Faced with a lack of school lab space and a need for more in-depth medical imaging, district leaders and science educators have been seeking alternatives to real animal dissections in class.
A focus on professional development and coaching can help educators take full advantage of these tools to support all learners, says DA guest columnist Doreen Bergman, director of educational programs at Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES in New York.
In this new track, the Future of Ed Tech Coach sessions at FETC provided the latest insights and strategies to mentor and train educators on using data to improve assessments, video training and lesson plans.
Some FETC educators were treated to a day outside of the session rooms and visited Miami-Dade County Public Schools' leading programs, including MAST Academy, a maritime-focused, grades 6 through 12 school on the shores of Biscayne Bay.
A Delaware student's question about how strawberries are made inspired the creation of a school garden designed to stimulate learners' senses of sight, sound, taste and smell.
Teaching online safety strategies is key to ensuring that educators and students leave positive digital footprints, says DA guest columnist and featured FETC speaker Matthew X. Joseph.
Since 2015, Superintendent Kathy Murphy has worked on several fronts—from school boundaries to AP enrollment to discipline—to convince a federal judge to a decades-old desegregation order on Hoover City Schools.
