Academic Resources for School Leaders and Educators

A World of Academic Resources at Your Fingertips

The Center’s Academic Performance and Accountability team has researched and compiled a list of resources from external organizations that coordinate with the academic focus areas included within the Educational Program. These resources support schools in their efforts to drive academic performance and provide a quality educational option for all students.

Professional Development Opportunities: Check out the upcoming professional learning opportunities offered by the Center’s Academic Performance and Accountability team on our event webpage. We also compile a list of vendors offering educators professional development.

Assessment Curriculum and Curriculum Review E-Learning for Educators Instructional Monitoring Instructional Planning and Delivery Leadership Mission, Vision, Values School Improvement Special Education Videos Virtual Learning

Assessment

Article/Resource	Sponsoring Organization	Dean	Principal	Instructional Coach	Teacher	Board Member
Classroom Assessment Best Practices and Applications	ThoughtCo.	✓		✓	✓
How to Construct a Bloom's Taxonomy Assessment	ThoughtCo.	✓	✓	✓	✓
4 Formative Assessment Ideas to Try This Year	Edutopia	✓		✓	✓
7 Smart, Fast Ways to Do Formative Assessment	Edutopia			✓	✓
8 Steps to Making Feedback More Effective	Edutopia	✓		✓	✓
A Complete Guide to Balanced Assessment Systems	Illuminate Education	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
A Summary of Assessment Users	Michigan Assessment Consortium		✓	✓	✓
Accentuate the Formative	The Learning Professional			✓	✓
Aiding culturally responsive assessment in schools in a globalizing world	Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability	✓	✓	✓
Assessment Coordinator Training Guide	Michigan Department of Education	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Assessment Literacy Standards	Michigan Assessment Consortium	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dipsticks: Efficient Ways to Check for Understanding	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓	✓
Evidence Based Intervention Programs & Assessment Tools	The Fuchs Research Group at Vanderbilt University	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
FAME Research and Resources	Michigan Department of Education - FAME Program	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
First Things First: Demystifying Data Analysis	Educational Leadership	✓	✓	✓	✓
K-12 Multimodal Assessment and Interactive Audiences	ScienceDirect				✓
Learning Points	Assessment Learning Network	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Learning Point: Choosing Assessments	Assessment Learning Network		✓	✓	✓
Overview of Test Security	Michigan Department of Education	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Publicizing Test Security	Caveon	✓	✓	✓	✓
Re-Balancing Formative Assessment: Placing Formative Assessment at the Heart of Learning and Accountability	McREL	✓	✓	✓	✓
Spotlight on Assessment	EdWeek	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Summative Assessment in Distance Learning	Edutopia			✓	✓
Teachers developing assessment for learning: impact on student achievement	Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice Journal		✓		✓
Teaching Students How to Ask Productive Questions	Michigan Department of Education	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
The Case for Not Allowing Test Retakes	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
The Michigan Arts Education Instruction & Assessment	MAEIA		✓	✓	✓
Toward More Effective Data Use in Teaching	Phi Delta Kappan	✓	✓
Understanding a Teacher's Long-Term Impact	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Using K-12 Lessons Learned About How to Balance Accessibility and Test Security to Inform Licensure, Credentialing, and Certification Exam Policies	Michigan Department of Education: MI Open Book Project	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
What Administrators Need to Know About the Formative Assessment Process	Michigan Department of Education - FAME Program	✓	✓	✓

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Curriculum and Curriculum Review

Article/Resource	Sponsoring Organization	Dean	Principal	Instructional Coach	Teacher	Board Member
7 Reasons Why Your Curriculum Matters More Than you Think	Chalk	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Advancing a New Mindset About Curriculum Design	Faculty Focus	✓	✓		✓
21st Century Standards and Curriculum: Current Research and Practice	Journal of Education and Practice	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Curriculum Development: Inductive Models	Schooling Volume 2, Number 1, 2011	✓	✓	✓	✓
Curriculum Integration Research: Re-examining Outcomes and Possibilities for the 21st Century Classroom	MDE	✓	✓	✓	✓
Curriculum Mapping	ASCD	✓	✓		✓
Curriculum Mapping Tips for New Teachers	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓	✓
Guide to Choosing Digital Content and Curriculum	Center for Digital Education		✓			✓
High-Quality Curricula and Team-Based Professional Learning	Learning Forward	✓	✓
History Lesson Plans	The Ohio State University		✓		✓
iCivics: The Best K-12 Social Science Resource Ever!	iCivics		✓		✓
Improving Math Curriculum for English Language Learners	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓	✓
Math in the Real World	Study.com			✓	✓
MI Open Book	Michigan Open Book Project				✓
Reading Like a Historian: Improving Literacy in the Social Studies Discipline	Stanford History Education Group				✓
Reading Rockets Website	Reading Rockets			✓	✓
Standards, Instructional Objectives, and Curriculum Design: A Complex Relationship	Phi Delta Kappan	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Statistics in Schools	U.S. Census Bureau				✓
Teacher Collaboration in Curriculum Design Teams: Effects, Mechanisms, and Conditions	Educational Research and Evaluation, An International Journal on Theory and Practice	✓	✓	✓
Use a Data Inquiry Cycle to Guide Your Curriculum Review	Atlas	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
What School Principals Need to Know About Curriculum and Instruction	IssueLab	✓	✓			✓

