Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2024

Teachers can use observations with a checklist when students are: Engaged in group activities or discussions to monitor individual participation and contributions. Teachers might include the following items on a checklist: Participation: Is the student actively engaged in the activity/discussion?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2020

If your student or child had to rapidly transition to an at-home learning environment as a struggling reader, an English language learner, or one with dyslexia, there are many ways that the support they were receiving in school can transfer to their home. This builds metacognition, which is key for comprehension and reading success.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The program will utilize federal funds under the Every Student Succeeds Act, Title II and feature CORE’s Online Elementary Reading Academy (OERA), as well as individualized coaching sessions for each participating teacher. Instructors will provide support to participants through feedback and dialogue. Portland, Ore.,

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2025

To meet the districts goal of creating a caring and connected community, in 2022, school leaders formed a workgroup of parents, community members, coaches, and teachers to take inventory of current extracurriculars at all district schools and identify gaps in meeting students diverse interests and hobbies.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

Session tracks focus on topics and insights relevant to various K-12 leadership titles: district leaders, school leaders, classroom leaders, IT leaders, coach leaders, inclusion leaders, esports leaders, and library leaders. Here’s a look at just a few of the sessions on tap: 1. 16 at 8:30 a.m., At the 1 p.m.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

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. Elmwood supports its teachers through a unique coaching program that encourages peer feedback and shared learning.

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eSchool News

MARCH 25, 2025

We standardized our use of instructional materials and implemented math and literacy coaches at every school. We chose EL Education for English language arts, Bridges for preK-5 math, and Illustrative Mathematics for math in grades 6-8. One way teachers learn these skills is through the guidance and support of instructional coaches.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

As the sixth-largest school district in the country, serving over 275,000 public and public charter school students, BCPS boasts an extremely diverse student population representing over 200 countries and over 190 languages. The outcomes were significant.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Whether its reinforcing math concepts, improving reading comprehension, or learning a new language, these resources make learning more engaging and effective. To address this, AEF integrates executive functioning coaching into daily instruction. AEF takes a proactive approach to emotional support through its Get A Grip (GAG) program.

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. These types of activities allow for total engagement and participation for students and allow multiple pathways in the brain to become activated, making retrieval of the learning easier.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

BOSTON In 2024, more than 2,600 districts, schools, and state departments purchased or renewed licenses to Lexia Aspire Professional Learning or the Lexia LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) professional learning programs.

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eSchool News

JULY 7, 2023

Through this alliance, NASEF and Acer America will provide the training, coaching modules and course certification for schools to structure, implement and maintain an esports program. state standards in science, social studies and English Language Arts.

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eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2024

Then, be intentional when coaching teachers and set clear expectations on what they need to accomplish in the first 30, 60, and 90 days. By the 2021-22 academic year, half of the district’s high school seniors had participated in blended learning classes, boasting an impressive 93 percent pass rate.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2022

More than 1,500 teachers, literacy coaches, and administrators participated in professional learning sessions provided by the Lexia LETRS ® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) suite of programs. Lexia believes that literacy can and should be for all regardless of ability, heritage language, or zip code.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 6, 2023

With numerous programming languages available, it can take time to pick a starting point. Once I saw how they possessed both drive and tenacity, they participated in a virtual robotics competition–the Fall 2022 CoderZ League Robotics Competition. students with special needs, English Language Learners, etc.).

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) in early January announced 15 startup companies selected to participate in the inaugural AWS Education Accelerator. The participating edtech startups are focused on a wide range of solutions for PK-12, higher education, and workforce education customers. Oblio, Inc. Quizard AI, Inc.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2024

In partnership with nonprofit Games for Change, participating schools will receive free coaching guidance from esports professionals to help prepare teams across areas ranging from technical skills to health and wellness for gamers. The esports league opened for registration in early August and runs from September 23 to December 13.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

Wisconsin is creating a new literacy office and hiring reading coaches. Most teacher prep programs don’t devote at least two instructional hours to how to teach English learners to read in an unfamiliar language or to supporting struggling readers, NCTQ’s analysis found. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. newsletters.

