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Learning Counsel flash internet seminars are designed to be rapid researched-based professional development for education executives and administrators. Leaders in edtech and district and school transformation share their experience, best-practices and tools on how they are making the shift.

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Planning for Unknown Possibilities

  This presentation will explain how our district chose to prepare teachers for virtual learning with a two-part plan that involved a quasi-virtual learning experience and a personalized appro...

North Texas - Local Panel of Administrators - Our Digital Transition

  None of us are as smart as all of us, and this panel of experts from three of Texas’ most innovative districts (Dallas ISD, Garland ISD and Sulpher Springs ISD) have learned a lot as they st...

Preparing Teachers for the New Normal

  Hear some of the ways that Keller ISD prepared their teachers as the COVID pandemic arrived on the scene. You’ll also hear some of the takeaways that the district is currently working on and...

The Search for the New Normal

  There is not a clear path, nobody out there is an expert on how to overcome the challenges of pandemics in PK-12 education. We have been called into action to overcome what is likely the mos...

Our Story at Trenton ISD

  Sharing our experience with the logistical and technical challenges of reopening a school district on time. What are the best practices being used in moving to hybrid, the behind-the-scenes ...

New York - Local Panel of Administrators - Our Digital Transition

  Innovation is a word that is bandied about often, particularly in this time of increased technology and COVID-19. But if necessity is truly the mother of invention, then these troubling time...

Hybrid/Virtual Planning and Organization - Leadership and Teams Together are Key

  You can learn a lot from a district like the North Bergen School District. Their presentation, Whole Team Approach is Key in Building a Hybrid Plan , is a step by step approach to getting i...

Educator Session on Models and Practice

  The first step to teaching remotely is getting your teachers and students comfortable with learning online. When offering his teachers PD, Dr. Gaskell quickly learned that the old rules may ...

Educator Session on Models & Practice: Personalized Learning 2.0

  Today’s times demand a whole new level of personalized learning to keep students engaged in various and ever-changing environments. With a focus on meaningful and applicable skills, a San Di...

Dr. Hibbs: Educator Session on Hybrid Organizing

  Marlboro Township Public Schools (MTPS) is a 5000-student district in Monmouth County, NJ. They are technology-rich and have been working on their digital transition for the past eight years...


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