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Coaching is Critical to the Success of a Shift to Blended learning

Catlin Tucker

As I work with leadership teams, many are struggling to engage their teachers in professional learning this year. Unfortunately, substitute teacher shortages combined with teacher fatigue are presenting challenges when it comes to offering and engaging teachers in professional learning.

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Only 1 in 8 elementary teacher prep programs adequately teach math

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Better math teacher prep will strengthen aspiring teachers and lead to greater math achievement for students. To develop great math teachers, teacher prep programs must increase the time they spend on fundamental math concepts. Twenty-two percent of undergraduate programs earned an F for their math teacher preparation.

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How video coaching inspires teacher self-reflection

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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. A group of 350 4th-, 5th-, and 6th-grade teachers were split into groups.

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How to use micro-coaching for teacher PD

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The United States is experiencing a national education shortage of teachers leaving the profession in droves, coined “The Great Resignation” due to high anxiety, burnout, safety concerns, low salaries, and challenging job demands. This shortage is further fueled by plummeting enrollment in teacher preparation programs.

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More districts eye AI training for teachers

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As AI moves further into classrooms, it has generated debates around appropriate use for teachers and students. It also reveals the need for district policies and teacher training. In total, 60 percent of districts surveyed in fall 2023 reported plans to provide teacher trainings on AI by the end of the 20232024 school year.

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How video coaching helps us support teacher growth and retention

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We believe that successful mentoring and instructional coaching sustains teachers, especially new ones, throughout the year and improves their ability to build strong relationships with students and families. How video coaching works Because video coaching is new to our school, I have been taking the recordings myself this year.

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Class Companion: Instant AI Coaching and Feedback

Catlin Tucker

Since the most effective feedback is actionable, timely, and ongoing, AI presents an exciting pathway to reimagine how we support students as they work in classrooms and create more balance for teachers. She points out that AI doesn’t do better thinking than the teacher, but it has the advantage of not getting tired.

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