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    Improving Teacher Performance Through Instructional Coaching

    This IES infographic provides a brief overview of the definition of instructional coaching as well as the contributions of effective coaching to improving teacher capacity and student outcomes. It also includes a visual summary of the coaching cycle and...
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    Reading Rockets Summer Reading

    Reading Rockets summer reading materials give parents, teachers, and district leaders many ideas to keep students reading over the summer....
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    Raising Community Program Perception/Awareness

    This resource provides an overview of how districts can gather data on parent communication preferences and improve community engagement. The document pulls from multiple sources and includes exemplary district links and profiles....
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    Webinar: Solving the Teacher Shortage Challenge

    What are effective strategies for attracting and recruiting teachers? This panel discussion features leaders from TNTP, the Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education, the Learning Policy Institute, the National Council on Teacher Quality, and the American Federation...
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    Mississippi Public Broadcasting Classroom TV

    Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB), in partnership with the Mississippi Department of Education, provides videos of high-quality classroom lessons taught by certified teachers in multiple content areas. The site also includes links to education-focused panel discussions as well as guidance...

    Research Study Review Rubric

    This R7CC-developed rubric is based on Evidence for ESSA Standards and Procedures to identify research study evidence of program and practice effectiveness, meeting ESSA levels of evidence standards....

    Advocating for the Literacy Needs of Children

    This toolkit from the National Center on Improving Literacy provides guidance on how and what to advocate for in children’s literacy needs, as well as resources for workshop sessions, problem-solving, research briefs, and infographics. It also serves as a...

    Early Childhood Math Questioning Strategies

    Early Childhood Math Questioning Strategies

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    This video demonstrates how Recommendation 4 of the Institute of Sciences practice guide Teaching Math to Young Learners can be carried out. The recommendation teach children to view and describe their world mathematically is described by math expert, Douglas Clements of the Marsico Institute for Early Learning and Literacy. Four strategies shared in the video to carry out the recommendation are:

    1. Encourage children to use informal methods to represent math concepts, processes, and solutions;
    2. Help children link formal math vocabulary, symbols, and procedures to their informal knowledge or experiences;
    3. Use open-ended questions to prompt children to apply their math knowledge; and
    4. Encourage children to recognize and talk about math in everyday situations.

    This IES video lasts just under 7 minutes, and serves as a quick, informative resource for educators and parents alike.

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