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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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Structures for Belonging
Belonging is a vital ingredient for learning and well-being. In every learning environment, students pick up on cues energy to learning. Created through the Student Experience Research Network's Belonging Collective this toolkit applies the research on belonging-supportive learning environments.
Equity Rubric for Open Educational Resource (OER) Evaluation
Open Educational Resource have become an increasingly viable option for bridging the gaps in inequitable educational learning outcomes for students in Educator Preparation Programs. The BranchED Equity Rubric for OER Evaluation can be applied to multiple forms of instructional materials.
A Primer on Inclusive Instruction
This primer provides an overview of inclusive instruction as defined by BranchED. It provides a summary of varied pedagogical frameworks essential to inclusive instruction as well as recommendations on how to implement them in the classroom.
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.
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.
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.