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A ‘New Normal’ Requires New Tools for Attendance and Family Engagement

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Researchers at Columbia University went further to study the impact of weekly automated alerts to parents about their student’s missed assignments, grades and class absences. A personalized alert regarding student absences (Credit: AllHere) Texting is the most effective—and equitable—way to communicate with families.

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What Does It Take To Successfully Implement Personalized Learning at Scale?

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We’re exploring resources that allow teachers to assist multiple groups simultaneously, access grade-level content, remediate struggling students and accelerate others. It wasn’t about buy-in but instead helping teachers feel comfortable making changes successfully. Change management is crucial to this process.

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Kiddom Helps Administrators Manage Change

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What Kiddom does that few other education webtools do is provide free educator and administrator guides on topics such as Standards-based Grading , Blended Learning , and lesson planning (click for my reviews of these). Their newest is the twenty-eight-page ISTE-aligned Change Management eBook.

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A Word of Caution Before Hiring a Director of Personalized Learning

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In 2017, I began a new position as the director of personalized learning at a public charter school serving students in grades 7-12 in Phoenix. Participating in the creation of a new position, leading the change management process, and having an office (even if it was shared) got me really jazzed about my transition.

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How Transcend Education Partners with School Leaders to Build New Models

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In 2016 - 2017, grades K-6 will be housed in the same building and a decision will be made in fall 2016 about whether to move forward at multiple sites or a single site. During this phase, there were also meetings to discuss the change management strategy, to build a budget for the project and to assist Toll in raising funds for the work.

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The Thrill is Gone: What to Do When Your Course Doesn’t Excite You

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Tired, ho-hum attitudes get communicated with all sorts of subtle cues, such as tone of voice, gestures, or facial responses to a question you’ve heard hundreds of times before. Tired of grading papers that all say the same things? It’s hard to summon excitement when it all feels so very familiar. Are you bored with the content?

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The Thrill is Gone: What to Do When Your Course Doesn’t Excite You

Faculty Focus

Tired, ho-hum attitudes get communicated with all sorts of subtle cues, such as tone of voice, gestures, or facial responses to a question you’ve heard hundreds of times before. Tired of grading papers that all say the same things? It’s hard to summon excitement when it all feels so very familiar. Are you bored with the content?