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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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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.
Student Data Privacy and Data Ethics Scenarios
These materials aim to help pre-service and in-service educators understand privacy risks and ethical concerns that arise in school-based situations and to provide guidance on how to mitigate risk and harm by discussing the legal obligations and best practices for protecting student data privacy.
Using Equity Reviews to Assess and Address Opportunity Gaps in Teacher Preparation Programs
This report chronicles the history and purpose of BranchED’s Equity Reviews. Learnings from four prototype reviews conducted at predominately white institutions are provided as well as considerations and opportunities for undertaking like reviews in the future.
Teacher Candidate Dispositions Toolkit
This toolkit is intended for EPPs to support the development of teacher candidates and inform program improvement efforts. The toolkit contains both a self-assessment for teacher candidates as well as an observational tool for EPP and district level teacher educators.
Teaching and Learning Mathematics from an Ethnomathematics Perspective
Ethnomathematics is broadly defined as the study of the relationship between culture and mathematics. This module is designed to help participants understand the importance of the ways they can integrate ethnomathematics activities in their teaching and learning of school mathematics.
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.