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6 keys to effective tutoring

eSchool News

Key points: For tutoring to work, students have to show up Finding a curriculum designed for tutoring is important to program success As educators continue to work to accelerate learning for students following the pandemic, many are turning to tutoring to provide support. Think of it like inpatient versus outpatient medical therapy.

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Use Tech to Reassess Assessment

eSchool News

He also explores how technology can aid in more accurate, unbiased, and motivational assessment methods. Considering the amount of professional development we provide teachers on curriculum design and instructional planning, how can we not invest resources in improving how teachers grade?

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5 goals, 5 barriers of digital curriculum

eSchool News

In addition to using digital curriculum to increase instructor effectiveness, surveyed education leaders cited increased student engagement, providing project-based learning for student instruction, personalized learning, and intervention for struggling students as top motivations for the switch. Digital curriculum systems training.

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Empowering Learners for a Global Future

k12 Digest

Seeing students and educators achieve their full potential across diverse domains keeps me motivated every day. Education is transformative, and I am passionate about fostering environments where curiosity, creativity, and collaboration flourish. What do you love the most about your current role? Who is your role model in life and why?

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Class Size Matters: Understanding the Link Between Class Size and Student Achievement

eSchool News

Class size is a frequently cited reason teachers leave their jobs, with 10% of teachers who had left the profession or moved to another school stating that class sizes were the motive for making their move. Reducing teacher attrition is an important goal as the teacher shortage looms.

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How Mentorship Has Kept Me in the Classroom

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These teacher-to-teacher relationships—through mentorship, collegial support, and friendship—have kept me grounded and motivated. I struggled with classroom management, curriculum design and the pressures of working in a high-poverty school.

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4 Steps for Humanizing Personalized Learning

Edsurge

To set foot into untrodden territory can be exciting, and we must not let our unfounded fears of learning loss or misguided motivations for learning acceleration trick us into going back to what we were doing before the pandemic. Complex instruction leverages open-ended tasks, specifically designed for diverse groups of learners.

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