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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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Interactive Read Aloud: Effective Components & Rehearsals with Teacher Candidates
This toolkit provides basic background information on the interactive read aloud (IRA) and essential components of the IRA. This toolkit can be utilized by teacher educators and teacher candidates for rehearsals information.
Exploring African Diaspora Literacy as a Model for Empowering Children: Fostering Literacy Skills
In this toolkit, early childhood educators will explore African Diaspora Literacy as an approach for empowering children. Resources and reflective questions are provided to support early childhood educators.
Alphabet Knowledge
This toolkit focuses on alphabetic knowledge and the importance of the alphabetic principle. Strategies for developing an alphabetic principle are provided as well as picture books that can be used in the classroom.
Recruitment Timeline: Planning Recruitment for a Teacher Residency Program
This tool is intended for use within a teacher residency program to help plot a strategic and thoughtful recruitment timeline. Intentional and collaborative planning around recruitment is critical for the success of a teacher residency.
Shared Governance Toolkit
This toolkit is intended for an EPP and school district partnership working together to build shared governance. It includes a summary of six primary components of effective shared governance. Each section summarizes the foundational principle of the component and references available resources.
Shared Governance Topics for Consideration
This tool provides a starting point for EPP and district partnerships as they outline their agendas. While not exhaustive, it gives a list of topics for consideration. These focus areas encourage reflection, discussion, and action around frequently identified partnership initiatives.
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.