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#2: 10 education trends for 2018

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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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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. In the past, this feedback loop always required a teacher or administrator to respond. Anything she wasn’t able to answer was escalated to a member of our team.

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The Secret to Being a Better Teacher? Find Your Tribe

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It was from a local third grade teacher named Alex Larson who was working with a similar population of students. 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.

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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. What I like.

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

Faculty Focus

Tired of grading papers that all say the same things? 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.

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

Faculty Focus

Tired of grading papers that all say the same things? 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.

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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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