5/8/2014
The Educational Service Center of Central Ohio is hosting a wide variety of learning opportunities during the June Academy. Face-to-face and online options will be available. Select from multi-day, mini-academy options, single-day or half-day options. Topics will include performance task design, project-based learning and the Common Core State Standards. There also is a graduate credit option.
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5/8/2014
How can soybeans help today’s students pave the way for their futures? The Ohio Soybean Council is helping Ohio teachers connect their students to careers in agriculture, food science, engineering, biotechnology and chemistry through GrowNextGen.org.
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4/23/2014
End-of-year practice tests for Grades 3-8 mathematics, algebra I, algebra II and geometry are now available on the PARCC website. These are important resources to help students, teachers and test administrators become familiar with the item types and technology. Also available are performance-based English language arts practice tests in Grades 3-11. All students – not just those involved in the field testing – are welcome to review the test items.
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4/23/2014
The state of Ohio maintains a file of emerging classroom leaders consisting of distinguished teachers and principals. These educators may be considered for membership on advisory boards and task forces, as well as candidates for special recognition programs. This year, the state is accepting recommendations for teachers of Kindergarten through Grade 5 through Friday, May 16.
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4/23/2014
To see how some Ohio teachers are effectively using technology to support student learning in English language arts classes, take a look at the videos presented in the Ohio Teacher Showcase Project. The videos are accompanied by lesson plans and resources you can customize for your students.
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4/23/2014
Looking for ideas to help students write well-reasoned opinion pieces on topics or texts? The newest Formative Instructional Practices (FIP) in Action modules for Grades 3 and 5 include many examples for how to teach the opinion writing portion of Ohio’s New Learning Standards.
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4/23/2014
The post titled How Are You Learning, available on the FIP Your School Ohio blog, introduces the site’s video library of new short films that provide practical examples of teaching with Ohio’s New Learning Standards.
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