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Edtech certification programs

By Matt Zalaznick

Find out more about certifications programs for campus tech leaders, their team and district educators: Canyons School District: https://etc.canyonsdistrict.org/etc/index.cfm Link to main story: Edtech equalizers in special education CoSN Certified Educational Technology Leader (CETL): https://cosn.org/certification CUE Craft: http://www.cue.org/craft ISTE: https://www.iste.org/learn/iste-certification TCEA: https://tcea.org/learn/certifications/

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Edtech equalizers in special education

Higher standards don't necessarily mean higher test scores in K12

Curriculum & Instruction Stories

July 12, 2018

Exceptional customer service, teacher enthusiasm pave road to curriculum mapping success

Teachers in the Susquehanna Township School District are finding success with their new curriculum mapping program using Chalk. With it, they can easily locate and align state standards with lesson plans, and if they have any questions, they can get live technical assistance through “Mr. Chalk” an online chat feature operated by company employees. Mr. […]

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July 10, 2018

Inspiring improvement through Collaborative Leadership

Peter DeWitt is a professional development coach and the creator of Collaborative Leadership, a PD service that combines transformational and instructional leadership, and that includes ways to engage the school community with a focus on learning. Collaborative Leadership is a series of one to four workshops focusing on research-based influences that can foster a supportive […]

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July 02, 2018

Strategies school turnaround leaders can rely on

We know from personal experience as principals and superintendents, and from research, that it takes a dynamic leader with a particular set of skills and knowledge to turn around a school or school system. Sadly, there are thousands of schools across the country that are chronically low-performing, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Layer […]

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July 02, 2018

Revised national school library standards encourage students to explore, collaborate, engage

Looking to illustrate an abstract concept from a novel she’d read, an Oklahoma high school student turned to her building-level school librarian. Then, with the school librarian’s encouragement to tinker in the makerspace, the girl sculpted a clay model of a kneeling woman balancing a 3D-printed replica of the earth on her back. “She was […]

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July 01, 2018

Districts of Distinction: Self-sufficiency solves K12 problems

Today’s education leaders increasingly take it upon themselves to tackle the external challenges their students and teachers confront beyond school hours. These varied solutions also stretch back into classrooms to enhance instruction and increase achievement. The 45 schools and systems recognized by this year’s District of Distinction program have created homegrown initiatives to support students’ […]

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June 26, 2018

Increasing the proficiency of ELLs in a highly hispanic district

A K8 school district in Southern California was focusing efforts on increasing the proficiency of its English language learners, a population that makes up 32 percent of its students. It also sought to reclassify as many ELLs as possible before middle school—a time when the defeatist mindset usually sets in. Bakersfield City School District’s goal […]

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June 26, 2018

Education empowers opportunity

NMSI’s mantra is that education empowers opportunity. How have you experienced that? During speeches, I say, “As I stand before you, I stand as a physician, as an astronaut and as a businessman. All of that was empowered by education.” When I was 13, I saw Neil and Buzz land on the moon. It became […]

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