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"The Big Four Community Ning is a year round learning network to support Instructional Coaches, Classroom Teachers and Educational Leaders."

An important step toward supporting teachers and ensuring that all students have access to high quality instruction is to develop fairer and more useful measures of teacher effectiveness. This is the goal of the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project, which will support independent education researchers-in partnership with school districts, principals, teachers, and unions-to develop objective and reliable measures of effective teaching. Rather than relying solely on how well a teacher's students do on assessments, the Measures of Effective Teaching project seeks to uncover and develop a set of measures that work together to form a more complete indicator of a teacher's impact on student achievement.

iObservation is an instructional and leadership improvement system. It collects, manages and reports longitudinal data from classroom walkthroughs, teacher evaluations and teacher observations. Teacher growth and leadership practices inform professional development differentiated to individual learning needs for every teacher and leader to increase his/her classroom effectiveness each year.

"Carpe Diem, a tuition-free Arizona public school system, is truly "seizing the day" and changing the ecology of education. Carpe Diem online schools are leveraging technology to make education better: more efficient and more effective. Our combination online/on campus schools integrate teacher-proven instructional strategies with today's technology to equip students with the skills they need in the global marketplace. Carpe Diem's "anytime, any place" approach to next generation learning allows middle and high school students to learn independently online while enjoying lesson support provided by a group of dedicated, highly qualified teachers."

Carpe Diem Collegiate High School is a blended-learning school that blends the best of face-to-face instruction, technology and extended learning opportunities in order to boost student achievement.

"Research & Best Practices How does the integration of technology and media improve instruction and student learning? Our collection of recent research and best practices provides answers and can help you plan the best approach for your students. The resources are divided into the following categories: Access & The Digital Divide Accessible/Assistive Technologies Distance Education Emerging Technologies Evaluating Programs & Practices Internet Safety Leadership & Technology Research Clearinghouses & Publications Student Learning Teacher Practice & Professional Development Visual Media"

Olmsted Falls Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment site

"Flip your instruction so that students watch and listen to your lectures… for homework, and then use your precious class-time for what previously, often, was done in homework: tackling difficult problems, working in groups, researching, collaborating, crafting and creating. Classrooms become laboratories or studios, and yet content delivery is preserved. "

"In the world of virtual reality, anything can happen. Watch The Math Dude, the award winning video series that helps middle and high school students improve their Algebra skills. Mike DeGraba is the Math Dude in these fast-paced programs aimed at helping students with Algebra I as they are also being taught in the classroom. Each program helps students understand different parts of algebra instruction, which is one of the High School Assessment tests required to graduate."

"This issue of Changing Schools focuses on the third of five "high-leverage, high-payoff" areas for improving students' chances for success identified in McREL's report, Changing the Odds for Student Success: What Matters Most: Guaranteeing challenging, engaging, and intentional instruction Ensuring curricular pathways to success Providing whole-child student supports Creating high-performance school cultures Developing data-driven, "high-reliability" systems"

Elizabeth Hubbell from mcrel author of using technology with classroom instruction that works

Thinking Maps, developed by Dr. David Hyerle, are visual teaching tools that foster and encourage lifelong learning. They are based on a simple yet profound insight: The one common instructional thread that binds together all teachers, from pre-kindergarten through postgraduate, is that they all teach the same thought processes.

In this installment, we show you how Mesquite Elementary School developed a teaching strategy that turned their school around in just six months, and that continues to prove out its effectiveness.

The demand is on for educators to provide more digital content that allows for the integration of technology, but where does the professional start? A great place to start would be a website aligned to Bloom's Digital Taxonomy. Created by a Media Coordinator and an Instructional Technology Coordinator this website offers resources from the beginner to the advanced user of digital resources.

"Welcome to the Down Syndrome Reading Profiles Study resources site.  Here you will find links to a growing list of instructional resources and guidance as to which children will benefit most from which strategies, technologies, and materials. "

The Center on Technology and Disability (CTD) is funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). The Center is designed to increase the capacity of families and providers to advocate for, acquire, and implement effective assistive and instructional technology (AT/IT) practices, devices, and services. Research-based technologies, used appropriately, have great potential to help infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities participate fully in daily routines; have increased access to the general educational curriculum; improve their functional outcomes and educational results; and meet college- and career-ready standards.

"Let's explore what instructional design doesn't typically work with students, or anyone's learning for that matter, when you teach with PowerPoint--as well as how you can avoid it. It all begins with a little concept called "cognitive load.""

"This Toolkit provides a clear vision of best practice related to an RTI-based SLD Identification process. With this vision, school systems can develop structures to ensure that the identification process for specific learning disabilities facilitates decision making about instructional decisions to improve outcomes for students. Explore the resources using the menu above or access the criteria through the links in the graphic below."

"EduSAIL - Educational Systems and Instruction for Learning - features the Missouri Collaborative Work initiative. Through Missouri Collaborative Work, PK-12 educators establish collaborative data teams, develop and administer common formative assessments, use data-based decision-making, and implement effective teaching/learning practices. With support from the Missouri State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG), the statewide system of support receives training tools, processes, and structures to bridge professional development to practice. This website is maintained with funds received through the SPDG."

"UDL-U supports postsecondary faculty and staff by providing resources and examples to improve postsecondary education for all students, including those with disabilities. UDL-U is designed to be useful for individual inquiries related to small UDL topics, issues, or problems, as well as scalable to larger faculty development efforts (e.g., Faculty Learning Communities). UDL-U frames course redesign as a three-tier professional development process: Application of UDL principles to enhance teaching and learning Utilization of accessible instructional media and practices Awareness of assistive technology enablers and barriers "