Trying to improve your golf swing? There are 925,000 videos online that can help you. Looking for a makeup tutorial? Good luck sifting through 265 million results. Watching videos is a tried and true method for learning and improving one’s skills. The same goes for teaching skills. However, educators don’t have time to search through…
Reflecting on instructional coaching practices from the past school year? Five are highlighted to carry forward into next year in this ASCD Inservice article from Courtney Groskin and Violet Christensen, learning coaches at Colorado’s St. Vrain Valley Schools and hosts of the podcast C3: Connecting Coaches Cognition. Top of the list is virtual video coaching,…
In this conversation with eSchool News’ Kevin Hogan for the podcast Innovations in Education, Diane Lauer talks about how COVID couldn’t stop teacher training. In fact, her work as Assistant Superintendent of Priority Programs and Academic Support at St. Vrain Valley Schools in Colorado became that much more important as professional development stayed a pandemic…