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#2: 10 education trends for 2018

eSchool News

The right research-based strategies and technology–like observation and feedback using video–can help districts scale PD efforts. Teachers record and upload portions of their lessons and then share it with the district’s mentor teachers, who act as peer coaches, to receive targeted feedback.

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How Higher Ed Institutions Are Strategically Managing Change

Edsurge

But we don’t just implement the software; we provide advisory services around change management to help organizations reach their goals.” McGrath Another key strategy involves adopting a multi-layered approach to workforce feedback , which challenges the traditional top-down model. Stakeholders question, “What’s in it for me?”

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

Edsurge

In the past, this feedback loop always required a teacher or administrator to respond. Mini has become a friendly extension of our team, removing the burden of change management from our teachers and acting as a supportive advisor to our families. Anything she wasn’t able to answer was escalated to a member of our team.

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Q&A: Rod Houpe Uses Evidence to Drive Change in Schools

EdTech Magazine

Sonny Magana, one of my co-authors on the white paper “ Mastering Organizational Change Management to Drive Digital Transformation in Education ,” strongly advocates for the T3 Framework for Innovation, and I agree. EDTECH: How do schools take the leap into the digital transformation pool without drowning?

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Kiddom Helps Administrators Manage Change

Ask a Tech Teacher

Their newest is the twenty-eight-page ISTE-aligned Change Management eBook. It addresses how to create a sense of urgency, build a coalition, form and communicate your strategic vision, enable action by removing barriers and instituting change, generate short-term wins, and more. What I like.

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The Secret to Being a Better Teacher? Find Your Tribe

Edsurge

We agreed that the system was broken and it wasn’t just curriculum we wanted to change, it was our relationships with students. She talked about professional development and change management. I talked about rewriting curriculum and changing the way it was delivered to students.

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

Faculty Focus

Think about changes directed at some aspect of the course: assignments, exams, in-class activities, the feedback you provide to students. But if you’re not terribly motivated, it wise to go with any targeted change that sparks your interest. It makes sense to target whatever’s making the course tough to teach.