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Empowering Teachers for Success: UDL and Differentiation Explained

In today’s classrooms, where diversity in learning needs, backgrounds, and preferences is more prominent than ever, two powerful approaches—Differentiation and Universal Design for Learning (UDL)—are empowering teachers for success by helping them create inclusive and effective learning environments. Although these […]

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Differentiation, Universal Design for Learning
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Month-by-Month Professional Development Planning for Lasting School Improvement

Planning long-term professional development (a minimum of one academic year, but preferably more) allows school leaders to strategically align training with the school’s academic goals. Embedding the school’s academic goals into every stage of professional development, school leaders can create

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Enhancing Group Work: Effective Protocols for Student Collaboration

In Part 2 of the series on authentic student engagement we describe four protocols from the recent ASCD book Teaching for Authentic Engagement by Lauren Porosoff. In Part 1 we explored authentic engagement and responsive formative feedback.  Group projects are

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Enhancing Student Success with Authentic Engagement and Responsive Feedback

In this two-part blog post we will explore the recent ASCD book Teaching for Authentic Engagement by Lauren Porosoff. Porosoff discusses the concept of authentic student engagement and then offers practical tools for student collaboration for project-based and inquiry-based learning.

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Formative Feedback, Growth Mindset, Self-Directed Learning, Teach for Understanding
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Teaching Beyond the Surface: Strategies for Encouraging True Understanding – Part 1

Welcome to this 2-part series, where we delve into the art of teaching for understanding. In an era characterized by information overload, it is imperative for educators to shift their focus from merely transmitting knowledge to facilitating genuine comprehension. This

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Empowering On-Target Learners: Techniques for Differentiated Instruction Part 2

In Part 2 of this three-part series we continue to explore differentiating instruction (content, process and product) for on-target learners. Part 2 offers suggestions for process differentiation for on-target learners. To recap from Part 1: On-target learners comprehend concepts rapidly

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Differentiation, Formative Feedback
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Empowering On-Target Learners: Techniques for Differentiated Instruction Part 1

In this three-part series we will explore differentiating instruction (content, process and product) for on-target learners. This part offers suggestions for creating a learning environment that helps on-target learners thrive, then we offer suggestions for content differentiation. On-target learners are

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Differentiation, Formative Feedback
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