How to Motivate and Engage Educators in Challenging Times with Doctors Karen Ingram and Claudia Castillas
Flexibility means everything in education today. Dr. Karen Ingram, national education consultant for Istation, and Dr. Claudia Castillas, a bilingual virtual product development coach at Istation, joined host Hilary Kennedy to dive into ways administrators and personnel can support teachers in this era of education. When a technological solution is comprehensive and flexible — meaning it can be used on or off campus by students — this can help establish consistent instructional routines. However, there must be a plan in place for using these types of learning technology. For example, technology tools must contain quality content. Dr. Ingram explained, “Just because it’s technology doesn’t mean it’s great. It has to have quality content. And by quality content, when we think about teaching kids how to read, the content is built on the science of reading.” Another necessary component is product development specialists who teach instructors how to use programs and progress monitoring tools, such as Dr. Casillas.Administrators can support teachers during this shift through active listening, which places value on teachers’ work efforts. Dr. Casillas said, “Without the relationship, without a meaningful connection, you’re not able to have that space to be able to go deep, to be able to be truly authentic, truly genuine.” Teachers also need more intensive data monitoring time when they can identify which students need support to fill learning gaps resulting from instruction deficits — and administrators must be creative in providing time for this. Istation can assist with efficiency in planning time by providing detailed reports on student performances and growth trajectories.Lastly, administrators can support teachers by providing them with choices and resources that create freedom. This can help offer them autonomy while allowing time for creativity and planning. To hear more from the EdTech Podcast, hit “subscribe” on Apple Podcast or Spotify.
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Moving The Needle With Progress Monitoring: How To Accelerate Learning And Get Growth.
The pandemic put a significant hindrance on learning. With things getting back into full swing, educators are trying to make up for the lost time. One of the ways they’re doing this is by working on accelerating learning. On this episode of the IStation Podcast, Host Courtney Echerd talked to Dr. Alicia Pruitt, Regional PD Lead/Northeast, Professional Development, IStation. They dug into how educators are trying to make up for lost time through accelerated learning and progress monitoring. “One of the things we’ve done for a long time is to progress monitor and look for gaps in the student’s learning and meet those students where they are,” Pruitt said. “That has really been a process we’ve done in the past.” But, educators are flipping things on the head a bit now by monitoring progress for strengths in the student’s learning, so they can build upon those and help to continue to move the needle in the right direction. “I think it’s really finding those strengths to help those students become better,” Pruitt said. “And to become better readers, better mathematicians, better at whatever area of academic place they’re working in.” As someone that works in professional development, Pruitt works with educators, principals, and superintendents. As a former teacher, she affected change in her classroom, and when she moved to the district level, she did the same. Her scope is a bit broader now, and she hopes to affect change throughout the state and even the country.
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3 Keys To Creating A Learning Culture For Teachers
On this episode of an Istation podcast, Host Courtney Echerd talked with Christy Spivey, VP of Customer Success at Istation, which has become one of the nation’s leading providers of richly animated, game-like educational technology. Istation’s innovative reading, math, and Spanish programs immerse students in an engaging and interactive environment and inspire them to learn. The duo talked about creating a learning environment for teachers. While creating a learning environment is essential for students, it’s also necessary for teachers. It is often an arduous task, with teachers being so busy and on a small budget. Over the past year, they’ve had to adapt and learn on their feet as they switched to online learning. So how do schools create time and space for teacher learning? “It’s something I’ve been curious about for many years and throughout my career,” Spivey said. “Even as a classroom teacher, and then moving into EdTech, I wondered ‘how do we help teachers? How do we support them? How do we make sure teachers have everything they need because, in turn, students are going to have everything they need?’”Spivey elaborated that when you dig into teacher learning, the most crucial aspect is time. One of the most challenging questions to answer is making time for teacher learning, including continuous learning. The question must be considered of how often it will take place, such as weekly, monthly, or how it will be embedded into their day.
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3 Steps to Accelerate Learning and Reimagine Intervention
The COVID-19 pandemic was extremely disruptive to students’ ability to learn. Even for students who could adequately access online and hybrid programs, wide and varied learning gaps emerged that will take time and effort to overcome.That means, with the fall semester quickly approaching, it’s time for educational leaders to rethink and reimagine best practices, assessments, intervention strategies and more.To explore the actionable insights and strategies that will help them do just that, Istation Strategy Consultants Julie Kalinowski and Faith Conti joined this episode of the EdTech podcast by Istation to explore ways to position educators for success as they tackle the challenges on the horizon of the new school year.“Everybody is wanting to ensure that we’re meeting the needs of all students as we return back this year,” Kalinowski said. “As we look at the research and everything that’s out there about opportunity gaps that existed pre-pandemic, we know that this pandemic will just have exacerbated [them]. …Those gaps have also been widened disproportionately for some groups of students, such as students of color, students receiving special education services, students facing poverty and more, meaning educators will need to find tailored solutions for serving those groups to the best of their ability.
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The Importance of Oral Reading Fluency
The modern education model embraces technology and data. It supports educators and students in many ways, more so now than pre-pandemic. One of the basics of education is literacy, and oral reading fluency is key to improving it. But why does this metric matter?
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