Merging Personalized Learning with Instructional Technology

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.

This interactive six week online course will give educators opportunities to develop a mindfulness-based, self-care and relaxation practice and to learn how to use mindfulness practices to create more compassionate and thriving classroom and school environments.

Half of U.S. students come to school having experienced or still experiencing some type of trauma, violence, or chronic stress. This startling statistic presents a challenge to all educators, especially because very little professional literature focuses on teaching this population and doing so from a strengths-based perspective. Instead of looking at what is missing from the lives of these students and their families, the presenters will focus on the assets they bring and how to create a strengths-based classroom learning environment that extends to families and communities.

The pandemic highlighted the critical need for all students to have devices and sufficient bandwidth. As we look ahead to a return to full-time in-person learning in the fall, there is still a need to ensure students are fully engaged in digital learning, both in the classroom and at home. Watch this on-demand webinar and preview how NetRef can support equitable digital learning in your school or district, and for the opportunity to try NetRef free this summer.