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edCount and REL Mid-Atlantic Present Teacher Effectiveness Webinar - Professional Development: What Works?
In this second REL Mid-Atlantic webinar from the Teacher Effectiveness Webinar Series, Dr. Hilda Borko, Professor, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, will present examples of pro
mising models of professional development. This will include the Problem-Solving Cycle (a PD program for middle school math teachers), Learning and Teaching Geometry, and the use of videos as tools for teacher learning.
Participants will gain an understanding of key elements of PD programs, and will be encouraged to think critically about current PD practices in their school, districts, and states and to draw relevant lessons from the presentation.
edCount Website Selected for Leader Award
Summit International Awards recently selected the edCount, LLC website for a “Leader Award” in the Summit Emerging Media Award competition. The site was designed by Beth Singer Design, LLC. The Summit Emerging Media Award competition honors those at the forefront of technological evolution in communications. The judges established three levels of recognition: visionary, innovator, and leader. The leader award recognizes work that directs movement and helps to lead the industry, and award winners are considered pacesetters in emerging media. This year's competition included approximately 800 entries from numerous countries for which only 9% earned recognition.
Ellen Forte Discusses the Hispanic Vote and ELs on Thompson Title I-derland Blog
edCount president Dr. Ellen Forte served as a featured guest blogger today on Title I-derland, an education blog maintained by Thompson Publishing's Education Compliance group. Dr. Forte's piece, titled "The Donkey in the Room," discusses the impact of the Hispanic vote in the recent presidential election, and the insight that educators have to this population through policies and programs that serve English learners (ELs) in K-12 settings. Read the full blog post here.
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