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The BranchED portal is designed to support both teacher educators and PK-12 partners in their professional development. Whether you’re seeking information on a particular topic, looking to take an online course, or to stay current with our evolving library of resources, we’ve got something for you.
Shared Reading for All: A Sample Lesson
In this toolkit, the Shared Reading strategy is described including ways to support all learners using Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles. An example assignment with a sample Shared Reading lesson plan is provided for instructors and trainers to use to support early childhood educators.
Brief: Equitable Experiences
In this brief we highlight the design principle titled: Equitable Experiences, as defined by BranchED. We believe quality educator preparation provides a system of candidate-specific research-based supports, just-in-time interventions, and enrichment experiences informed by candidate-specific needs
Brief: Inclusive Instruction
In this brief we highlight the design principle titled: Inclusive Instruction, as defined by BranchED. We believe inclusive instruction minimizes or removes barriers to learning or assessment and supports the success of all learners, while ensuring that academic standards are not diminished.
Nuts & Bolts Webinar Ready Day 1: The Intersection of Content, Pedagogy and the Learner
Program completion includes mastery of content related to learners, learning, subject matter, pedagogical knowledge, assessment, and engagement with families and communities. Such knowledge is dynamic, constructed and overlapping. This webinar and research brief illuminate Intersectional Content.
Just Like Me: Teachers of Color in Action Workshop Video
In this workshop, we discuss the use of videos as instructional tools within coursework/professional development with pre- and in-service teachers to promote evidence-based practices modeled by highly effective Teachers of Color. Presenters include the process of creating the video library and more.
Live from the Classroom: Highly Effective Teachers of Color Share Expertise
The Teacher Video Project was designed so Teacher Candidates of Color could have opportunities to see highly effective Teachers of Color who come from similar racial, ethic, and linguistic backgrounds in action.
BranchED seeks to support individual educator preparation programs (EPPs) and the field at large in reimagining and redefining “quality” preparation programs such that attention to issues of diversity and equity are explicit, embedded, and inextricably linked to high-quality performance.
The Resource Portal was created to support our community by providing resources such as instructional materials, online modules, podcasts, practice-based learning opportunities, research briefs, teaching video library, tool/toolkit, and webinars.