…on positive and restorative approaches, school and district culture and climate, and educational equity. Edna began her work in professional learning when she was asked to coach and train teachers…
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U.S. Department of Education Issues Guidance on Federal Funds to Support Afghan and Other Newcomer Students
…efforts to support vulnerable Afghans, the Department recognizes the immediate and urgent need to provide high-quality, culturally responsive education to Afghan newcomers—inclusive of primary, secondary, and English language learning as…
Understanding Differences and Disabilities
…with individuals with autism, communication, developmental delay, emotional, health impairment, intellectual, multiple disabilities, neurological impairment, physical, sensory, specific learning, and traumatic brain injury are explored. This course includes a pre-practicum…
Theory and Practice in Sheltering Instruction
…(ELLs) in the K-12 content classroom; an in-depth examination of the implications and challenges of simultaneously learning content and language; an overview of the eight components of sheltered content instruction…
Law, Ethics, and the Educator
…Program Enrollees: Licensure Program Enrollees must take courses in sequence. Course Structure This course includes a mix of asynchronous and synchronous online learning experiences. The first synchronous meeting session will…
Crocker Farm teacher awarded 2018 Roger L. Wallace Excellence in Teaching Award
…for learning, building relationships with students and showing a commitment to social justice. Creative lessons like the social studies one are a highlight for many of her students. “She’s different…
Sustainability on menu: HEC Academy in Northampton recognized for garden, other ‘green’ efforts
…do like getting in the dirt.” The seeds of these vegetables were planted by the students of HEC Academy, a school for high school-age youths with social-emotional challenges or learning…
Math Educators PLC
This professional learning community (PLC) is for anyone who is a Math educator in a school setting in Massachusetts. This PLC will be a place for Math educators to share…
Focus on Teaching Students in Poverty
…students experiencing poverty. But each new group also brings nuances that I’m learning about – challenges that they have, and practices they’ve tried in response – and that allows me…
U.S. education policy: Federal overreach or reaching for the wrong things?
…state levels will not ensure inclusively developed, thoughtfully crafted, age-appropriate or properly-specified standards for student learning. It will not ensure a shift away from over-testing or misuse of assessment data….