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Transforming Middle School Practice Through Instructional Technology
Understanding the middle school learner as the basis for implementing a district-wide digital transformation
In December 2015, the Tuscaloosa City Schools Board of Education approved the superintendent's strategic plan, a broadly ambitious plan that prioritized capital improvements, human resources, and curriculum and...
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Andrew Maxey, Elizabeth Hancock
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Professional Learning Communities: A Kaleidoscope of Opportunities
A kaleidoscope contains mirrors and colored glass, pebbles, or beads whose reflections create complex patterns of frequently changing colors and shapes when rotated. The vibrant and intricate images, generated by...
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Kathleen McCaffrey
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"Sometimes we are so focused on our teams and PLCs that we don't establish relationships with other teachers around the school. Any ideas for promoting schoolwide relationships and collaboration?"
Cultivating, building, and sustaining relationships is not guaranteed in all learning environments; however, just as we help students develop cooperative and communication skills, we can adopt and hone collaborative...
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Sandy Cameli
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Join the Crowd: Building a PLN
The phrase "Teachers work in isolation," has long been used to describe the working conditions of educational professionals, including most middle level teachers. Educators have found ways to solve this problem by...
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Christopher S. Weiler
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A Middle Years Love Story
Why is it that on the news every day, they start by saying "good evening" and then proceed to tell us exactly why it isn't? Some of the most powerful statements and questions I've ever heard—like the one...
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Summer Howarth
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Is Your PLC Ready to Succeed?
Assess your PLC's effectiveness against these five key areas.
The focus on state and national standards, high-stakes testing, and student growth has prompted schools to apply the old adage that two heads are better than one. School administrators and a few teacher leaders...
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Bobb Darnell
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Building Teacher Collaboration School-wide
Models for teacher collaboration are ineffective without true participation.
Teacher collaboration has been a common element of middle grades initiatives for years, typically one or more of these three organizational models: common planning time, professional learning communities, and critical...
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Micki M. Caskey, Jan Carpenter
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The Intellectual Life of Teachers
If we’re not careful, we may lose our intellectual selves. We can grow numb with repeated exposure to ideology and structures built to maintain the school’s status quo. With each passing year, our...
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Rick Wormeli
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Why Connect? A Connected Educator's Story
When I talk to colleagues about being a “connected” educator, the first response is often “I don’t have time!” followed by “Why? What’s in it for me?” I can relate....
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Todd Bloch
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Ruthie Smith Stevenson
Ruthie Smith Stevenson, Ph.D., is a professor and coordinator of the doctoral program in educational leadership K–12, at Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi. She is a member of the Mississippi Board of...
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AMLE
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