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Professional learning community. A professional learning community ( PLC) is a method to foster collaborative learning among colleagues within a particular work environment or field. It is often used in schools as a way to organize teachers into working groups of practice-based professional learning .
Cornell University ( BS) Yeshiva University ( JD) Rhonda " Randi " Weingarten (born December 18, 1957) [ 1] is an American labor leader, attorney, and educator. She has been president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) since 2008, and is a member of the AFL-CIO. She is the former president of the United Federation of Teachers .
Inclusive classroom. Inclusive Classroom is a term used within American pedagogy to describe a classroom in which all students, irrespective of their abilities or skills, are welcomed holistically. It is built on the notion that being in a non-segregated classroom will better prepare special-needs students for later life.
A community of practice ( CoP) is a group of people who "share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly". [ 1] The concept was first proposed by cognitive anthropologist Jean Lave and educational theorist Etienne Wenger in their 1991 book Situated Learning ( Lave & Wenger 1991 ).
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona met Monday with about half a dozen teachers and borrowers in New York City to mark the announcement of a newly proposed federal student debt relief plan that ...
Abilene, Wylie and Jim Ned school districts kick off the 2024-2025 school year on Aug. 14. Here is a list of upcoming Meet the Teacher and Back-to-School events.
Emergent curriculum. Emergent curriculum is a philosophy of teaching and a way of planning a children's curriculum that focuses on being responsive to their interests. The goal is to create meaningful learning experiences for the children. Emergent curriculum can be practiced with children at any grade level. It prioritizes: Emergent curriculum ...
In this back-to-school season, a few ideas for how the working parent-teacher relationship might function more smoothly: 1. Working moms don't appreciate Mommy Homework. I'm not sure any moms do ...