Artificial intelligence (AI)—a concept most of us knew little about just two years ago—has now become a major topic of discussion. Schools are adding AI policies to handbooks, while teachers are experimenting with it in their classrooms. As with any new technology, AI comes with both advantages and challenges, including practical and ethical considerations. The
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Activities to Help Educators Process and Apply PD Content and Skills The most useful professional development (PD) is not in the “sit and get” moment at a conference or in-service training, though there can be sudden and lasting moments of insight in each. The most effective “stuff” of professional learning is in the personal reflection,
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In my four years in higher education, I have observed more than two dozen pre-service teachers in their student teaching experience. As I completed my student teaching in 1999, it’s been a while since I’ve looked out from the front of a classroom at the eager faces of students hanging on my every word while
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These are challenging times in education, and middle school educators are looking for encouragement and inspiration about how to best engage this unique age group. Enter the amazing, uplifting, and sometimes provocative documentary Changing by the Minute which captures one school’s remarkable and memorable efforts to help young adolescents thrive. The Center School (the public
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What a fantastic weekend of inspiration, idea sharing, and connecting at #AMLE21! Since not all of our members were able to join us online this weekend, we’ve collected some top insights from our 48th Annual Conference for Middle Level Education. Feeling #AMLE21 FOMO? You can still participate by registering for #AMLE21 On Demand with access
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How the Institute for Middle Level Leadership shaped my perspective on what it means to be a school leader In the summer of 2019, before the pandemic hit and the world went topsy-turvy, I was given the opportunity to attend AMLE’s Institute for Middle Level Leadership. I was already a member and had previously attended the annual conference,
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