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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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BranchED Inclusive Instruction Rubric & Guide for Implementation
The rubric on inclusive instruction provides a structure for EPPs to formatively assess their courses and program for inclusive practices. The rubric provides opportunities for evaluation, reflection, and planning. It also includes an implementation guide.
Institutional Data Inquiry Tool
The purpose of this tool is to understand more about the current data climate at your institution around three primary focus areas: (a) Data Collection & Access, (b) Data Interpretation & Dissemination, (c) Data Use. EPPs are encouraged to use this tool for initial planning, to gain insight.
Designing for Adult Learners
This tool offers guidance when designing instructional or professional development activities.
Atkins ARCS Model for Learner-Centered Support
The ARCS Model* is a theoretical model that helps shift thinking from program-centered to learner-centered. *The Atkins’ model is not to be confused with the Keller ARCS model of motivational design.
Data ToolKit: Data Empowerment for Continuous Improvement
This toolkit focuses on the foundational knowledge and skills necessary to support data informed decision-making for continuous program improvement.
BranchED Tool for Reflective, Culturally Sustaining Practice for Teacher Educators
Adopting a critically reflective practice is a responsible way to practice education, allowing us to move forward with hope and make change.
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.