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Classroom Culture and Design
Develop a collaborative classroom culture in which all students feel safe, respected, and empowered to drive their own learning
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Classroom Culture and Design
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Student Roles: Democratizing Group Work
By defining student roles in group work, the teacher can support each student to be successful and support a steady work pace for each group
Creating Shared Work Time Norms and Expectations
Utilizing student input to develop shared work time expectations is key to successful learning task management
Class Values Ratings
Students rate how well they embody class values every day in order to reflect and grow
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Formative Assessment and Feedback
Provide students with multiple opportunities to demonstrate their understanding, track their progress, and guide their future learning
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Microgrouping to Provide Feedback
Microgrouping to Provide Feedback supports students to receive targeted feedback specific to their learning needs
Marzano's Self-Assessment Rubric
Provide students with clear criteria to self-assess effectively
Yoda Master: Crafting a Pathway based on Self-Assessment
This strategy supports students to create a plan for remediating their missed mastery objectives and work towards re-taking the assessment
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Student Ownership and Agency
Build opportunities and systems that empower students to take ownership and agency over their learning process
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Choice Boards for Student Agency
Choice boards give students autonomy and choice in their learning while allowing teachers to differentiate, observe, and assess in real time
Student Roles: Democratizing Group Work
By defining student roles in group work, the teacher can support each student to be successful and support a steady work pace for each group
Gallery Walk
Engage students in kinesthetic learning opportunities where they see, think, and wonder as they circulate the room
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Meeting the Needs of All Learners
Support students' diverse strengths and needs so they can grow and thrive in their learning environments
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Meeting the Needs of All Learners
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Performing a Needs Assessment or Gap Analysis
Use data to analyze gaps in student learning and create a personalized learning plan for students
Welcoming and Integrating EL Newcomers into the School Community
Learn how to welcome EL newcomers into both the classroom and school community
Building and Activating Prior or Background Knowledge
Building upon and activating prior knowledge helps make learning accessible and engaging for students
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Social-Emotional Learning
Prepare students with the self-awareness, relational, and decision-making skills needed to succeed in school and in life
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Social-Emotional Learning
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Developing a Growth Mindset
Teach students to talk about themselves and their work using a growth mindset
Collaborative Conversations for Behaviorally Challenging Students
Have a conversation with a student to collaboratively identify solutions to prevent challenging behavior
Self-Regulation Strategies
Students use self-regulation strategies like mental breaks, body and movement breaks, fidgets, and self-talk to maximize their learning
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Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning
Ensure students from all cultures and perspectives have full and equitable access to learning
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Building Equity Awareness and Capacity
Being culturally responsive involves learning about your own perceptions of students & then creating equitable learning experiences for them
Classroom Management Reconsidered
Effective classroom management creates a welcoming learning environment that supports all learners, even when they experience challenges
Identifying and Addressing Implicit Bias
In order to enjoy truly collaborative learning communities, students need identify blind spots and develop proactive responses to bias
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Blended Classroom Design
Leverage technology tools and strategies in the classroom to support personalized pathways for learning
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Blended Classroom Design
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Launching a New Digital Solution in Your Classroom
Taking intentional steps to launch new digital solutions in your classroom will lead to effective implementation for student success
Selecting and Using the Appropriate Digital Assessment Tools for Feedback
Students receive timely, personalized, and actionable feedback as teachers utilize digital assessment tools
Maximizing Opportunities from Game-Based Tools and Gamified Instruction
Clear goals, strong modeling, and ample opportunity for reflection turn fun games into highly effective learning tools
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Mastery-Based Progressions
Create personalized learning paths that allow students to progress toward goals and demonstrate mastery in flexible formats
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Mastery-Based Progressions
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Mastery Map and Standard-Based Peer Tutors
In a self-paced or mastery based learning environment, building a mastery map and a network of student experts can help
Pre-Assessing With Purpose
A pre-assessment is the foundation of a Mastery-Based Progression as it allows students and teacher to focus on what is most needed
Pacing Calendar to Support Students' Self-Paced Work
A Mastery-Based Progression unleashes students to work at their own pace so creating and monitoring a simple pacing calendar can help
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Project-Based Learning
Engage students in real-world, inquiry-based tasks to develop deep content knowledge, critical thinking, and communication skills
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Project-Based Learning
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Building Driving Questions
Driving questions initiate and focus the inquiry and learning throughout a project while creating an interest and challenge for students
Planning a PBL: Design Thinking Backwards Planning for Teachers
Starting a unit or project with the end goal in mind helps teachers to authentically integrate all content and plan the steps to achieve the
Student Contracts in Group Work
Student contracts is a student-centered approach to setting expectations for collaboration and contribution during group work
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Curriculum Implementation
Implement a new curriculum strategically to support rigorous student-centered learning
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Curriculum Implementation
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Differentiated Lesson Planning
Explore these templates to begin the process of differentiated planning in your classroom
Integrating Inclusive Content
Students need an inclusive curriculum in order to enjoy a full learning experience
Strengths-Based Instructional Practices
Identifying and celebrating strengths equips students to effectively adopt a growth mindset and set learning goals
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Student-Centered Math
