Center for the Collaborative Classroom

ICYMI: Read this EdWeek MarketBrief interview to learn how & why we're investing in generative AI to expand our program-specific professional learning resources & meet the challenge of supporting teachers at scale. The forthcoming CC AI Assistant is trained solely on our own programs and proprietary content, leveraging our decades of expertise providing professional learning for teachers using our programs. In current beta testing, CC AI is attaining an approximate 90% accuracy level in responding to educator queries. How does the creation of an AI tool align with our mission? President and CEO Kelly Stuart says: "It’s all to support teachers and leaders... One of our challenges — and a challenge that I think every organization creating curriculum has — is supporting teachers at scale with professional development. With big contracts, you still only reach a handful of teachers in that process, and it’s very expensive.... We really see a lever of change with teachers... If we can support teachers really well, then they can support their kids really well." ??Read the @EdWeekMarketBrief interview with Collaborative Classroom's CEO and President Kelly Stuart and Liz Weiermiller, Digital Learning Manager for AI Innovation. https://lnkd.in/g7GAeF-6 #genAI #edtech #literacy #k12 #professionallearning #professionaldevelopment #AI #SIPPS #scienceofreading #education #educativecurriculum #nonprofit

Dr. Steve Graham, Regents and Warner Professor in the Division of Leadership and Innovation at Teachers College, ASU, kicked off our 2024 Writing Symposium with a thought-provoking keynote on the future of writing instruction. Watch this 25-minute recording to find inspiration for implementing high-quality writing instruction, even in the age of AI. ??? Register to access the recording: https://lnkd.in/gHgqJ_9w

Sharing this great read from our friends at Science Reading Academy on the importance of delivering differentiated Tier 1 instruction from the start.

Over the weekend we hosted a writing institute in partnership with the College of Education at North Carolina A&T State University. Thank you to Dr. Alisa Taliaferro Russell, Associate Dean of Quality Assurance and Graduate Programs, for co-facilitating the institute with us!

There's still time to register for this webinar tomorrow! Join us for a compelling conversation about teacher retention and how leaders can create conditions that optimize learning. https://lnkd.in/gtKqcZMu

If you'll be at #NCTE24 in Boston, acclaimed children's book author Andrea Wang will be with us in Booth 117 to sign her books! ?? Andrea's book?Watercress?— which is used as a mentor text in our #BeingAWriter program — was awarded the Caldecott Medal, a Newbery Honor, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, a New England Book Award, and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor. ICYMI read our interview with Andrea and Watercress illustrator Jason Chin: https://lnkd.in/g7ChRjev

We're grateful to Broward County Schools' Nob Hill Elementary for hosting today's SIPPS demonstration lesson event! Sometimes you have to see a real lesson to understand the incredible impact and efficacy of SIPPS. We take immense pride in our programs and we love inviting educators to observe our work in action! https://lnkd.in/ddhEPEek

A growing body of evidence from developmental and neuroscience researchers demonstrates what early childhood educators have long known: the effectiveness of play-based learning for young children. A great read from The 74: https://lnkd.in/gYyUfNSZ

ICYMI: How do we ensure that our instructional materials contain the sufficient, deliberate practice necessary for students to successfully retain new literacy learning? Read the blog by Linda Diamond. https://lnkd.in/gWJGjd_9

Here at the CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning) #SELExchange in Chicago, we're in full conference mode! We're presenting two sessions and there's a lot of activity at our booth.