News and Updates: Professional Learning and Leading Collaborative
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Friday Institute Hosts Statewide Virtual Educational Equity Conference
The Friday Institute's first-ever educational equity conference will be held July 21-22.
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A Message From the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation
We at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation join with the many people who are saddened and outraged by racial injustices and the escalation of violence within our country.
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Here to Help
Learn more about how the Friday Institute and NC DPI partnered to provide resources and support for North Carolina teachers during the transition to remote learning.
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Looking Back to Think Forward: Reflecting on 9 weeks of remote learning in order to plan for the future
Read these takeaways from Friday Institute Research Scholar Jaclyn Stevens on what she's learned over the last nine weeks of remote learning and tips for educators for self-reflection.
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Friday Institute and NCDPI Release Instructional Design Resources to Support Educators in Remote Teaching and Learning
In partnership with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NC DPI), the Friday Institute released two resources last week to provide guidance for remote learning across North Carolina.
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Future Ready Schools: Communication for School Leaders: Supporting Your Community During This Time of Uncertainty
Learn what school leaders can do to support and sustain belonging in their school communities during this time of uncertainty.
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“I Think I Can, I Thought I Could, I Can’t!!”Helping Educational Leaders Maintain Momentum While Working Virtually
PLLC Research Scholar Shayla Rexrode shares tips for instructional leaders to ease the stress for their teachers and themselves while working virtually.
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Friday Institute’s Commitment to Educators, Students Continues Amidst Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak
The Friday Institute is continuing its commitment to supporting educators, collaborating with its community and providing resources for teaching and learning while educators and students are at home.
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Education Matters: North Carolina’s Education Leaders Respond to the Impacts of Coronavirus
Friday Institute Senior Director of the PLLC, Mary Ann Wolf, Ph.D., talks about state and local efforts to implement distance learning in response to the coronavirus on the Public School Forum's weekly show, Education Matters.
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Friday Institute Expands Offerings for Online Professional Learning for Educators
To continue our commitment to support educators and provide resources for teaching and learning even during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are extending our course offerings.
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EdNC: Perspective | Beyond school as we know it: North Carolina districts lead into the unknown
Friday Institute Senior Director of the PLLC, Mary Ann Wolf, co-authored this piece about how the first NC school districts to close came together and supported their communities.
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Friday Institute Adds Two New Members to Advisory Board
Hiller A. Spires has appointed two new members to the Friday Institute’s Advisory Board--Kevin Howell and Patricia Willoughby.
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Former U.S. Secretary of Education John King: ‘We Have No Future’ if Education Doesn’t Improve for Minority and Low-Income Students in U.S.
Former U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. spoke about why he chose to become a teacher, the biggest challenges he sees in education today and how the NC State College of Education can play a role in addressing those challenges.