Create engaging mathematics classrooms where students discuss frequently, problem-solve creatively, and think critically
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Student-Centered Math
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Fill in the Gaps
Fill in the gaps supports students to review assessment data and set goals for improvement over two days in which they work to fill the gaps
2,4,6,8 Collaborative Problem-Solving Structure
2,4,6,8 Collaborative Problem-Solving supports students to engage in independent and collaborative thinking to effectively problem solve
Rally Coach
This strategy supports student pairs to coach one another through problems and questions
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Student-Centered Literacy
Develop students' literacy skills by supporting student ownership of evidence-based reading, writing, speaking, and listening
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Accountable and Academic Student Talk Stems
Students need explicit norms, processes, and models to participate in productive classroom talk
Gallery Walk
Engage students in kinesthetic learning opportunities where they see, think, and wonder as they circulate the room
Jigsaw Discussions
Deepen student comprehension asking students to teach what they have learned to their peers
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Leading Through Change
Lead the improvement of teaching, learning, and overall school climate to enhance student achievement and success
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Leading Through Change
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Analyzing Student Data to Inform Instruction
Transform student data into educator action
Developing Norms to Support Productive Group Work
Setting group work values first leads to more productive and satisfying meetings
Creating a Distributed Leadership Model: Meet Demands by Sharing the Load
Do more by collaboratively sharing the guidance and direction of a school
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Instructional Coaching
Provide teachers with personalized coaching cycles that support them to grow and develop their teaching practice
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Instructional Coaching
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Coaching Observation
Coaching observations focus on using objective classroom data to identify the impact of a teacher's actions on student learning
Try-Measure-Learn (TML): The Heart of Continuous Improvement
Change teaching and learning one step at a time using the BetterLesson coaching model
Debriefing and Setting Next Steps
To improve our coaching practice we must reflect and develop next steps
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Collaborative Professional Learning
Develop a collaborative professional culture to support student-centered teaching and learning
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Collaborative Professional Learning
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Try-Measure-Learn (TML): The Heart of Continuous Improvement
Change teaching and learning one step at a time using the BetterLesson coaching model
Planning for a Successful Launch of Coaching
In the months leading up to a coaching year, so many details can be planned ahead of time for a successful launch into coaching
Looking at Student Work
Regular analysis of student work puts the spotlight on what's actually happening in a school's teaching and learning
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Open Up Resources 6-8 Math
Strategically implement Open Up Resources 6-8 Math curriculum to create engaging, student-centered mathematics classrooms
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Poll the Class
Increase opportunities to hear students' voices, support them to demonstrate learning, and receive feedback
Notice and Wonder
Support students to enter the content by engaging in the I Notice/I Wonder protocol
Poster Session or Group Presentation
Use Poster Sessions or Group Presentations to allow students to share their work, and use questioning, discussion, and reflection skills
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EL Education K-8 Language Arts
Strategically implement EL Education K-8 Language Arts curriculum to create engaging, student-centered ELA classrooms
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EL Education K-8 Language Arts
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Creating Shared Work Time Norms and Expectations
Utilizing student input to develop shared work time expectations is key to successful learning task management
Examining Exemplars and Using Mentor Texts
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
Differentiated Lesson Planning
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Newsela Learning Domain
Supercharge reading engagement across content areas using Newsela tools
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Newsela Gallery Walk with Secondary Students
A Gallery Walk heightens engagement by allowing students to move around the room, engage in discussion, and have choice in their learning
Jigsaw Reading Using Newsela with Secondary Students
Each student becomes an expert on an article then teaches the group so that the group can draw connections based on what they have learned
Identifying a Central Idea and Supporting Details Using Newsela with Secondary Students
Explicit, individualized feedback allows students to more effectively develop central ideas and support them with text evidence
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Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning: Master Teacher Project
Ensure students from all cultures and perspectives have full and equitable access to learning
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Exercising Instructional Discretion for Equity
Teachers should reflect on how their decisions and discretion impact students' views of themselves and others
Creating Shared Classroom Values
Shared classroom values are a first step toward understanding what students value and need to feel safe in your classroom
Providing Equitable Course Offerings
Strategically plan to ensure all students have equal access to advanced courses
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Distance Learning
Deliver equitable, engaging, and student-centered instruction and create supportive learning communities in a remote or hybrid model
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Distance Learning
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Selecting and Using the Appropriate Digital Assessment Tools for Feedback
Students receive timely, personalized, and actionable feedback as teachers utilize digital assessment tools
Backchannel to Support Student Autonomy and Ownership
Creating a backchannel and empowering students to own it requires careful planning but helps to build a student-centered classroom culture
Using Video for Flipped Learning Environments
Teacher-created learning videos support students to work at their own pace, with personalized embedded supports and checks for understanding
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Adobe Learning Domain
Empower students to think creatively and communicate expressively with Adobe tools
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Explore Semicolons and Colons using Adobe Spark Post
Students develop a deep understanding of semicolons and colon by creating an Adobe Spark Post
Make a How-To Video with Adobe Premiere Rush or Spark Video
Students create a how-to video from scratch that demonstrates knowledge of a given subject area
Design a Destination Poster with Adobe Spark Post
Students design a destination poster highlighting local attractions without naming the destination
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