Grand Rapids Business Journal
Courtesy Leading Educators
Kent County educators now have an opportunity to join a free professional learning fellowship that focuses on anti-racist teaching and racial equity.
The fellowship is designed and facilitated by Leading Educators, a nonprofit organization that supports school systems in achieving equitable outcomes with professional learning design.
The fellowship is open to classroom teachers, paraprofessionals, student teachers, deans, curriculum advisors, principals, school counselors and office staff.
Participants will spend 30 hours over the next year exploring historical and current gaps in opportunity and learning to create inclusive classrooms and consider identity and equity in ELA or math. At least 30 hours of SCECH credit will be offered.
Some special education students thrive, others regress during pandemic
Mother describes virtual learning as a disaster
Kristia Postema, Capital News Service
April 1, 2021
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LANSING Special education students require more attention from educators to be able to retain information.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made learning easier for some of those students, while most have regressed, according to Derek Cooley, the president-elect of the Michigan Association of Administrators of Special Education.
Schools are now forced to make up for their lost learning while continuing new learning.
“Special education students are vulnerable learners to begin with, so virtual instruction has really exacerbated the need for extra attention,” Cooley said.