BloomBoard: Teacher Professional Development Blog

Managing the Change Towards Competency-based Professional Development

Getting Ready to Engage, Embark, and Embrace the Journey with Competency-based Professional development.

Success Story: A Phased Approach to Implementing Micro-credentials

Is College Still Worth It? A TEDx Talk by Jason Lange, Co-founder of BloomBoard

The Shift Towards Competency-based Professional Learning

Changing Mindsets: Dormancy May Lead to a Super Bloom

Earn Micro-credentials Throughout the Summer

‘13 Reasons Why’ Your District Needs Suicide Prevention Training

4 Components of District Implementation of Social and Emotional Learning

Webinar: Early Literacy Instruction: 10 Research-Informed Practices That Can Change Every Classroom

Trauma-Informed Instruction: What Every Teacher and Administrator Needs to Know

Kickstart the School Year with New Micro-credentials on Financial Literacy, Global Competence, Effective Coaching, and Performance Assessment

BloomBoard Buzz: Weekly Roundup of News for Educators

Preparing Students to Use Digital Tools this School Year

Curator Spotlight: Melissa Mirabello

BloomBoard Buzz: Weekly Roundup of News for Educators

Curator Spotlight: Megan McClure

BloomBoard Buzz: Weekly Roundup of News for Educators

BloomBoard Buzz: Weekly Roundup of News for Educators

BloomBoard Buzz: Weekly Roundup of News for Educators

EdTech Leaders Share Tips to Power Summer Professional Learning

9 Resource Collections to Kick Off Your Summer Learning

4 Ways to Use BloomBoard at your Next PD Session

Collection Curator Spotlight: John Larmer at Buck Institute for Education

BloomBoard and CCSSO Partner to Offer Professional Development Opportunities for School Leaders

BloomBoard Buzz: Weekly Roundup of News for Educators

BloomBoard Buzz: Weekly Roundup of News for Educators

Curator Spotlight: Beth Still

BloomBoard Buzz: Weekly Roundup of News for Educators

Learning by Doing—A Strong Case for Micro-credentials

Curator Spotlight: Margaret Powers

Increasing Potential with Micro-credentials: An Interview with Teacher Katie Hoff

Curator Spotlight: Sheryl Place

White Paper: How Can Micro-credentials Drive Teacher Learning and Leadership?

Curator Spotlight: Travis Phelps

Take the Deeper Learning Micro-credential Challenge and Earn up to $10K

Webinar: The Great Migration to Competency-Based PD

Creating a Culture of Argument: No Really, It's a Good Thing (Guest Post)

Education Bloggers Share Their Favorite Collections - Week 4

Education Bloggers Share Their Favorite Collections - Week 3

Education Bloggers Share Their Favorite Collections - Week 2

The Future of Professional Learning: A Live Webinar with Joanne Weiss and Daniel Weisberg

Follow Along in February as Education Bloggers Share Collections from the New BloomBoard

A New Way to Empower Competency-Based Professional Development

Top 10 Most Popular Teaching Resources of 2015

'Tis the Season for Sharing...Teaching Resources from the Marketplace!

Resource of the Week: Neuroscience & The Classroom

Teachers, Get Recognition for Professional Learning with Micro-credentials

Resource of the Week--Technology for Hard-to-Teach Concepts

Teacher Leadership Opportunities: An Infographic

Resource of the Week: Activating STEM Lessons with Project-Based Learning

Resource of the Week: Bullying Prevention Strategies

Resource of the Week: Mutual Learning Through Conversation

5 Steps to Building a Successful Small Group Learning Community

Resource of the Week: Building Confidence Through Problem Solving

Webinar: Supporting Small Group Learning Communities

Resource of the Week: Why Math Might be the Secret to School Success

Resource of the Week: Descriptive Feedback Enables Proficiency

Webinar: A Successful Data-Driven Framework to Empower Instructional Growth

How to Increase Parent Engagement in 5 Simple Steps

Resource of the Week: The Key to Common Core Success

Resource of the Week: Building Motivation and Skills Through Independent Research

Resource of the Week: Building a Culture of Success

Resource of the Week: Family Engagement

Setting Professional Goals to Grow By

Resource of the Week: Design Thinking for Educators, Reflect on Your Learning

SXSW 2016 PanelPicker Now Open - Cast Your Votes!

4 Steps of Inquiry That Help Principals Improve Instruction

Bloomboard Named Tech 50 Awards Finalist

Resource of the Week: Systems and Routines, Analyzing Mad Minute

The Educator's Voice: Feedback, Leadership, and BloomBoard

Back to School Webinar Series: Fostering a Culture of Growth

3 Keys of Planning a Teacher-Centered Professional Development Strategy

Support Learning with Technology: 5 Resources to Get Started

Becoming a Teacher Leader: 5 Daily Actions to Implement in Your Practice

5 Ways To Boost Professional Learning

Calling All Educators: Tell Us About Your Professional Learning Needs

The BloomBoard Marketplace: Now Open to All Educators

Top 10 Professional Development Resources of the 2014-2015 School Year

Free Webinar: Fostering a Culture of Growth Mindset

8 Ways to Motivate Your Teachers to Take Charge of Their PD

Tips to Make End-of-Year Reflection Matter

7 Best Practices to Make Flipped Staff Meetings Work

End of Year Countdown: Make Every Day Count With These 4 Resources

5 Ways to Create Meaningful and Effective Teacher Support Systems

Change the Way Teachers Learn and Earn Some Extra Cash

Six Resources to Help Engage Students

Teacher Appreciation Week: Celebrating the Work of Educators

How are you leading Teacher Appreciation Week?

