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Leveraging AI to help special education teachers

eSchool News

In this case, AI can essentially serve as an on-demand instructional coach for special education teachers. The team should always be sure that there is consent for confidentiality of notes being taken in this way, and that can be added as a starting point for the meeting agenda. is another AI tool for taking meeting notes.

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Vivi and Headspace Partner to Bring Mindfulness to K-12 Classrooms

eSchool News

By pairing Vivi’s emoji-based polling ability with Headspace’s mindfulness practices, teachers can administer a quick, confidential, whole-class check-in to get a temperature read on how students are feeling about the day or lesson, and then offer targeted support to those students in need.

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Coachin’ in the Classroom

Faculty Focus

And then came coach training. As with teaching, I came to coaching late. I was skeptical about the role of coaching at first. I discovered that coaching is “partnering with [students] in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. I had to find out.

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Coachin’ in the Classroom

Faculty Focus

And then came coach training. As with teaching, I came to coaching late. I was skeptical about the role of coaching at first. I discovered that coaching is “partnering with [students] in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. I had to find out.

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How ‘Dialogue’ Can Create Empathy in a Divided Classroom

Edsurge

They're really observing the facilitators to coach and supervise them. And then confidentiality in the space, too. So there is not a faculty member in the classroom every week. They start and end the semester with a faculty member, and then the faculty member will observe.

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When an Online Teaching Job Becomes a Window into Child Abuse

Edsurge

It added, though, that instructors who flag inappropriate behavior will not receive any follow-up information from the company, for student confidentiality reasons. “We Last month, Qkids sent around an email to its teachers reminding them that reporting of abuse is “strictly required.”

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From Reflection to Transformation: Embedding Antiracism into Everyday Practice

k12 Digest

During his 29 years as an educator, Dr. Harris has had a wide range of experiences as a teacher, coach, principal, district administrator, adjunct professor, speaker, writer, and consultant. School leaders can support this safety by co-creating group agreements that promote active listening, confidentiality, and respectful participation.