The 4 Most Underrated Professional Learning Opportunities For Educators

The best way to engage educators in learning is to allow them to have a choice in what they are learning about. Do you ever ask teachers about their interests?

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Revamp your lessons: Nano Learning - The New Educational Teaching Method

We truly believe that learning can be both delivered in small bursts or lengthier content but as times change educators must change with the times and meet the needs of Our Gen Z students.

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What Are 5 Trends K12 Schools Should Try Today

In the last five years, there has been a boom in five different types of learning. As of now, the foundations for these five new learning trends are in development but they will be critical as the Year 2030 approaches so embrace them today!

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Get The Most Out Of Your Professional Development, Take It Over!

As educational leaders, it is our job to make professional learning opportunities meaningful and engaging so include teachers in the discussion.

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How to Guarantee Success: Set Smart Goals

Let this be the year where you set SMART goals for yourself as a teaching professional.

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Building PD Through Learning Relationships: Situated Learning

In our teacher preparation programs, we must provide adequate experiences for our students so they understand that learning takes place through building relationships.

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Learnie and the future of Community Learning

“Learnie Enterprise” brings private Community-based User-Generated Microlearning to businesses and organizations to capture the power of their communities and make learning easier, faster, more fun and more cost-effective.

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Impacts Of The COVID-19 Pandemic on Education

While some districts have reopened, many districts struggle to provide consistent education to students leaving a wider academic gap. I worry for this next generation and their learning loss.

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Let's rethink standardized testing: Grow Using Experts in the Field

What if teachers selected an area to explore, expand, and implement into their schools? I know these experiences would help ignite the next generation of students.

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Microlearning Can Transform The Classroom: Think About Chunking Your Lessons

Microlearning consists of small learning units and short-term learning activities which enhance learning and performance for students. Here is how to begin!

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Reasons Why You Shouldn't Ignore The Four-Day School Week

Did you know that 560 school districts have at least one school with a four-day schedule? So if Colorado, New Mexico, and Idaho have embraced it, then what are you waiting for?

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Mindfulness: 10 Tips That'll Help Educators Make It Through The Day

Everyone is using their cell phone too much and YES, it’s a society-wide problem. Try to use these 10 mindfulness tips in school that may help get you through the day!

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What are the Long-Term Benefits of Teaching Social-Emotional Skills in Elementary School

Why should we teach social-emotional skills in elementary school? This article examines the long-term benefits of SEL programs.

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Live Life on the Edge: Co-designing Instruction with Your Students

How about we build the capacity of our school and work with our students to co-design their instruction…

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Why You Should Spend More Time Thinking About Personalized Learning

One of the best outcomes of implementing personalized learning in a face-to-face environment is access. Why can’t individual students take courses that rely more on their personal interests?

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Undeniable Proof That Blended Learning will Become The Next Trend In Education

Blended learning programs are a great educational method to teach some of society's most vulnerable populations… so what has your school done to change?

What Research Can Teach Us About Student Achievement And How Middle School Culture Affects It

Even though there is no clear connection between middle school culture and predicting AYP scores; something must be done to transform the next generation.

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Are You Getting the Most Out of Your Student-Centered Coaching?

Coaching schedules should be made public, up-to-date and create time for the coach to spend time in the classrooms; if you are not organized then things can get a little crazy.

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The Instructional Coaching Role in Middle School: Wearing Multiple Hats

With the pandemic underway; companies like Ei360 and others have started to refocus their efforts on Diversity, Equity, and inclusion, as well as Social-Emotional, Learning techniques. This is now becoming the priority in every school.