2013 Summer Reading Recommendations - 0 views
The Marshall Memo Admin - Issues - 0 views
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In 2009, TNTP reported that teacher evaluation systems didn’t accurately distinguish among teachers with varying levels of proficiency, failed to identify most of the teachers with serious performance problems, and were unhelpful in guiding professional development.
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The Widget Effect study concluded that “school districts must begin to distinguish great from good, good from fair, and fair from poor.”
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On average, only 2.7 percent of teachers were rated below Proficient/Exemplary on a 4- or 5-point scale.
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NAIS - NAIS Research: Budget Considerations for the 2021-2022 School Year - 0 views
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Data from the NAIS Snapshot surveys of varying groups of independent school leaders reveal that 61% of schools have increased their expense budgets for the 2020-2021 fiscal year, while 58% are projecting a loss for the same time period.
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Determining what motivates your parents can help your school focus its offerings and rein in expenses, helping you focus on what matters most to families.
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Sixty-seven percent of schools have already implemented revenue-increasing strategies, and 76% plan to do the same in 2021-2022. Schools most commonly plan to rely on summer programs, with 67% already offering them and 79% likely to for the next summer.
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The Exploratory Making For Educators Summer 2013 Symposium » The Exploratory - 0 views
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K-12 teachers,
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clay, fabric, electronics, e-textiles, and programming.
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K-12, public-private spectrum. It will be a D.I.T, a Do It Together, community
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Summer Is Prime Time for PBL Remodeling | Edutopia - 0 views
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What were the bright spots of the project? Have you asked students for feedback? What will they remember most about their learning experience? What seemed hardest for them? Were they engaged all the way through? If not, can you pinpoint when and why their interest waned? Were you able to scaffold the experience so that all learners could be successful? What would you change if you were to do this project again?
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What's the right line between teacher direction and student freedom? Is it OK for students to swerve toward new questions -- unanticipated by the teacher -- that grab their curiosity? How open is too open?
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This formula -- the introduction of a thinking routine to stimulate observations and questions at the beginning of each new topic, the formulation of an inquiry-based investigation from those observations and questions, and the subsequent rounds of writing, critique, and rewriting -- essentially became the working formula for the rest of the school year.
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Closing Out vs. Fading Out: 5 Steps for Ending the Year Strong | Edutopia - 0 views
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If you're a teacher and not an instructional leader, you can initiate this important conversation, too.
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make sure you acknowledge his or her specific strengths so that he or she can build on them
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now is the time to give them complete ownership over their development so that it's meaningful for them and they're inspired to do it.
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