Explore our Resource Portal
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.
New Here? Learn More About the PortalEquity 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.
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.
Linguistically Inclusive Approaches to Providing & Eliciting Reciprocal Feedback on Writing
This tool explores and reflects on linguistically inclusive approaches in providing and eliciting feedback on writing.
Data ToolKit: Data Visualization Guide
The Data Visualization Guide is designed to help you create data visualizations to identify gaps, trends and outliers in the data. The accompanying video series is designed to help utilize an Excel Workbook to create data visualizations from data sets.
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.