Developing Great Coaches

Encouraging students to share their voice and express their learning in relevant ways is critical to today’s diverse classrooms. As many teachers understand, students who have autonomy over their learning and an ability to voice themselves, are more engaged in their learning process and present in the classroom. Not only does this benefit them throughout life, it also makes the classroom experience more engaging and fun! In this edWebinar, hear about amazing tools for student creation that enable students to express their unique voices. Learn how to use time-tested tools like PowerPoint in new and exciting ways. We also show you a student favorite: Sway, an easy-to-use digital storytelling app for creating interactive reports, presentations, personal stories and more.

How can teachers integrate and accelerate literacy and subject-area learning in science, history, and English language arts?In today’s schools, every subject involves discipline-specific text, so all students need support to develop the critical literacy skills required to use and understand those texts.How can educators help diverse students participate successfully in the complex literacy practices required of the California State Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards?To help secondary educators examine these types of questions, the Strategic Literacy Initiative is showcasing educators using their evidence-based Reading Apprenticeship framework, which is based on more than twenty years of experience researching and learning how teachers incorporate disciplinary literacy strategies in their classrooms.

When attempting to understand this topic three important questions come to mind. What are best practices for developing a culture of evidence? How do you identify and explain related political issues to assessment practices? What are the ethical practices necessary to conduct assessment? In this webinar, we explore the necessary elements for creating a culture of evidence, share strategies for following institutional and divisional procedures and policies regarding ethical assessment, identify the political considerations of assessment, and outline strategies for conducting culturally responsive assessment for and with diverse populations.

Featuring Marcus Buckingham, head of people and performance research at the ADP Research Institute and author of Love + Work: How to Find What You Love, Love What You Do, and Do It for the Rest of Your Life