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E-Learning for Educators

Article/Resource	Sponsoring Organization	Dean	Principal	Instructional Coach	Teacher	Board Member
6 Must-Watch TEDx Talks to Kick Off the School Year	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓	✓
13 Educator-Approved Podcasts to Listen to This Year	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓	✓
ASCD Webinars	ASCD	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Boosting Student Interaction and Collaboration When Teaching Remotely	ASCD	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Differentiation in the Online Classroom (Webinar)	Michigan Virtual University	✓		✓	✓
Education Week Webinars	Education Week	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
EdWeb.net	EdWeb LLC	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
KET Education Store	Kentucky Educational Television	✓	✓	✓	✓
Laura Candler's Webinars for Teachers	Laura Candler's Teaching Resources			✓	✓
Library of Congress	Congress.gov	✓	✓	✓	✓
Michigan Virtual - Professional Development on Remote & Blended Teaching	Michigan Virtual University	✓	✓	✓	✓
OK2Ask	Source for Learning	✓	✓	✓	✓
OK2Ask Professional Learning	TeachersFirst	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
SciLearn	Fast Forward: A Carnegie Learning Solution	✓	✓	✓	✓
SimpleK12 Educational Webinars	SimpleK12	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Spotlight Sessions	Institute for Arts Integration and STEAM			✓	✓

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Instructional Monitoring

Article/Resource	Sponsoring Organization	Dean	Principal	Instructional Coach	Teacher	Board Member
5 Ways to Improve Tacher Evaluation Systems	Edutopia	✓	✓
Virtual Coaching Takes Off	Edutopia			✓
A Guide to Implementing Instructional Coaching	Better Lesson	✓	✓	✓		✓
A Summary of Assessment Users	Michigan Assessment Consortium		✓	✓	✓
Assessment Literacy Standards Self-Assessment	Michigan Assessment Consortium		✓		✓
Coaching	The Teaching Channel	✓	✓	✓
Delivering Impactful Feedback to Teachers	Center for Educational Leadership		✓	✓
Designing the K-12 Achievement Curriculum: Strategies for Delivering Multi-Tiered Equitable Instruction	EdWeek	✓	✓	✓
Ensuring That Teachers Don't Run Out of Gas	Edutopia	✓	✓
Evidence Based Intervention Programs & Assessment Tools	The Fuchs Research Group at Vanderbilt University	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
For Teacher Professional Growth, Study the Soil	EdWeek	✓	✓	✓	✓
Getting an Accurate Assessment of Student Learning	Edutopia		✓
Improving Teaching and Learning through Instructional Rounds	Harvard Graduate School of Education	✓	✓	✓	✓
Learning From Instructional Rounds	Educational Leadership		✓	✓	✓
Learning Point: Choosing Assessments	Assessment Learning Network		✓	✓	✓
Peer Coaching That Works: The Power of Reflection and Feedback in Teacher Triad Teams	McREL	✓	✓	✓	✓
Research-Tested Benefits of Breaks	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓	✓
Students Center Stage: Focusing Classrooms on Challenging Work	TNTP	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
The Michigan Arts Education Instruction & Assessment	MAEIA		✓	✓	✓
The Principal's Role in the Instructional Process: Implications for At-Risk Students	Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL)	✓	✓	✓
The Science Behind Student Engagement	Pearson			✓	✓
What Administrators Need to Know About the Formative Assessment Process	Michigan Department of Education - FAME Program	✓	✓	✓

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Instructional Planning and Delivery

