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Description: VaSCL is an educational consortium composed of more than sixty public school divisions from across Virginia. The organization is dedicated to providing high-quality professional learning and promoting professional collaboration among educators in order to improve instruction and increase student achievement.
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What does it feel to be like in a room with about 170 teenagers all working on challenges they’ve identified in their schools, local communities, and even the world? Well, on March 23, the conference hotel room was packed with those teenagers, all working, talking, thinking, collaborating together to build, finalize, and share their solutions. The enthusiasm was off the charts! They loved being away from school and onsite, not virtual. They came dressed as teens do in everything from suits and ties to laid
Faculty advisors stood back from directing the teams. They listened and supported the teens to do the thinking - and the work. They were there to support but not drive the design process.
Dr. Laurie McCullough and Dr. Eric Carbaugh, James Madison University professor, have recently published Building Educator Capacity Through Microcredentials , a look at how educators can use microcredentials as a tool to work on, reflect upon, and document practitioner skills. Districts can use microcredentials to both assess candidates for positions as well as grow the professional skill sets of teachers. Laurie shares that the many entry points into microcredentials offer teachers the opportunity to enter
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