Jim Furman. If we take the opportunity to make this a transformative year for our teachers and the profession by focusing on support rather than evaluation, we can create a system of teacher evaluation and support that is better than our old normal.

professional learning and microcredentials

Future of Learning

Harmonizing with Microcredentials: 7 Steps to Reimagining Your School’s Professional Learning

Eric Nentrup

Oct 27, 2020

In this final piece of the series, we summarize how Harmony Public Schools reinvented professional learning for their staff by putting the educator at the center and building a career pathways program awarding relevant and realistic microcredentials to in-service teachers and administrators.

educator feedback and professional learning

Getting Through

Focusing on Feedback: A Conversation with Amy Tepper and Patrick Flynn About Supporting Educators During Distanced Teaching

Guest Author

Oct 23, 2020

By: Adam Geller. Educational coaches and co-authors Amy Tepper and Patrick Flynn share their expertise on organizational change and the feedback process.

Harmony Public Schools Teacher Designation Pathways Diagram

Competency-Based Education

Change Management at Harmony Public Schools: When Prior Innovations Become Status Quo

Guest Author

Oct 13, 2020

By: Burak Yilmaz. Through the development of a competency-based microcredential system, Harmony Public Schools has become a place where all educators with a growth mindset can thrive.

Leadership

The Art Of Teaching Has Been Overcompensating For The Science

Rebecca Midles

Oct 9, 2020

With the rise of learning science, the art of teaching could evolve into a system, and learners would be truly at the center.

Leadership

Harmony’s Commitment to Microcredentials: A Close Look at their Professional Learning Experience

Eric Nentrup

Sep 29, 2020

Part three of the five-part blog series produced in partnership with Harmony Public Schools shares a few stories of evolving professional learning experiences from the district’s journey thus far.

professional learning for virtual teaching

Leadership

Redefining Pre-Service Learning In The Virtual Age

Michael Niehoff

Aug 17, 2020

Whether it’s modeling better virtual instruction, as well as increased emphasis on social-emotional learning, school leaders and professional learning facilitators are having to rethink how to prepare teachers for the school year.

lifelong learning and professional development

EdTech

Lifelong Learning is the Antidote to the Shifting Workforce

Guest Author

Aug 3, 2020

By: The Skillrise Editorial Team. Along with the EdTech Center @ World Education, the Skillrise team is working to close digital divides and ensure that all learner-workers in the United States have opportunities to develop essential technology skills and digital resilience.

Leadership

Scaling Active Learning: Professional Development Was Key to the El Paso Transformation

Guest Author

Jul 23, 2020

By: Shannon Buerk. In the fourth blog in a series on El Paso Independent School District, Shannon describes the important role that professional learning played in the district's transformation.

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From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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