Article/Resource	Sponsoring Organization	Dean	Principal	Instructional Coach	Teacher	Board Member
Creating Tiered Lessons	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU			✓	✓
Differentiated Instruction	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU			✓	✓
High Impact Teaching Strategies	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU			✓	✓
Infusing the Multiple Intelligences	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU			✓	✓
Rigorous Instruction Strategies	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU			✓	✓
Student Engagement Strategies	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU			✓	✓
Supporting Parent/School Partnerships	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU			✓	✓
Vocabulary Instruction	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU			✓	✓
3 Strategies for Setting rigorous Expectations for Students	Edutopia			✓	✓
3 Ways to Guide Early Elementary Students to Talk About Their Learning	Edutopia			✓	✓
4 Tips for Productive Online Discussions	Edutopia				✓
7 Ways to Spark Engagement	Edutopia			✓	✓
9 Strategies for Getting More Students to Talk	Edutopia			✓	✓
10 Tips to Maintain Positive Student Behavior	MiddleWeb				✓
11 Teacher-Recommended Math Apps and Online Tools	Edutopia				✓
25 Best Website for Teachers	Scholastic	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
A Problem-Solving Model for Literacy Coaching Practice	George Mason University			✓
Adapting Science Lessons for Distance Learning	Edutopia				✓
Amplifying Student Voice	ASCD				✓
Are Proctors Deterrents?	The American Educator	✓	✓	✓
Bringing Number Talks to the Online Classroom	Edutopia			✓	✓
Collaborating on Project-Based Learning	Edutopia		✓
Differentiation: Lessons from Master Teachers	ASCD	✓	✓	✓	✓
Dipsticks: Efficient Ways to Check for Understanding	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓	✓
Distance Learning in Practice - A Focus on Assessment and Checking for Understanding	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU			✓	✓
Distance Learning in Practice - A Focus on Differentiation, Rigor, and Small Group Instruction	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU			✓	✓
Distance Learning in Practice - A Focus on Student Engagement and Classroom Management	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU			✓	✓
Distance Learning Strategies to Bring Back to the Classroom	Edutopia				✓
Essential Apps for the Physical and Digital Classroom	Edutopia				✓
Evidence Based Intervention Programs & Assessment Tools	The Fuchs Research Group at Vanderbilt University	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Extending the Silence	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓	✓
FAME Research and Resources	Michigan Department of Education - FAME Program	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Finding Reputable Online Resources for Distance Learning	Edutopia				✓
Five Ways High School Teachers Can Use MOOCS	SI News			✓	✓
Fostering Student Engagement in the Mathematical Practices	Curriculum Associates			✓	✓
Getting Ready to Teach Next Year	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓	✓
Helping Students Process their Feelings During Remote Learning	Edutopia				✓
How Novice and Expert Teachers Approach Classroom Management Differently	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓	✓
How Teachers Can Better Manage Classroom Computing	EdTech Insider	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
How to Choose a Co-Teaching Model	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓	✓
Introducing Students to the Anatomy of Nonfiction Books	Edutopia	✓		✓	✓
K-12 Multimodal Assessment and Interactive Audiences	ScienceDirect				✓
Lullaby of Algebra: How Mixing Music and Math Helps Engage Students	EdSource			✓	✓
Math in the Real World	Study.com			✓	✓
Principles of Instruction: Research-Based Strategies All Teachers Should Know	American Federation of Teachers			✓	✓
Reading Rockets Website	Reading Rockets			✓	✓
Reading Strategies to Retire This Year (Plus 6 to Try Out!)	Edutopia	✓		✓	✓
Research-Tested Benefits of Breaks	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓	✓
Scaffolding Text Structures for ELLs	The Teaching Channel	✓		✓	✓
Selecting and Sequencing Student Solutions: Facilitating Productive Mathematics Discussions in the Classroom	EdWeek	✓	✓	✓	✓
Serving the Math Whiz Kids	Education Next		✓	✓	✓
Spotlight on Literacy Instruction	EdWeek	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Spotlight on Reading Comprehension	EdWeek	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Spotlight on Struggling Readers	EdWeek	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Supporting Students During Uncertain Times	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓	✓
Teacher Tube	Teacher Tube	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Teaching Students How to Ask for Help	Edutopia			✓	✓
Teaching Students How to Ask Productive Questions	Michigan Department of Education	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Teaming Up to Support English Learners	Edutopia			✓
The Best Way to Help Children Remember Things? Not “Memorable Experiences”	Education Next		✓	✓	✓
The Inclusive Education Checklist: A Self-Assessment of Best Practices	National Professional Resources, Inc.	✓	✓	✓
The Michigan Arts Education Instruction & Assessment	MAEIA		✓	✓	✓
The Necessity of Having High Expectations	Edutopia			✓	✓
The STEAM-Powered Classroom	ASCD			✓	✓
The Teaching Channel	The Teaching Channel	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Tips to Create a Warmer, More Engaging Online Classroom	Edutopia			✓	✓
Toolkit for Digitally Literate Teachers	University of Southern California Rossier School of Education	✓	✓	✓	✓
What Administrators Need to Know About the Formative Assessment Process	Michigan Department of Education - FAME Program	✓	✓	✓
What Makes an Excellent Online Teacher?	Harvard Graduate School of Education			✓	✓
What School Principals Need to Know About Curriculum and Instruction	IssueLab	✓	✓			✓

