Classroom Strategies

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Explore classroom guidance, techniques, and activities to help you meet the needs of ALL students.

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Solutions to Unfinished Learning in Math Must Go Beyond Academics

Making Students’ Learning Visible with Jamboard

Re-Humanizing Assessment through Building Internal Capacity

Tools and Resources

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Discover new tools and materials to integrate into you instruction.

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Dismantling White Supremacy in Our Workplace

Making Students’ Learning Visible with Jamboard

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Materials Adaptation

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Find instructions and recommendations on how to adapt your existing materials to better align to college- and career-ready standards.

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Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in Mathematics?

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Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in ELA/Literacy?

Mistakes Tell Us What Students Are Ready to Learn

Standards-Alignment Information

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Learn what it means for instructional materials and assessment to be aligned to college- and career-ready standards.

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What to Consider if You’re Adopting a New ELA/Literacy Curriculum

Not Your Mom’s Professional Development

Reaching New Heights

Research and Reflections

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Delve into new research and perspectives on instructional materials and practice.

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Transforming Literacy Instruction

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Building a Culture of Advocacy

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Knowledge-Building Model Lessons for Middle and High School

Achieve The Core

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Coaching through the COVID-19 Crisis

Four suggestions for how to structure virtual instructional coaching

03/27/20, Kenny McKee

Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources

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Observing Reading Foundational Skills Instruction

Introducing a new tool to observe the components of foundational skills instruction

10/23/18, Carey Swanson

Standards-Alignment Information

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Most Misunderstood Math Standards in Grade 3

Are these instructional mistakes happening in your classroom?

09/13/18, Rebecca Few

Classroom Strategies, Tools and Resources

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Building A Culturally Responsive Classroom

Why building a culturally responsive classroom matters for the success of ALL students

09/07/18, Jill Yamasawa Fletcher

Research and Reflections

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Making the Connection Between Materials and Instruction

Why instructional practice should be at the heart of all instructional materials decisions

08/20/18, Sandra Alberti

Research and Reflections

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Seeing College- and Career-Ready Standards through Instruction

Exploring the updates to the Instructional Practice Guide

08/15/18, Lisa Goldschmidt

Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections

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Creating and Sequencing Text-Dependent Questions to Support English Language Learners

Strategic selection and organization of questions can be a scaffold that helps English learners grapple with highly complex questions.

08/01/18, Claire Rivero

Tools and Resources

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The Digital Coaching Menu: Four Reasons Why You Need One

Providing teachers with content-focused options for coaching support

01/25/18, Kenny McKee

Research and Reflections, Tools and Resources

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Piloting the Instructional Practice Toolkit

Two curriculum specialists who piloted the professional learning resource share their experience

08/21/17, Kim Schoenau, Aubree Short

Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information

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The Wild West of Open Literacy Materials

Identifying and using high-quality, ELA Open Educational Resources successfully

02/21/17, Sarah Tierney, Tracey Waters

Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation

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Navigating the Spiral in Mathematics Textbooks

A classroom teacher and curriculum coordinator describe how they used the spiral design of their textbook to help them focus on creating coherent instruction.

02/02/17, Bethany Lockhart, Jody Guarino

Standards-Alignment Information

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Using Mini-Assessments in a Professional Learning Setting

How a math coach used mini-assessments to spark conversations with her teachers

01/10/17, Michelle Douglas-Meyer

Tools and Resources

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Customizing the IMET PD Training for a Local Setting

A training leader explains how she customized the IMET PD training to better match the professional learning needs of her district’s educators.

04/15/16, Casey Monahan

Research and Reflections, Standards-Alignment Information

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Choosing Wisely: A Strategic Approach to Curriculum in Duval County

An interview with Dr. Nikolai P. Vitti, Superintendent of Duval County Public Schools

12/21/15