Professional Development – St. Vrain Valley Schools

Empowering Educators: Special Guest Patrice Bain Joins St. Vrain for a Transformative Learning Event

Join St. Vrain’s Office of Professional Development for an inspiring event with Patrice Bain, author of Powerful Teaching and newly released book featuring St. Vrain classrooms: Powerful Classrooms. Patrice Bain’s groundbreaking work empowers educators to create learning environments where students truly thrive. At this event, you’ll discover research-backed techniques that promote lasting learning, student engagement,
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St. Vrain will use AI to help support teacher development

St. Vrain Valley School District will be one of the first districts in the nation to use artificial intelligence-driving coaching to support the professional development of its teachers this school year. This past spring, the district piloted AI Coach by Edthena, which utilizes a virtual, computerizied coach named Edie to supplement the schools’ and districts’
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Harvard Brings Professional Development to Teachers in St. Vrain

This summer 34 St. Vrain elementary through high school math teachers attended a four day Mathematical Quality of Instruction Training. (MQI) Developed by Harvard University Center for Education Policy Research, the MQI is a Common Core-aligned observational rubric that provides a framework for analyzing mathematics instruction. “The MQI helps us determine if the teacher or
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