Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In the past, this feedback loop always required a teacher or administrator to respond. Schools need district support to navigate change and adapt new strategies that combine cutting-edge technology with evidence-based strategies. Anything she wasn’t able to answer was escalated to a member of our team.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

About two years ago Houston Independent School District , with its 283 schools and 215,000 students, went in search of an LMS that would help teachers create and use coursework that was both digital and aligned to Texas state standards (Texas pointedly does not use the Common Core). Pie in the sky.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Unfortunately, legacy education data systems rarely contain much in the way of relationship data. Schools can keep track of which students are paired with what teachers. That’s not to say schools fly entirely blind. They can assign advisors or mentors to students who are struggling.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2017

There are many elements critical to the success of change management initiatives, including those involving blended and personalized learning. Whether its teachers, leaders or community members, it is important to make sure you have two-way communications. Just as important is listening to what your stakeholders have to say.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2017

This leads to vastly different experiences for students nationwide and causes engineering courses to be ephemeral, exiting schools if funding is reduced or if qualified teachers leave the school. This will empower underrepresented students and families to thrive in the fourth industrial revolution.

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2018

It’s also the fact that when a school hires a singular position to own a large change, it sends a message that one person owns the responsibility to change practices across an entire staff. After five years of teaching, most recently as a technology teacher at an elementary school, I was recruited for a role outside of the classroom.

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Blended Learning Learning Coaching Change Management 99

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

While auditing how districts use technology tools, he noticed major discrepancies between how many products were purchased—and how few were used. One district, Murray said, paid over $100,000 for a software program that only four teachers used. “We In education, organizational change management equates to training,” said Schad.

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Education Change Management Intelligence Evaluation 110

Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2017

So in spring of 2014, when the district proposed implementing a 1:1 technology initiative that would help teachers and students transition to a personalized learning model, there was some resistance from families and the board rejected the proposal. Several of our students were named U.S. Presidential Scholars.

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Edsurge

JULY 23, 2018

This helps teachers to really see what their vision for personalized learning looks like in practice. Creating teacher buy-in for personalized learning Change management can be a lonely process. If you do not effectively engage your teachers, then there is a good likelihood the initiative will fail.

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Learning Coaching Math Change Management 88

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

The organization, which launched in August 2015, was co-founded by Jeff Wetzler and Aylon Samouha; they met while jointly leading Teach for America’s (TFA) teacher preparation and ongoing support division in 2007. In order to make these changes, the school model reimagined staffing and integrated technology.

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