Congratulations to our Pacesetter Schools and State and District Award Winners for helping students increase achievement. Click here for a complete list of winners #education bit.ly/2020-pacesette…

In honor of the life, work, and impact of Sir Ken Robinson — heartbroken over his passing yesterday. Impact maker for millions. #leadupchat #satchat #pbl ted.com/talks/sir_ken_…

We're so excited to embark on a week of planning and learning with WestwoodMiddle, Calhoun Middle, and Buckhannon-Upshur Middle as we dig deep with Kristin Komatsubara, Ed.D. Mike Strong - “Be excellent to each other”, Zoë Randall, Jamie Holmes, and Cheryl Hibbeln! We 💚 our California team!

Day 2 of the Empowerment Academy Institute: get ready to power up! Let's hear from students about what THEY care about and brainstorm more ideas than you could possibly use! We're ready to go with our intrepid San Diego friends! Mike Strong - “Be excellent to each other” Kristin Komatsubara, Ed.D., Jamie, and Zoe!

Low teacher salaries are only partly offset by retirement and health care benefits, according to SREB's important new report, 'New Ideas in Teacher Compensation.' How's your state faring? #teacherpay sreb.org/publication/ne…

How might we keep high school education up-to-date? Dr. Joshua Fost, Managing Director of High School Innovation Minerva Project, suggests that high school curricula & pedagogies hybridize broad, cross-disciplinary #skills with core #knowledge. 📖wise-qatar.org/how-might-we-r…

We’re #NashvilleStrong! Join us in Nashville or online at the 2021 Making Schools Work Conference for our hybrid K12 professional learning event. Choose from socially distanced F2F learning and networking or an immersive virtual experience. #srebsummer sreb.org/register

Day 2 of the Empowerment Academy Base Camp- we’re all tied up to reflect on the way we as teams can use our strengths and collaborate to find different solutions to accomplish a task

Today we're digging into how our contents can be richly integrated and deeply experienced through our projects! Here's your chance, folks, to defend the bright heart of your content by giving kids the answer to "WHY do we learn this"?

WV science teachers are hard at work figuring out how to create interdisciplinary projects! Thanks for the graphic National Science Teaching Association and K-12 Alliance for all the wonderful PL! Exciting to share our learning with others!#scienceteachersrock

Last day @WVEmpower! Powerful week of building meaningful real-world projects addressing the needs of the wV communities they serve. Teachers blew us away with their creativity and commitment to #pbl! #doitforbabydog

Outstanding teachers bringing innovation to the classroom and empowering their students.

"The easiest way I can explain it is this; if students are engaged, it doesn’t mean they are empowered, but if they are empowered, they are definitely engaged." Empowering the Adults buff.ly/3Car7zI

I can’t help but think that this image has the makings of a great math thinking task. #mtbos

Day 4: After 3 days of thinking tasks, Ss created their criteria of meaningful collaboration and good group work. We should let Ss define their success criteria. So many similarities between classes too. #thinkingclassroom

Durable Skills are the most common characteristics employers look for in potential employees americasucceeds.org/wp-content/upl… via America Succeeds

Gone are the days when kids decide what they want to do when they grow up after they graduate. This generation's getting prepared for the world of work by obtaining skills through authentic learning, entrepreneurial mindsets, & workplace environments now. empowerdistricts.com/home/our-schoo…

Congratulations to #MingoCentralCenter for being recognized as one of SREB’s TCTW 2022 National Pacesetters! Great leadership from Marcella Charles and her outstanding team. SREB #SREBSummer

Dr. Kathy D’Antoni was honored during the Oct. 12 WVBE meeting for an international recognition the WVDE Office of CTE earned during her tenure. The Simulated Workplace program is one of 16 innovations in the U.S. for pushing the boundaries of effective learning models. #WVEd