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Illuminate Whiteboard Series: 4 Steps to Makeover Your PLCs
Presented by Kate Pechacek – Transcription below Introduction Hi, everyone. Welcome to the Illuminate Whiteboard series. I’m Kate Pechacek. I’m an Implementation Manager for Illuminate. And we, today, are going…
Interpreting Progress Monitoring Data
By: Holly Windram, Ph.D.., NCSP Introduction At this point in the school year, interventions have been happening for about 4-6 weeks and progress monitoring data have been collected per the…
Encouraging a Data-Driven Culture Towards a Growth Mindset
There has been much said about Growth Mindset since 2007 when Carol Dweck published her book, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, and introduced us all to the concept of a…
Equity: A Practical Guide for Educators
In recent years, “equity” has become a buzz word and popular topic in K-12 schools, higher education, businesses, and even in religious organizations. A common definition is that whereas “equality”…
Illuminate Whiteboard Series: The Basics of Social Emotional Learning Competencies
Presented by Dr. Chris Balow – Transcription below Introduction Hello, everyone. Welcome to the “Illuminate Whiteboard Series.” I’m Dr. Chris Balow, Chief Research Scientist here at Illuminate Education. And we’re…
Assessing Student Understanding Throughout the Instructional Cycle
In the past few years, there has been a lot of discussion around the amount of time that students spend taking assessments. Educators, politicians and parents are concerned that we…
Goal Setting in Education
You have finished universal screening with all students…now what? What do you do with the student scores? What next steps do you need to take? Goal setting in education is…
Talking to Kids About Domestic Violence
As an adult, it can be difficult talking to young children about issues such as abuse and domestic violence on their level. If a child is experiencing problems at home,…
v9.10 Release Highlights
It’s release time again! We’ve rounded up a few highlights below. If you want to get all the details, check out our full release notes. What’s New OMG! Skills Assessments allows…
What You Can Do When the Swastika Appears in Your Classroom
This article was co-authored with Katya Mocalis. For more resources or if you have any questions, please contact her at kmocalis@illuminateed.com or Dr. Gail Thompson at gthompson@illuminateed.com. ***** A high school…