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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading
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An educational non-profit serving all roles at all levels throughout the Commonwealth to ensure a world-class education for all students in Virginia. https://vatll.org
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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading @vatll.bsky.social · 6h
ESL Teachers Want More PD on Curriculum and Family Engagement www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
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ESL Teachers Want More PD on Curriculum and Family Engagement
EdWeek Research Center survey data on teacher morale found English-as-as-second-language teachers seeking specific PD for morale.
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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading @vatll.bsky.social · 1d
www.edutopia.org/article/redu... Reducing Math Negativity | Edutopia
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Reducing Math Negativity
Teachers can facilitate positive learning experiences to help students develop favorable perceptions about their math skills.
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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading @vatll.bsky.social · 4d
Ensuring academic integrity in the AI age www.eschoolnews.com/digital-lear... via @eschoolnews
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Ensuring academic integrity in the AI age
AI detection is a great way to flag assignments, but detection of AI use warrants further investigation before punitive measures on students.
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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading @vatll.bsky.social · 5d
www.edutopia.org/article/comb... Combining PBL and Play in Early Childhood Classrooms | Edutopia
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Combining PBL and Play in Early Childhood Classrooms
Teachers can integrate play in early elementary classrooms to align students’ developmental needs with academic goals through PBL.
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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading @vatll.bsky.social · 6d
Charisma and credentials aren’t enough. In the pressure cooker of leadership, it’s the subtle, often invisible factors that determine who lasts—and who doesn’t. chiefexecutive.net/the-five-x-f...
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The Five X-Factors That Distinguish Real Leaders
Charisma and credentials aren’t enough. In the pressure cooker of leadership, it’s the subtle, often invisible factors that determine who lasts—and who doesn’t.
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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading @vatll.bsky.social · 7d
www.edutopia.org/article/powe... The Power of Anti-Models for Learning | Edutopia
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The Benefits of Anti-Models for Boosting Learning
Teachers can explore with students what not to do—like confusing operations in math or using boring word choices in writing—to set students on the right path and boost learning.
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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading @vatll.bsky.social · 8d
3 parent engagement missteps — and what schools can do instead www.k12dive.com/news/3-misst... via @K12DiveNews
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3 parent engagement missteps — and what schools can do instead
Educators should have frequent, ongoing communication with families and share complete pictures of student academic progress, NWEA research says.
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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading @vatll.bsky.social · 11d
Many students decide they’re not a ‘math person’ by the end of elementary school, new study shows
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Students are often bored in math class. Are they underestimating themselves?
A new RAND study finds that students who feel confident in math and understand it are more engaged. Their ideas about themselves as math learners frequently form at an early age.
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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading @vatll.bsky.social · 12d
Humility as a Psychological Task for Leaders | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...
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Humility as a Psychological Task for Leaders
Once leaders can define humility as a psychological task, they can begin benefiting from its honesty, acceptance, lack of pretense, and security.
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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading @vatll.bsky.social · 13d
www.smartbrief.com/original/how... How to help older students with reading deficits - SmartBrief
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How to help older students with reading deficits - SmartBrief
Older students with reading deficits often go undetected, writes Silvia Gonzalez-Powers, who offers ways to address the issue.
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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading @vatll.bsky.social · 14d
www.edutopia.org/article/help... Helping Students Overcome the Forgetting Curve | Edutopia
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3 Ways to Help Students Overcome the Forgetting Curve
Our brains are wired to forget things unless we take active steps to remember. Here’s how you can help students hold on to what they learn.
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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading @vatll.bsky.social · 15d
chrislocurto.com/blog/leaders... 3 Leadership Conversations You Need to Have Every Month
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3 Leadership Conversations You Need to Have Every Month
Discover the 3 leadership conversations a great leader needs to have each month to drive clarity, momentum, and healthy team culture and create alignment!
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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading @vatll.bsky.social · 18d
Rethinking What Strong Leadership Looks Like ascd.org/blogs/rethin... via @ASCD
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Rethinking What Strong Leadership Looks Like
Leadership isn’t about being the smartest person in the room—it’s about staying curious.
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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading @vatll.bsky.social · 19d
Teens Are Confident They Can Succeed in Class. Do Teachers Agree? www.edweek.org/leadership/t...
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Teens Are Confident They Can Succeed in Class. Do Teachers Agree?
Survey examines student confidence in STEM and English/language arts classes.
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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading @vatll.bsky.social · 20d
The Art of Soulful Listening
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The Art of Soulful Listening — Tune Into Leadership
As a teenager, I listened to jazz so deeply that an outsider looking in might have thought that my life depended on it. Looking back, I now realize that the music was nourishment for my very soul. I...
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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading @vatll.bsky.social · 21d
Less Math, English Time At La Grange D102 patch.com/illinois/lag...
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Less Math, English Time At La Grange D102
But students will get more instruction in science and social studies. Some parents are opposed.
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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading @vatll.bsky.social · 22d
Collaboration Tips to Help Instructional Coaches Maximize Their Impact
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Collaboration Tips to Help Instructional Coaches Maximize Their Impact
Working with peers helps instructional coaches grow their repertoire of strategies, to the benefit of teachers and students.
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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading @vatll.bsky.social · 25d
A Provocative Look at the Words We Take for Granted
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A Provocative Look at the Words We Take for Granted
Author Maryellen MacDonald shares 5 key insights from her new book, More Than Words: How Talking Sharpens the Mind and Shapes Our World.
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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading @vatll.bsky.social · 26d
What Leaders Get Wrong About Listening
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What Leaders Get Wrong About Listening
A conversation with Simon Fraser University’s Jeff Yip about common mistakes managers make.
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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading @vatll.bsky.social · 28d
What School Leaders Learned When They Talked to Families About Absenteeism www.edweek.org/leadership/w...
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What School Leaders Learned When They Talked to Families About Absenteeism
A district enlisted its community to find out why students were missing school and responded accordingly.
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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading @vatll.bsky.social · 29d
Vetting AI tools for schools? Consider these 4 pieces of advice www.k12dive.com/news/vetting... via @K12DiveNews
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Vetting AI tools for schools? Consider these 4 pieces of advice
School district technology leaders advise being mindful of protections for student data and bias mitigation.
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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading @vatll.bsky.social · Oct 3
How This Teacher Makes Math a Team Sport—and Gets Kids Excited to Participate www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
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How This Teacher Makes Math a Team Sport—and Gets Kids Excited to Participate
Fifth grade teacher Michaela Sicuranza helped lead her Title I school to a math championship. Here's how she gets kids excited about math.
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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading @vatll.bsky.social · Oct 2
The Expectations for Kindergarten Have Changed. How Teachers Are Adapting www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
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The Expectations for Kindergarten Have Changed. How Teachers Are Adapting
Here's how three kindergarten teachers keep the fun in formative learning.
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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading @vatll.bsky.social · Oct 1
4 Language Shifts That Support a Culture of Continuous Improvement ascd.org/blogs/4-lang... via @ASCD
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4 Language Shifts That Support a Culture of Continuous Improvement
When educators shift how they talk about challenges, they make room for meaningful reflection, collaboration, and growth.
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Virginia Association for Teaching, Learning, and Leading @vatll.bsky.social · Sep 30
WVU researchers help college students understand why mathematics classes matter
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WVU Today | WVU researchers help college students understand why mathematics classes matter
West Virginia University researchers are changing how college mathematics is taught by evaluating and sharing a model for problem-solving that supports what students learn in other courses like busine...
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