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Best Practices for Teaching and Learning
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Best Practices for Teaching and Learning integrates the wealth of institutional knowledge with current educational research. This resource offers research-based strategies for helping students learn in all grade levels and content areas. Through collaboration and contributions from educators across the county, this resource will become an essential tool to help students reach their full academic potential.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Business and Communication
Material Type:
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
Fairfax County Public Schools
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Individual Authors
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Fairfax County Publivc Schools
Fairfax Network
Date Added:
02/18/2014
Cultural Competence
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With ever increasing cultural diversity in our schools, how do educators establish and maintain effective relationships with those whose experiences and beliefs differ from their own? Dr. Darryle Craig, program manager for Fairfax County Public Schools College Success Program, presents her ideas and strategies for becoming "Culturally Competent.” According to Dr. Craig—cultural competency is “the ability to interact effectively with people from different cultures.” During the program, Dr. Craig defines and examines the importance of cultural competence. Using first-hand examples and questions from the studio audience, Craig advises how to use this important skill to help close the achievement gap, and promote best practices that create success among diverse learners.

Subject:
Education
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
Fairfax County Public Schools
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Individual Authors
Author:
Fairfax Network
Date Added:
05/01/2012
SOLs: Snippets of Learning
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History comes alive as the people of America's past come to life to tell their powerful and unique stories. This series of historical snapshots targets significant events in United States history.

Video segments include Jamestown, Explorers, First Americans, Geography of Virginia, Voices of the Revolution, and the Civil War

These video snippets are compatible with mobile technology and can be viewed on many smart phones, Blackberry, Droid, iPhone, IPod, and iPad devices.

Subject:
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
Fairfax County Public Schools
Author:
Fairfax Network
Date Added:
03/03/2015