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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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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.
Nuts & Bolts Webinar on Innovative Pedagogies: ELA and Critical Pedagogy
This webinar features Dr. Aimée Myers, who will discuss three approaches for revising your English Language Arts (ELA) curricula through a critical lens.
Nuts & Bolts Webinar on Innovative Pedagogies: Pedagogy of Hope
This webinar features Dr. Tiffany D. Pogue, who will discuss a pedagogy of hope, a Freirian critical approach to teaching based on a need for hope and a desire to confront forces of domination.
Nuts & Bolts Webinar Series: Reconceptualizing the Future of Teacher Prep
What is the future of teacher preparation? Panelists critically discuss the urgency of this opportunity and shared responsibility to transform teacher education.
Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: A Primer
This toolkit includes a PowerPoint and assignment which educator preparation faculty can use to consider the relationship between culture, representation, and learning.
Centering Translanguaging and Critical Consciousness in Chinese/English Dual Language Bilingual Education Programs
Despite the prevalence of Chinese usage in the U.S. and in the world, Chinese language ranks low in K-12 language instruction. U.S. education policies and programs have historically excluded and disserved Chinese ancestry students.
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.