K12 Coalition Achieves B Corp™ Certification, Reinforcing Commitment to Teaching for the Greater Good
K12 Coalition, a leading provider of products
and services that enable K-12 education leaders and teachers to achieve meaningful
gains in their students’ academic performance, announces it is now a Certified B
Corporation™ (B Corp).
A B Corp certification is a third-party standard by global nonprofit B Labs, requiring
companies to meet rigorous social sustainability, environmental performance, employee
welfare, and accountability standards, and to be transparent to the public on how they
are assessed. By meeting these demanding standards, K12 Coalition joins a growing
global movement of companies using business as a force for good.
The Innovation Project Selects the Teaching Channel’s EMPOWER Platform to Further Teacher Growth
Teaching Channel, a leading provider of online professional learning for educators, today announced that it has been chosen by The Innovation Project (TIP) to support teachers throughout North Carolina through a $21 million Teacher and School Leader Incentive Program (TSL) grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
6 Keys to Improving Teacher Growth and Retention with Video Coaching
The Institute of Education Sciences recently released the results of a study into the efficacy of video coaching at approximately 100 elementary schools in 14 different districts. It found that five cycles of video coaching improved both teacher practice and student achievement. Those effects were most pronounced, on average, among teachers with five years of experience or fewer.
How Video Coaching Inspires Teacher Self-Reflection
The Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township has been successfully using video in our teacher professional learning for more than seven years. According to our recently retired former superintendent, Dr. Matt Prusiecki, the return on investment has been “tremendous” because “the entire district team is more reflective on practice, we’ve increased teacher retention, and most importantly, raised student achievement by improving the quality of instruction.”
10 Tips for Video Coaching for Districtwide School Improvement
I became superintendent at Jackson Public Schools in Mississippi in 2018 at a time when the district was underperforming and facing state takeover. With a solid strategic plan, we were able to improve the culture and instructional practices of our district, improve two letter grades on the state accountability system and maintain local control of our district.
The use of exemplar videos and video-based coaching played an indispensable role in our school improvement. Here are 10 tips to get the most out of video coaching that we learned along the way.
Teaching Channel’s EMPOWER Platform Wins Tech & Learning’s Best of 2023 Award
Teaching Channel’s EMPOWER Platform is a professional learning product that brings together resources and tools that teachers, instructional coaches, and school and district leaders need. Judges said: “This solution can be of great value to save time and improve teacher success and evaluation. The ability to have a library of resources and examples help with a district’s mission to give high quality instruction.”
We Turned an Underperforming District Around with Video Coaching
In the 2017-18 school year, Jackson Public Schools was facing a takeover by the state following some pretty striking studies and reviews that revealed several major issues, chief among them poor student achievement. As part of the effort to improve student outcomes and maintain local control, the district engaged community members and stakeholders to begin laying out a path to address issues such as district culture, staffing, and instructional practices.
How Video Coaching Helps Us Support Teacher Growth and Retention
At the Van Winkle Early Childhood Center within Jackson Public School District in Mississippi, we enroll students for one year to prepare them for kindergarten. Family engagement is critical to a student’s success throughout their academic career, so we also help prepare families to support their children every step of the way.
Teaching Channel Platform is Named a “Cool Tool” by EdTech Digest
Teaching Channel, a leading provider of online professional learning for educators, has launched the new Teaching Channel Platform, a single resource for the professional development needs of K-12 teachers and higher education instructors.
Teaching Channel Debuts a New Coaching and Professional Learning Platform, a One-Stop Shop for Educator Growth
Teaching Channel, a leading provider of online professional learning for educators, has launched the new Teaching Channel Platform, a single resource for the professional development needs of K-12 and higher education teachers.