Ensuring strong alignment between quality standards and afterschool programs requires creative thinking, planning, and collaboration. Afterschool programs that align professional development with quality standards can support staff learning and sustain continuous improvement by reinforcing professional standards and practices. ...
We believe that school leaders must be results-driven instructional leaders and change agents. These core beliefs have resulted in an industry-leading model for leadership coaching that is focused on developing the skills and behaviors that will lead to improved outcomes for all learners. Our competency-based leadership coaching model is focused ...
The National Research Collaborative on Postsecondary Competency-Based Education and Learning is a community of researchers dedicated to building evidence in support of postsecondary competency-based education and learning. Our priority areas of inquiry are centered on building foundational knowledge for the field, supporting a better understanding of the CBE and CBL ...
Cultivating Oral Language Literacy Talent in Students (COLLTS) is a research-based, early childhood language and literacy program developed by staff at the Center for English Language Learners at AIR. The COLLTS program is exclusive to Bebop Books, and uses interactive reading to promote the development of foundational and pre-reading skills, ...
The Plan, Do, Study, Act Process is central to the improvement of instructional routines. Watch one of the Better Math Teaching Network members in real time and in a real classroom setting introduce the Plan, Do, Study, Act, or PDSA, process.
The Geographic Information System (GIS) Team at AIR supports place-based leadership and decision-making through interactive mapping applications, customized mapping dashboards, simple “Story Maps” to share findings and insights, static mapping and spatial infographics, and sophisticated spatial analytics and remote sensing. ...
The AIR Center for Addiction Research and Effective Solutions (AIR CARES) is offering a webinar series featuring experts in the addiction field and focusing on specific social determinants of health and their relationship to substance use disorder and overdose.
The District and School Improvement Center at AIR is proud to share stories of our work with district and school administrators and teacher leaders across the country. In each issue, we share how our partnership supports practices for continuous improvement as well as the latest from AIR education research. ...
After completing a thorough planning process, your network should have a diverse group of afterschool stakeholders who believe in the importance of a shared definition of quality and are ready to work together to design quality standards. This section outlines an effective design process for state afterschool networks that are ...