K-12 Consulting, Coaching and Professional Development
K-12 Consulting, Coaching and Professional Development
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 […]
Month-by-Month Professional Development Planning for Lasting School Improvement Read More »
Instructional Leadership
Launching into the world of AI in K-12 education raises an important question: where do we begin? How can we introduce AI concepts to teachers in a way that’s both exciting and down-to-earth? Let’s dive into this adventure together, exploring
AI Demystified: Key Understandings for School Administrators Read More »
ArtificialIntelligence, Instructional Leadership
Let’s face it: professional development can be boring and teachers can lose focus more often than not. Sometimes they briefly tune out to look at their phone or leave for a while, but sometimes they completely tune out and hide
Unlocking Faculty Engagement: The Secret Sauce for Successful Professional Development Read More »
Instructional Leadership
While educational or instructional technologists – who consider themselves technologically literate – are interested in integrating technology into classroom instruction because they are convinced of the added value technology brings to education, some teachers might still be less convinced about the value of such
Empowering Educators: The Importance of Technology Literacy for Teachers Read More »
Instructional Leadership
We recently designed a self-paced online professional development course for an elementary school based on the principles of microlearning. Microlearning is delivering new information to be learned in small ‘chunks’. After a discussion with the school’s administrative team, we at
The Power of Bite-Sized Learning: Microlearning for Teachers Read More »
Instructional Leadership
I frequently come across many great quotes on growth mindset. I created ten wallpapers and now they are in rotation as the background on my computer! I hope you enjoy them as much as I do! Here is one of
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Growth Mindset, Instructional Leadership, Self-Directed Learning
I recently conducted a presentation for higher education faculty on improving student learning in online courses. The presentation was based on Sweller’s cognitive load theory (CLT). CLT is an instructional design theory that is interested in reducing unnecessary information complexity in online learning environments.
Lightening the Load: Strategies to Minimize Cognitive Overload in Online Learning Read More »
Instructional Leadership, Online Learning, Self-Directed Learning