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Leadership

Article/Resource	Sponsoring Organization	Dean	Principal	Instructional Coach	Teacher	Board Member
How Principals Affect Students and Schools - A Systematic Synthesis of Two Decades of Research	The Wallace Foundation		✓
How School Leaders Can Support Enhanced Rigor Instruction	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓
4 Things Great Principals Don't Do	EdWeek	✓	✓
5 Reasons Teams Choose to Follow Leaders	Tech Republic	✓	✓
10 Things Great School Leaders Do Over the Summer	Edutopia	✓	✓
A Guide to Implementing Instructional Coaching	Better Lesson	✓	✓	✓
A New Kind of PD	The Teaching Channel	✓	✓	✓
Burnout Isn’t Inevitable	Edutopia	✓	✓			✓
Coaching	The Teaching Channel	✓	✓	✓
Feeling Like You Matter: A Checklist for Teachers	ASCD	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
For Teacher Professional Growth, Study the Soil	EdWeek	✓	✓	✓	✓
Fostering Collective Teacher Efficacy: Three Enabling Conditions	Corwin Connect	✓	✓	✓	✓
Leadership Matters: What Research Says about the Importance of Principal Leadership	National Association of Elementary Principals	✓	✓	✓		✓
Planning for Better Professional Development in an Uncertain Future	Edutopia		✓
Power in Numbers: Coaching Principals to Build Teams and Transform Schools	NYC Leadership Academy	✓	✓			✓
Role of Principal Leadership in Improving Student Achievement	Reading Rockets		✓
Schools Need to Address Student Trauma During and After Distance Learning	Learn4Life	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Simple Ways Administrators Can Support Teachers	Edutopia		✓
Supporting New Teachers This Year	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓	✓
Teachers Are Cynical About 'School Improvement Plans.' What Principals Can Do to Change That	Education Week		✓			✓
Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓	✓
The Principal as Instructional Leader	National Forum of Educational and Supervision Journal		✓
The Results Are In - Principal Pipelines Make a Difference	Learning Forward					✓
The School Principal as Leader: Guiding Schools to Better Teaching and Learning	The Wallace Foundation	✓	✓		✓
This Year, Lead Like a Designer	ASCD	✓	✓
Transforming Education: Simplify and Strengthen your Volunteer Program	Volunteer Now		✓			✓
Want to be a Better Leader? Learn Ho to Motivate Others	World Economic Forum	✓	✓	✓
Why Icebreakers are Underrated for Deeper Connections	ASCD		✓

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Mission, Vision, Values

Article/Resource	Sponsoring Organization	Dean	Principal	Instructional Coach	Teacher	Board Member
7 Things Teachers Say to Create a Supportive Classroom	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓	✓
School Visions, Values and Principles: How Much do They Really Impact Students?	Edumate		✓		✓
Using Community Agreements to Start the Year Strong	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓	✓
79 Examples of School Vision and Mission Statements	Helpful Professor		✓			✓
Bridging the Soft Skills Gap	EdWeek		✓			✓
Do you Know Your School's Vision? Tips for Making a Meaningful Mission Statement	Education Week		✓			✓
Five Keys to an Effective School Mission	Edvocate	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Getting an Accurate Assessment of Student Learning	Edutopia		✓
School Mission Statements: The 2020 Guide	Prodigy		✓			✓
The Power of the Positive Phone Call Home	Edutopia				✓
Transforming Education: Simplify and Strengthen your Volunteer Program	Volunteer Now		✓			✓
Your School’s Big Dream: Creating a Vision for the Future	National Association of Independent Schools					✓

