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The BranchED Resource 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.
New Here? Learn More About the PortalResource Spotlight Pathways to Practice: Enhancing Teacher Candidate Preparation
This video explicates features of, and use cases for, our Pk-12 Learning Toolkit developed by BranchED with a group of our core community and district members. The toolkit includes four strands: Special Education, Curriculum Literacy, Technology Platforms, and General Policies and Procedures.
Nuts & Bolts Webinar Charting the Course: A Conversation with the 2023-2024 National Teacher of the Year, Rebecka Peterson
In this webinar featuring Rebecka Peterson, the 2023 National Teacher of the Year, she shares her inspiring approach to teaching and her insights on what it means to be a highly effective teacher of color in today's diverse classrooms.
Creating Positive Learning Environments
This toolkit offers practical tools to help educators create and co-create positive learning environments. The materials also support a shift in language and perspectives reflecting asset-based pedagogies, and growth mindset.
Intentionality in Creating Positive Learning Environments
This research brief provides an overview of instructional approaches that have been found to support the development of positive learning environments.
Unlocking Adolescent Learning: A Comprehensive Toolkit for All Stakeholders
This toolkit provides an overview of four fundamental learning domains essential for understanding and supporting adolescent growth and development (1) adolescent learning and development (2) research-based strategies (3) technology to enhance learning (4) adolescent literacy.
Fostering Holistic Adolescent Development and Learning in Educational Settings
This research brief explores the intricacies of adolescent development and learning and encompasses four fundamental pillars of development and learning: adolescent development, research-based strategies, the utilization of technology to enhance learning, and adolescent literacy.

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.