This series opened with a conversation with my friend and colleague, Eric Nentrup, who is an educational consultant with his hand on the pulse of AI (artificial intelligence) in education at the national level since he has and is continuing to help publish reports on AI for the Office of Educational Technology in the U.S. Department of Education. I then focused my attention on school districts by chatting with another friend and colleague, Maria Stavropoulus, who has leveraged her statewide connections and is championing AI at the district level. She’s even teaching a college class on using AI in education. I thought it would be nice to round out this series with a discussion with someone working directly with teachers and students in a school, and I knew exactly who that should be.
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This is the fourth and final document in the Region 8 Comprehensive Center‘s Youth Apprenticeship Series. This brief discusses the importance of a quality pre-apprenticeship framework, how to incorporate contextualized teaching as a strategy for work readiness, and ways to use afterschool programs…
The third brief in the Region 8 Comprehensive Center’s Youth Apprenticeship Series provides a list of services to support youth apprenticeship, the most common types of supportive services a youth apprentice may need, and how SEAs and LEAs can make sure all youth apprentices have access to…
Bridging the Gap Between Related Technical Instruction & On-the-Job Training in Youth Apprenticeship
This is the second document in the Region 8 Comprehensive Center’s Youth Apprenticeship Series. This brief focuses on how SEAs and LEAs can create seamless related technical instruction (RTI) and on-the-job training (OJT) and best practices for engaging employers with the RA Program.
The first brief in the Region 8 Comprehensive Center’s new Youth Apprenticeship Series, this document discusses how mentoring relationships strengthen apprenticeship experiences, how to select mentors, and how SEAs and LEAs can ensure that quality mentors are embedded in every registered youth…
Research shows that when districts focus on building and strengthening adult SEL, there is a positive impact on student outcomes. To support districts in developing adult SEL competencies, the Region 8 Comprehensive Center and the Michigan Department collaboratively developed a professional…
Over two years ago, the Office of Learning Instructional Strategies (OLIS) at the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce started a journey to explore high-quality instructional materials. Then, the staff studied educational coherence and discussed the implications of coherence in the classroom…
This document is based on a review of guidance and policy created by states as of April 2024. It
includes guidance from a foundational document on the issue, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Teaching and Learning: Insights and Recommendations, from the Office of Educational…
includes guidance from a foundational document on the issue, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Teaching and Learning: Insights and Recommendations, from the Office of Educational…
A downloadable brochure of how the Region 8 Comprehensive Center connects state, regional, and local education leaders, teachers, and policymakers across the region to evidence-based research practitioner insights, and promising new technologies and practices.
Diverse Classroom Libraries: Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors to Lifelong Literacy Learning
The Region 8 Comprehensive Center and the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) created this resource to shine a light on Michigan's strategic education plan. It also focuses on the how and why of development of technical literacy skills and diversity in literature.