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School Improvement

Article/Resource	Sponsoring Organization	Dean	Principal	Instructional Coach	Teacher	Board Member
5 Characteristics of an Effective School Team	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
A New Kind of PD	The Teaching Channel	✓	✓	✓
An Improvement Plan is Not Enough — You Need A Strategy	Phi Delta Kappan	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention for Elementary and Middle Schools	What Works Clearinghouse (WWC)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Can schools meet the promise of continuous improvement?	Phi Delta Kappan	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Curiosity Works: Moving your School from Improvement to Innovation	McREL	✓	✓			✓
Identify the Best Evidence for School and Student Improvement	Phi Delta Kappan	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Meaningful & Sustainable School Improvement with Distributed Leadership	Consortium for Policy Research in Education	✓
Opening the Door to Professional Learning	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓	✓
Peer Coaching That Works: The Power of Reflection and Feedback in Teacher Triad Teams	McREL	✓	✓	✓	✓
Power in Numbers: Coaching Principals to Build Teams and Transform Schools	NYC Leadership Academy	✓	✓			✓
School Improvement: Sowing the Seeds of Success	Teacher Magazine	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
School Planning Guide	District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Starting Small Helps Keep Innovation Manageable	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Students Center Stage: Focusing Classrooms on Challenging Work	TNTP	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Summer Math Loss	Harvard Graduate School of Education		✓		✓	✓
Teacher Absenteeism in Charter and Public Schools	Thomas B. Fordham Institute		✓			✓
Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓	✓
The Road Less Traveled: Changing Schools from the Inside Out	McREL	✓	✓			✓
Transforming Education: Simplify and Strengthen your Volunteer Program	Volunteer Now		✓			✓
What Makes a High-Quality Professional Development Program	K-12 Dive	✓
Why K-12 Schools Should Establish a Data-Driven Culture	EdTech Insider	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

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Special Education

Article/Resource	Sponsoring Organization	Dean	Principal	Instructional Coach	Teacher	Board Member
Coffee with Special Education: Standards-Based NOT Standards Bound, Part Two	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU	✓	✓	✓	✓
Coffee with Special Education: Standards-Based NOT Standards Bound, Part One	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU	✓	✓	✓	✓
6 Ways to Transition IEP Goals to Remote Learning	Edutopia				✓
9 Clever Teaching Strategies for Common Learning Hurdles	ADDitude	✓		✓	✓
Charter Central Podcast with Kathy Barker	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Coffee with Special Education: Accelerated Learning for Students with Disabilities - Part 1	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Coffee with Special Education: Creating Data Rich PLAAFPs for IEP Development	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU		✓	✓	✓
Coffee with Special Education: ESY Determination, Planning and Scheduling	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Coffee with Special Education: High Leverage Behavioral Practices - Part 1 of 3	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU	✓	✓	✓	✓
Coffee with Special Education: High Leverage Behavioral Practices - Part 2 of 3	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU	✓	✓	✓	✓
Coffee with Special Education: High Leverage Behavioral Practices - Part 3 of 3	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU	✓	✓	✓	✓
Coffee with Special Education: Important Decisions of the IEP Team - Accommodations & Modifications	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU	✓	✓	✓	✓
Coffee with Special Education: Providing Students with IEPs Quality and Compliant Services in our Continuing COVID Challenged World	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Coffee with Special Education: Service Delivery Models & HLP of Collaboration	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU	✓	✓	✓	✓
Coffee with Special Education: Specially Designed Instruction. What it is. What it isn’t!	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU		✓	✓	✓
Coffee with Special Education: What to do when you don’t know what to do	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU	✓	✓	✓	✓
Coffee with Special Education: What’s Next? Is It Working?	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU	✓	✓	✓	✓
Disciplinary policies for students with special needs	Phi Delta Kappan	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Educating All Learners	Education All Learners Alliance	✓	✓	✓	✓
Educating Students with Disabilities During COVID-19: Civil Rights Endure and Authorizers Must Lead	NACSA	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Evidence Based Intervention Programs & Assessment Tools	The Fuchs Research Group at Vanderbilt University	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Five Current Trending Issues in Special Education	Edmentum	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
General and Special Educator Collaboration	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU	✓	✓	✓	✓
Guidance for Extended School Year Services in Michigan	Michigan Department of Education	✓	✓			✓
Guiding Special Education Students to Stay on Track for Success in Hybrid Classrooms	Edutopia				✓
Guiding Students to Improve Executive Functioning Skills	Edutopia	✓		✓	✓
How To Avoid Overidentifying Black Male Students for Special Education	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓	✓
How to Improve Distance Learning for Students With IEPs	Edutopia				✓
Neurodiversity: The Future of Special Education?	ASCD Educational Leadership	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Special Education Leadership Series: Special Education Documentation, Testing, and Teacher Responsibilities \| Resources	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU	✓	✓	✓	✓
Special Education Leadership Series: Special Education Focus for 2022-23 \| Resources	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU	✓	✓	✓	✓
Special Education Leadership Series: Special Education Services for Educational Benefit \| ESY Requirements	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU		✓	✓	✓

