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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.

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Strategies for Sustaining a Teacher Residency

For: Educational Policy Maker, Higher Education Administrator, Higher Education Faculty, PK-12 Administrator

Sustaining a teacher residency requires planning for how to compensate residents long-term. This tool provides strategies and discussion questions that Educator Preparation Programs (EPPs) and school district partners can consider to sustain their residency over time given their individual context.

Thinking Through Curriculum: Incorporating the PK-12 Context into the Candidate Experience

For: Higher Education Administrator, Higher Education Faculty, PK-12 Administrator

This tool can be utilized to identify opportunities for integrating PK-12 context into EPP curriculum and coursework. By integrating the EPP curriculum and coursework with the PK-12 reality, the candidate experience becomes more impactful and the transition from candidate to teacher more seamless.

Residency Readiness: A Self-assessment for Educator Preparation Programs and School District Partnerships

For: Higher Education Administrator, Higher Education Faculty, PK-12 Administrator

This tool is intended to be used by an Educator Preparation Program (EPP) and a district partner to determine the readiness level to engage in the development of a sustainable residency model.

Building a Teacher Residency: Stages of Work and Critical Moves

For: Higher Education Administrator, Higher Education Faculty, PK-12 Administrator

This handbook is intended for an EPP and school district partnership working together to build and sustain a teacher residency. It outlines steps for designing and implementing a teacher residency that centers the needs of the partnership and lays the groundwork for sustainability of the program.

Utilizing the GeoGebra Software for Teaching Geometry

For: Higher Education Faculty, PK-12 Administrator, PK-12 Teacher, Teacher Candidate

This research brief examines the potential effectiveness of GeoGebra software, in teaching geometry to young students. By reviewing studies, highlighting key findings, and offering implementation recommendations, this brief provides insights into how GeoGebra can be integrated into the classroom.

Using Children's Literature to Build Mathematics Literacy

For: Higher Education Faculty, PK-12 Administrator, PK-12 Teacher, Teacher Candidate

In this resource, several lessons are provided for classroom teaching based on children’s literature and equitable practices. Each lesson includes a reference to a book to use for the lesson, an overview of how to implement the lesson, and supplemental material to use throughout the lesson.

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.

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