Five Ideas for a Successful Teacher Appreciation Week

Our Favorite Resources for Principals

Resources to Help Educators Manage End of Year Stress

Earth Day 2015 Learning Resources

Celebrate National Poetry Month

5 Things Educators Should Know About Design Thinking

Prepare for IEP Season

5 Strategies Great Inquiry Teachers Use in Their Classrooms

The Three Big R’s That Drive Teacher Satisfaction

Introducing Insights Reports

Spring into Testing Season with These Learning Resources

BloomBoard Partners with Minnesota's TIES

BloomBoard at SXSWedu 2015

Resources to Help You Master Providing Effective Student Feedback

The Learning Our Teachers Deserve

3 Free Resources to Improve Academic Discourse

The Switch EdTech Companies Need to Make to Better Support Learning

Creating a New Gold Standard for Project Based Learning

7 Ways to Get Past Classroom Observation Anxiety

New Year, New Features

Why Can’t the U.S. Education System Be More Like the NBA?

A Framework for Effective Delivery of Blended Instruction

4 Necessary Steps to Professionalize the Teaching Profession

How to get your team to care about professional development

Business and entrepreneurship: Q&A with CEO Jason Lange

BloomBoard Named a Top Startup to Watch

Best Advice I Ever Got: Focus on People, Not Problems

BloomBoard Welcomes New Senior Officers

"We can move mountains if we support the core of our teachers."

Matt Doyle, BloomBoard Content Curation Manager, on Professional Development for K-12 Educators

Tech in Schools: 6 Tools for Teachers via the blog, "gatesnotes"

Free Download: The K-12 School Administrator's Checklist

Arkansas Embraces BloomBoard

Education's 'Big Data' Problem -- And How to Fix It

New Study Reveals Trends in Professional Learning

BloomBoard to present at 2014 STEM Summit

6 Ways to Promote Data-Driven Instruction in K-12 Schools

Dear Jenni: Can I re-open conferences to continue my work?

In Memory of Charlie Parker: Boss, Mentor, and Friend

Dear Jenni: How do I rate my learner's SLOs?

Soft Skills for the Hard Transition to College

Dear Jenni: Will my data be archived this summer?

A Tribute to a Great Soul: Maya Angelou

BloomBoard closed on Memorial Day, a remembrance, and classroom resources

BloomBoard wins SVForum’s Launch: Silicon Valley 2014 World Cup Tech Challenge in EdTech

Dear Jenni: How do I ensure my evidence is Shared?

Resource Happy Hour: Educating Students with Special Needs

Dear Jenni: How do I edit comments and tagged evidence?

Listen Now: New BloomBoard Feature Listening Program, "Master Teachers." (And Happy Mother's Day)

A BloomBoard BloomKids Production: Happy Mother's Day from two sisters of Jefferson Elementary School (SFUSD)

Richard Sherman, Seattle Seahawks Cornerback, shares his favorite memory for Teacher Appreciation Week 2014

BloomBoard Celebrates Teacher Appreciation Week with our Mothers in Mind

Teacher Apprecation Week 2014: Shayne Skov, senior undergrad at Stanford University, shares his favorite teacher memory

Teacher Apprecation Week 2014: Jason Ng and XuanThu Pham of BloomBoard both share their memories of their favorite teachers

Free Webinar Thursday 5/22 at 12 p.m. ET - Register Today. In partnership with AASA, Jason Lange presents, "Stronger Schools and Increased Savings: A New Approach to Teacher Effectiveness"

Teacher Apprecation Week 2014: Alex Randall and Kris Evans of BloomBoard both share their memories of their favorite teacher

Dear Jenni: Best way to review all collected evidence?

Teacher Appreciation Week: Sharing our favorite teacher memory at BloomBoard

Free Webinar Thursday, May 8 at 2 p.m. ET - Register today. Jason Lange, BloomBoard CEO, presents "Using Technology in the Evaluation Process." Co-sponsored by the National Rural Education Association

Dear Jenni: How best to filter ratings in AE&R?

Introducing “Dear Jenni,” BloomBoard’s new customer support column

BloomBoard Catapults Education Reform in Arkansas

We're a finalist for ASU+GSV's second annual Return on Education Innovation Awards

Stay tuned for "Dear Jenni"

Dr. John Hill, Executive Director of the National Rural Education Association, on education and what it means to be a rural school

BloomBoard Profiles: Kathy Choi, Account Manager & Former Educator

BloomBoard In-Depth: Greg McBeth, Vice President of Business Development, on his experiences and views on K-12 education

Joanne Weiss Joins BloomBoard’s Board of Directors

BloomBoard for Illinois: Complimentary assessment on how we can support Illinois-based educators

Dr. Douglas Osheroff, 1996 Nobel Prize Laureate in physics, speaks at BloomBoard

3 Things That Helped a Novice Through His First Summer of Teaching

BloomBoard Profiles: Abby Loughrey, Account Manager

How a former educator used professional development support to guide her as a teacher (and learned not to eat the cafeteria lasagna).

Happy birthday, Mr. Rogers

CEO & Co-founder, Jason Lange, featured on IdeaMensch

Three Things I learned at SXSWedu 2014

BloomBoard Selected as Finalist for 2014 EdTech Digest Awards

User Experience at BloomBoard: Inspired By Great Teachers

BloomBoard featured on NEXT Pittsburgh

See you at the MASA / MASE Spring Conference

Happy Fourth Birthday, BloomBoard!

White House Hosts First-ever Student Film Festival Today

Attending SXSWedu 2014?

BloomBoard Leading EdTech Growth in Pittsburgh

BloomBoard employee nominated as an honoree for San Francisco's Finest Campaign

Once an educator, always an educator

Share your love of learning

BloomBoard to Present at TASA Innovation Zone

We're Hiring!

Helping K-12 Educators Grow

BloomBoard at Learning Forward Annual Conference 2013

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