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Videos

Article/Resource	Sponsoring Organization	Instructional Coach	Teacher
Distance Learning in Practice - A Focus on Assessment and Checking for Understanding	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU	✓	✓
Distance Learning in Practice - A Focus on Differentiation, Rigor, and Small Group Instruction	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU	✓	✓
Distance Learning in Practice - A Focus on Student Engagement and Classroom Management	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU	✓	✓

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Virtual Learning

Article/Resource	Sponsoring Organization	Dean	Principal	Instructional Coach	Teacher	Board Member
4 Tips for Teachers Shifting to Teaching Online	Edutopia				✓
Juggling Roomers and Zoomers: How Teachers Make Hybrid Learning Work	EdSurge	✓	✓	✓	✓
4 Tips for Productive Online Discussions	Edutopia				✓
5 Tips for Using Digital Books This Year	SmartBrief	✓		✓	✓
6 Ways to Transition IEP Goals to Remote Learning	Edutopia				✓
7 Ways to Do Formative Assessments in Your Virtual Classroom	Edutopia	✓		✓	✓
11 Teacher-Recommended Math Apps and Online Tools	Edutopia				✓
48 Bloom's Taxonomy Apps for Your Critical Thinking	Custom-Writing.org				✓
A Powerful Model for Understanding Good Tech Integration	Edutopia			✓	✓
Adapting Science Lessons for Distance Learning	Edutopia				✓
Bringing Number Talks to the Online Classroom	Edutopia			✓	✓
Can Zoom Classes Keep Students Excited and Engaged? We Have Found Some Ways	The Hechinger Report			✓	✓
Curbing Teacher Burnout During the Pandemic	Edutopia				✓
Differentiation Strategies for Hybrid and Virtual Learning During the COVID-19 Era	Center for Student Achievement Solutions			✓	✓
Distance Learning FAQ: Solving Teachers’ and Students’ Common Problems	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Distance Learning in Practice - A Focus on Assessment and Checking for Understanding	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU			✓	✓
Distance Learning in Practice - A Focus on Differentiation, Rigor, and Small Group Instruction	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU			✓	✓
Distance Learning in Practice - A Focus on Student Engagement and Classroom Management	The Center for Charter Schools at CMU			✓	✓
Distance Learning Strategies to Bring Back to the Classroom	Edutopia				✓
Essential Apps for the Physical and Digital Classroom	Edutopia				✓
Finding Reputable Online Resources for Distance Learning	Edutopia				✓
Five Skills Online Teachers Need for Classroom Instruction	Resilient Educator			✓	✓
Fostering a Strong Community in a Virtual Classroom	Edutopia			✓	✓
Getting Ready to Teach Next Year	Edutopia	✓	✓	✓	✓
Guiding Special Education Students to Stay on Track for Success in Hybrid Classrooms	Edutopia				✓
Helping Students Process their Feelings During Remote Learning	Edutopia				✓
How to Choose Words That Motivate Students During Online Learning	Edutopia			✓	✓
How to Improve Distance Learning for Students With IEPs	Edutopia				✓
How to Make Station Rotation Work During Hybrid Learning	Edutopia			✓	✓
How to Keep Students’ Attention in a Virtual Classroom	Edutopia			✓	✓
How to Teach Science Remotely	Tech and Learning			✓	✓
How Using a Little Sign Language Can Improve Online Classes	Edutopia			✓	✓
Resources for Virtual Teaching and Learning	Various Organizations	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Study: Device Quality Impacts Remote Learning	THE Journal		✓
Summative Assessment in Distance Learning	Edutopia			✓	✓
Three Strategies for Better Online Discussions	ASCD Educational Leadership				✓
Tips to Create a Warmer, More Engaging Online Classroom	Edutopia			✓	✓
What Makes an Excellent Online Teacher?	Harvard Graduate School of Education			✓	✓

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