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2024

Participating families can set and achieve goals around their children’s development and see an increase in their social and emotional skills and language acquisition, both of which support emerging literacy. points and 1.5 points, respectively.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Teachers, parents, counselors, administrators, coaches, and other loved ones have faced an unprecedented challenge in this regard. Districts will see the value in data-driven instructional coaching. One practice that we will see gaining popularity is instructional coaching. –Patty Hagan, Teaching and Learning Coach, St.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Educators, learners, instructional technology coaches, and IT/edtech staff are grappling with the complexities of managing an ever-expanding arsenal of disconnected digital tools. For example, smart board tools such as text to speech, translation, or word prediction can help students overcome language barriers and unique challenges.

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eSchool News

JULY 19, 2016

K-12 classroom instructors, instructional coaches, and educational administrators are invited to enroll. Each session includes expert video screencasts, classroom video clips, readings and resources, and assignments that will help participants create a strong foundation of communication within the classroom.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Coaching that provides content-specific individual support. “At Individual and small group coaching that provides tailored support to promote mastery and transform instruction. Optional coaching sessions are recommended to fine-tune small-group and individual skill sets to meet specific needs.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

The new programs also have increased training for leading special student populations, including students with disabilities, English language learners and early childhood students. K-12 classroom instructors, instructional coaches, and educational administrators are invited to enroll.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2020

At Union City Public Schools, and at a couple dozen other districts in New Jersey, teachers are assigned specially trained coaches who offer instructional guidance and model interventions for developmental issues that arise, including physical, behavioral or linguistic challenges. The coaches are all former early childhood teachers.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2016

With this in mind, Teach n’ Kids Learn (TKL) and DimensionU have teamed up to create a robust Online Professional Development course that supports teachers’ instruction in mathematics and language arts through gamification, quickly and easily. We take our responsibility of facilitating instructional development for teachers very seriously.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2021

Participants in this VFT directly affected by 9/11 discuss the event and its impact, the national and global unity that ensued, and the lessons learned which remain relevant today. Mortenson, an Instructional Coach at Verona Area High School in the Verona Area School District.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2020

Now, language learning app Duolingo is getting into college admissions. Duolingo Passes Its English Test Don’t worry, the pandemic hasn’t shuttered Duolingo’s popular gamified language learning app. In these groups, teachers can share experiences with their peers and get one-on-one coaching from an expert in AVID’s network.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2021

And STEM Integration Transformation Coach Victoria Thompson is committed to facilitating their efforts. As a teacher, and now an instructional coach, I think all learners need support and scaffolding. Coaching Menus - People might not know what they don’t know. And the challenge is even greater for English language learners.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2022

And on top of all that, she’s a mentor and coach to new teachers. Meeks was introduced to us after participating in the UDL Product Certification listening sessions, a project sponsored by the Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA), a coalition of organizations dedicated to supporting students with disabilities and learning differences.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

In fact, research shows that 80 percent of esports teams are comprised of students who have never before participated in extracurricular activities. Much like participation in an athletic team, esports players learn how to work together as an effective team by communicating and collaborating with each other. –Amy Gulley, M.Ed

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Edsurge

JULY 8, 2019

They develop more advanced language, pre-math and social skills , and make an easier adjustment to kindergarten. According to third-party evaluations of programs like the one proposed in North Carolina , children who participate experience growth outcomes that are 2 to 3 times higher than their peers who do not attend preschool.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2020

As an English as an additional language (EAL) support teacher at NIST International School in Bangkok, Thailand, I co-teach in four early elementary classrooms, supporting multilingual students who are developing their academic proficiency in English. toward the end of Writer’s Workshop. But we took it one step at a time.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The parent is a passive participant, just sitting there listening and learning about their child, as if they were not there from birth or during last night’s tantrum or for all the hand-holding in-between. The student was able to leverage her bilingualism to facilitate the conversation such that all languages were honored and equally valued.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Jackie Gerstein Recently, EdSurge spoke with three participants of the AI Explorations program to learn about its impact in K-12 classrooms: Dr. Jackie Gerstein, Dr. Brandon Taylor and Dr. Stacy George. Then, students learned to code with graphical programming language. Taylor: The head coach and I were familiar with Homecourt.

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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2016

A team of researchers studied 280 New York City Middle School students, 17 teachers and five coaches from New York City’s Middle School Quality Initiative (MSQI) over seven weeks who participated in LightSail’s SummerSail program. percent are English Language Learners (ELL). The demographics of the student cohort studied are 91.7

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

The consensus among the educators who participated in our focus groups was that making is a way for students to make order out of chaos and that this path is expectedly going to be messy. Devon Flamm, a K-2 instructional coach at a public school in Hardin, Mont., Watch your language. How does this look in practice?

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