Tag: professional development for teachers
Seeing Teaching Through Video (Learning Forward)
Learning Forward mentions Edthena as a powerful, yet under-utilized, method of professional development tool to support teachers. “I loved how St. Vrain Valley School District in Colorado, which uses Edthena’s video platform, describes video as “an accelerant for professional growth.” The educators from St. Vrain explained how the growth curve of human adaptability lags behind our access to technology. Added…
Awards of Excellence Honorable Mention (Tech & Learning)
Edthena was mentioned as an an Honorable Mention for the Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence awards. “Excellent tool for peer, supervisor, or coach evaluation of instruction. Good use of indexing within the video so the teachers can see precise moments in their instruction that correlates to the feedback. The ability to add documents to…
Coach Approach to K12 Teacher Professional Development (District Administration)
District Administration featured an Edthena partner, the Urban Teacher Residency Partnership program, for their use of video coaching. “The Urban Teacher Residency Partnership Program, a collaboration between the University of South Florida and Florida’s Hillsborough County Public Schools, leverages video coaching to support preservice teachers in the classroom. Teachers record themselves; then the mentor watches the…