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Self-Care Strategies for Educators During the Coronavirus Crisis: Supporting Personal Social and Emotional Well-Being
Addressed to educators who face the stresses of the pandemic and the resulting school closures and online service provision, this brief offers practical information and guidance on self-care.
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Strategies for Trauma-Informed Distance Learning
To help educators use trauma-informed teaching practices in distance learning contexts, this brief offers strategies for recognizing and responding to students’ social and emotional needs while teaching remotely.
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California Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (CPSEL) Updated Tri-Fold Version
This version of the California Professional Standards for Education Leaders is a quick reference most helpful when used with the updated Moving Leadership Standards Into Everyday Work: Descriptions of Practice.
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Long-Term English Learners: Spotlight on an Overlooked Population
This research brief highlights long-term English learner student characteristics, points to factors that impede their academic literacy development, and identifies promising practices that may improve their academic outcomes.
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Meeting the Learning Needs of Historically Underserved Students During and After California School Closures
Written primarily for district and school leaders, this paper, produced by WestEd as part of a collection of Crisis Response Resources, calls on educators to keep a sharp focus on meeting the needs of historically undeserved students, both during this initial period of distance learning and as leaders plan for an uncertain future in school year 2020/21.
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Mindfulness-Based Practices for Schools
This brief describes what administrators and teachers can do now to promote the benefits of mindfulness and stress management.
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Considerations for Teachers Providing Distance Learning to Students with Disabilities
This brief provides guidance and resources to help educators support students with disabilities through distance learning prompted by the COVID-19 crisis.
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Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement: A Systems Framework
This framework assists educators in rapid school and district improvement efforts through turnaround leadership, talent development, instructional transformation, and culture shift.
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Supporting English Learners During School Closures Considerations for Designing Distance Learning Experiences
While a fair amount is known about effective instructional practices for English learners, less is known about how these practices might look in a distance learning environment. This brief is designed to help educators make this critical shift.
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Bridging Cultures in Our Schools: New Approaches That Work: Knowledge Brief
As classrooms around the United States continue to become more and more culturally and linguistically diverse, educators need to understand the deep value orientations underlying
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The Future of California Science: A Story of Leadership, Collaboration, and Legacy
The Next Generation Science Standards emphasize big shifts that empower all students to learn science. This report tells the story of how science education leaders set aside conventional parochial agendas in favor of united action.
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Scaffolding Writing Through the "Teaching and Learning Cycle"
Help your students become effective writers through scaffolding and the Teaching and Learning Cycle.
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Caring for Young Children While Sheltering in Place
Are you caring for a young child or children at your home? Need some help thinking of ideas for fun, engaging activities? This activity guide is for you! It provides you with quick access to tips and activities to use with children, aged birth to five, throughout the day.
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Focusing Formative Assessment on the Needs of English Language Learners
How can formative assessment enhance the teaching and learning of English language learner (ELL) students? What, if anything, from our experience with summative assessment of ELL students can inform effective formative assessment practices? And finally, what are the opportunities and challenges inherent in integrating formative assessment into instruction for ELL students in this era of Common Core and other next generation standards? Find out in this paper.
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Fair and Equitable Reductions to State Education Budgets: Evidence and Considerations for the 2020/21 Fiscal Year
In this paper, WestEd authors suggest three key strategies intended to help ensure that any cuts in education expenditures as a result of a likely recession are fair and equitable.
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