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Key qualities of a principal coach

eSchool News

They create collaborative and supportive learning cultures, attract high-quality teachers, and promote strong student outcomes. While it might seem like some people are simply cut out to be strong leaders, I believe with coaching more districts can develop administrators ready for the complexity of leading a building.

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How video coaching inspires teacher self-reflection

eSchool News

Key points: Video-based coaching offers insight on teacher practices and makes feedback more effective I’m a first-year teacher. Department of Education looked at video-based coaching in about 100 elementary schools. One group had five rounds of coaching in which they recorded themselves teaching and received feedback on the video.

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Elmwood School: Where Girls Rise with Confidence, Curiosity and Global Vision

k12 Digest

Elmwood encourages students to create and lead clubs that reflect their passionswhether thats robotics, creative writing, or cultural heritage. Athletes take the lead as captains or student coaches. And through the school’s house system, each student gets the chance to participate in and contribute to meaningful events.

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How we turned around our school culture and student performance

eSchool News

Emerson says there was a huge culture shift, but thanks to the five-year plan Discovery designed, they rolled it out slowly, starting with four innovators at 20 elementary schools. , an initiative focused on helping teachers get students involved in the 4Cs and away from the “sage on stage” model.

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Q&A: Victor Hicks on Blending Computer Science with Culture

EdTech Magazine

Since mid-2020, the Coding with Culture program has offered project-based courses that incorporate cultural elements and computer science–based instruction. EdTech spoke with Victor Hicks — known as Coach Hicks — the program’s founder and a STEM teacher at St. Thomas More Catholic School in Decatur, Ga.

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Want Transformational Teachers? Here’s Why Change Starts With Coaches

Edsurge

Years before I wrote my book, “Courageous Edventures,” and helped develop an instructional coaching model used in schools across the country, I served as a district leader supporting instructional coaches. And the time they spent with instructional coaches seemed key to moving the needle.

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A look at one school’s innovative approach to PD

eSchool News

As such, we created a professional development model that focuses on providing: Ongoing opportunities for teachers to participate in professional learning. This includes in-person and tech-enabled learning that is specifically focused on strengthening culturally responsive teaching, differentiated instruction, and inclusive practices.

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