Lesson Study: Exploring the Impact of Student-Centered Learning on Mathematics
As remote learning becomes part of our new reality due to COVID-19, it is critical that schools set up structures to address the challenges and inequities that occur with online education. Now, more than ever, we need systems that support collaborative inquiry so teachers can test and refine practices that center student thinking, support deeper learning and build students’… Read More ›
Addressing SEL Through Data-Driven MTSS: Back-to-School Strategies for Supporting the Whole Child
In order for students to be academically successful, they need to be emotionally and mentally ready to learn. When the new school year begins, educators will need strategies for using data to quickly identify and provide social-emotional learning opportunities to promote emotional well-being and resilience. Knowing which data to use—and how to structure them—is especially… Read More ›
The 4 Steps to Creating Intellectually-Safe Classrooms Anywhere to Level Up Rigor for Diverse Learners
During this online event, equity expert Zaretta Hammond will introduce strategies to help all students become independent learners, even during remote learning. She will look at the challenges that get in the way of independent learning and ways to increase confidence and risk-taking for underperforming students. She will also outline plans for a plc that… Read More ›
Actionable Strategies to Support Students’ Social-Emotional Behavior Skills
This fall, social-emotional behavior (SEB) functioning will be critical to students’ academic success. Every student will return to learning having been impacted by school closures, social distancing and social unrest. Dr. Gregory Fabiano, Professor of Psychology, Florida International University, will provide a close look at Tier 1 SEB supports that educators can use to help… Read More ›
Shifting to a Hybrid Learning System
Hybrid school is in the news every day as one strategy to respond to the possibility of school closures during the coming school year. But for some schools and providers, hybrid instruction has been a strategy in development and operation for many years. Staff from StrongMind will lead a discussion with two veteran hybrid school… Read More ›
Cultivating Connections After Trauma: Relationship Equity in Your Classroom
Interactions are at the heart of healing yet teachers sometimes overlook whether connections are equitably distributed across children in their classrooms. To explore this, teachers may ask themselves questions, such as “Who in your care is most connected to you or approaches you for comfort or to share something from their personal life?” Amanda Wiliford,… Read More ›
Culturally Responsive Teaching: How to Improve Your Impact in the Physical or Virtual Classroom
In this webinar, educator and author Zaretta Hammond will explore how to provide culturally responsive teaching in the physical or virtual classroom. The discussion will focus on how to ensure all students have access to an education that has a positive impact. This free webinar will take place on Wednesday, July 01, 2020 at 2:00… Read More ›
Interactions at the Heart of Healing: CLASS-based Strategies for Supporting Teachers and Children
Young people of all ages are facing unparalleled levels of anxiety and stress today. Many children are living in households where income has evaporated, health has been compromised, and even their most basic needs, such as food and shelter are a daily struggle. And recent events of police brutality have brought renewed attention to long-standing… Read More ›
Teaching to Empower: Taking Action to Foster Student Agency, Reflection, and Collaboration
In addition to mastering academic content, educators want students to be confident, adaptive, and socially responsible while finding meaning and satisfaction in their lives. Achieving these goals requires a concerted focus on the social-emotional and academic skills that empower students in and beyond the classroom. This webinar will explore: What an empowered student looks like… Read More ›
Learning in the Time of Coronavirus
In this webinar, Learning in the Time of Coronavirus: School Leaders on Managing Change, Maintaining High-Quality Learning for All, and Innovating for Future Success, hosted by the Aurora Institute, several district leaders will share their response strategies, policies, and lessons learned from remote learning. In addition, leaders will discuss the underlying changes needed to ensure… Read More ›
Hands-on and Virtual: STEM Learning from a Distance
In this webinar, EiE, the curricular division of the Museum of Science, Boston, will discuss how hands-on learning IS possible, even from a distance. Right now, educators across the globe are working to reach their students and engage them in meaningful STEM learning. During this edWebinar, attendees will first gain an understanding of why hands-on… Read More ›
Coming Out Stronger and Successful: From Remote Learning to New Hybrid Models
Schools and systems have been forced to rapidly respond to the closures of physical spaces and the introduction of remote-learning at scale. This webinar will explore the transition at scale of the Fresno Unified School District (FUSD), the fourth largest in California, and the conditions FUSD had in place beforehand which reduced disruption and positioned… Read More ›