Professional Development
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Every day, curriculum directors, administrators, and teachers across the country are striving to find the most effective ways to increase student engagement and achievement. At Smart Solutions, we believe that the most effective way to help schools accelerate student achievement using technology is to support educators by providing ongoing, job-embedded professional development. We also believe that we can maximize the effectiveness of professional development by building professional learning communities to provide educators with a meaningful source of ongoing modeling, ideas, and support. Smart Solutions will partner with your school or district to build a customized professional development solution in which a core-team of teachers participates in a long-term professional development program. School districts throughout Ohio have implemented SSIK12 professional development solutions with transformative results for teaching, learning and technology integration throughout their district. “You can’t even put a value on it.” – Bob Hunt, Chagrin Falls Schools, describing Smart Solutions’ Professional Development.
Bob Hunt Describes the Transformative Impact of the SSI Digital Academy at Chagrin FallsTo learn more about how you can initiate the process of transforming student engagement and teachers’ technology integration skills throughout your school or district, contact SSI’s Associate Director of Professional Development, Abby Thaker. |
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| Abby Thaker manages Professional Development for Smart Solutions K-12, where she works with school districts throughout Ohio to support effective classroom technology integration. Prior to joining Smart Solutions Abby taught elementary school, first as a Teach for America corps member in North Carolina, and later at a charter school in downtown Cleveland. Abby has served as an Ohio Education Policy Fellow through the Institute for Educational Leadership and Cleveland State University, and a 21st Century Learning Fellow with the Powerful Learning Practice. | |
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Smart Solutions has partnered with the LoTi Connection to offer the Levels of Technology Implementation Digital-Age Survey. This empirically validated survey is aligned with the ISTE NETS-T. This valuable resource can help your district determine professional development needs and priorities. |
