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Instructional Tools and Materials

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Science of Learning: Teacher Action Anchor Charts

Science of Learning

Science of Learning: Teacher Action Anchor Charts

These resources provide practicing teacher-educators with overviews of teacher actions informed by the science of learning.

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Science of Learning: Coaching Tools

Science of Learning

Science of Learning: Coaching Tools

These resources provide clinical educators with tips for observing and coaching novice and aspiring teachers.

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Early Literacy Foundational Skills: Instructional Modules Overview

Literacy

Early Literacy Foundational Skills: Instructional Modules Overview

Our practice-based modules prepare future teachers to plan and enact foundational skills grounded in scientifically-informed reading instruction.

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HQIM: Instructional Modules Overview

High-Quality Instructional Materials

HQIM: Instructional Modules Overview

These practice-based modules prepare future teachers to identify, analyze, and use high-quality instructional materials.

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Policy Resources

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Pathways that Deliver: Building Affordable, High-Quality Pathways into Teaching

Policy and Advocacy

Pathways that Deliver: Building Affordable, High-Quality Pathways into Teaching

This policy framework guides steps that leaders can take to create conditions for sustainable, high-quality pathways into teaching.

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From Preparation to Prosperity: Federal Actions to Support Future Teachers

Policy and Advocacy

From Preparation to Prosperity: Federal Actions to Support Future Teachers

An action plan for federal leaders to invest in the future of teaching and learning

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National Guidelines for Apprenticeship Standards for K-12 Teacher Apprenticeships

Policy and Advocacy

National Guidelines for Apprenticeship Standards for K-12 Teacher Apprenticeships

Access comprehensive guidelines for high-quality educator apprenticeship programs based on field data, published by the U.S. Department of Labor.

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Mobilizing Aspiring Teachers as Tutors: A Policy Framework

Policy and Advocacy, Tutoring

Mobilizing Aspiring Teachers as Tutors: A Policy Framework

This policy framework articulates the role policy leaders must take to create conditions to mobilize hundreds of thousands more tutors.

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Research-to-Practice Publications

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The Science of Learning

Science of Learning

The Science of Learning

This report summarizes existing cognitive-science research on how students learn and connects it to practical implications for teaching.

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Practice with Purpose: The Emerging Science of Teacher Expertise

Science of Learning

Practice with Purpose: The Emerging Science of Teacher Expertise

This report connects the principles of deliberate practice with the methods used to prepare and develop teaching skill.

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The Science of Early Learning

Science of Learning, Literacy, Mathematics

The Science of Early Learning

This report summarizes current cognitive-science research related to how young children develop skills across agency, literacy, and numeracy.

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Lead Boldly, Teach Brilliantly

Policy and Advocacy, Science of Learning

Lead Boldly, Teach Brilliantly

Leadership priorities to foster high-quality pathways and prepare stronger teachers for all students.

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Lessons from the Field

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Lead Boldly, Teach Brilliantly

Policy and Advocacy, Science of Learning

Lead Boldly, Teach Brilliantly

Leadership priorities to foster high-quality pathways and prepare stronger teachers for all students.

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Building Blocks: Four Elements of Effective Teacher Preparation

Science of Learning

Building Blocks: Four Elements of Effective Teacher Preparation

This report highlights the work of 4 practice-based educator-preparation programs and the strategies they use to prepare skillful beginning teachers.

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Learning Science Consortium

Science of Learning

Learning Science Consortium

This EPP-district collaborative supports aspiring and early-career teachers to ground instructional practice in the science of learning.

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From Stronger Foundations to Stronger Readers

Literacy

From Stronger Foundations to Stronger Readers

This report explores preliminary outcomes from our Early Literacy by Scientific Design Network.

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Tools and Resources

Instructional Tools and Materials

Science of Learning: Teacher Action Anchor Charts

Science of Learning: Coaching Tools

Early Literacy Foundational Skills: Instructional Modules Overview

HQIM: Instructional Modules Overview

Policy Resources

Pathways that Deliver: Building Affordable, High-Quality Pathways into Teaching

From Preparation to Prosperity: Federal Actions to Support Future Teachers

National Guidelines for Apprenticeship Standards for K-12 Teacher Apprenticeships

Mobilizing Aspiring Teachers as Tutors: A Policy Framework

Research-to-Practice Publications

The Science of Learning

Practice with Purpose: The Emerging Science of Teacher Expertise

The Science of Early Learning

Lead Boldly, Teach Brilliantly

Lessons from the Field

Lead Boldly, Teach Brilliantly

Building Blocks: Four Elements of Effective Teacher Preparation

Learning Science Consortium

From Stronger Foundations to Stronger Readers

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