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Building Teacher Capacity you can do it Our first goal is to open fields, and integrate with the world-wide learning to convert the school to a global one. Teachers and students are encouraged to accept new ideas and participate in an educational festival every day. We look forward to using new methods that are not yet practiced . Support students' talents : The process of teaching and education is not only in the classroom. The other side is to help the students' within themselves. Their own interests, talents and what they are ...

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Building Teacher Capacity The Missing Link in Educational Technology Adoption Contrary to popular belief, effective implementation of educational technology (or EdTech for short) actually has very little to do with technology. The problem is, we keep acting like it does... and it will be our demise. In my career I've had the blessing (or the curse) to have worked in implementing technology in a number of industries from consulting, to commercial software development, to telecommunications, to transportation, to manufacturing, to universities, to large colleges, and ...

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Building Teacher Capacity Mindset: A Key Ingredient to Building Teacher Capacity Preparing teachers to utilize technology in their classrooms can be challenging. Fears and insecurities often hold back incredibly capable teachers from exploring new methods of instruction. My challenge as a peer coach and professional development coordinator is to help teachers move out of their comfort zone to explore new teaching and learning methods. Encouraging a growth mindset is one effective approach. Encouraging a growth mindset in teachers entails giving them permission to try, fail, ...

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Building Teacher Capacity Building Teacher Capacity Through International Collaboration Our school is technology rich. We have every tool and opportunity we could ever ask for, perhaps more than we have time to use. What we lack is usage in many classrooms. Many teachers use technology for “teacher” tasks, but not for student work. Excuses abound. There is not enough training, technology is too difficult to use, or we don’t have time to do special projects. Those who wish to make changes for students find themselves venturing out independently to learn and expose kids to new ways ...

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Building Teacher Capacity Why Build Teacher Capacity? Before we dive into discussion around the detail and elements that building teacher capacity requires it is important to be clear why we are doing it. Drawing on the work of Michael Fullan and his ‘Drivers for Change’ series, we first need to identify and understand the moral purpose for change. As Fullan states: “Moral purpose in educational change is about improving society. It is about raising the bar and closing the gap in student achievement.” (Link: ) In the 2007 McKinsey Report ‘How ...

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Building Teacher Capacity Introduction to building teacher capacity Hi, we’re Baldev Singh and Adrian Blight and we’re delighted to be working with you all on discussing, defining and supporting teacher capacity. A little bit of background on us first. Baldev was a secondary school Science teacher and then Head of Technology and was awarded the UK Teacher of the Year for Innovation in 2004 and Adrian was a secondary school English teacher, senior manager and teacher trainer. After several years of classroom practice we both became interested in how new ...

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