The Colorado Education Association (CEA) is partnering with Edthena to embed video observation and feedback into courses offered on COpilot, the state’s online professional learning platform. Now, with COpilot, educators across the state can experience video feedback as part of their professional development. “With Edthena, teachers who are taking classes on COpilot can collaborate with…
The daily routine for a teacher is hectic: Coordinate homeroom. Execute lessons. Monitor lunch. Grade papers. Call parents. Plan for tomorrow. And somewhere within this busy schedule, teachers are also participating in professional learning to continually increase their effectiveness. With Edthena for video-powered PD, this means the teacher is recording a classroom video, discussing with…
“We really feel like we are living in an era of exponential change. Many districts across the nation, I’m certain, are feeling the teacher shortage. And so it’s critical that the teachers we do hire, we keep and we retain. And while maybe five ten years ago, we felt like we could take time to…
The saying goes, “Reading, writing, arithmetic.” But what about when the teachers you’re training teach subjects like business and administrative services, construction technologies, or family and consumer sciences? The alternative route teachers Jane Briggs works with through Bowling Green State University’s Workforce Education and Development program teach subjects like these. They are also new to…
JoEllen Dunn – a seventh grade science teacher at Long Branch Middle School in Long Branch, New Jersey – is using video to turn reflection into research. JoEllen and her peers at Long Branch use Edthena to conduct action research. They select relevant skills and strategies they want to improve on over the course of…