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ACPS Classrooms in Focus

The ACPS Office of Talent Development is proud to present- Classrooms in Focus.  This series of professionally produced videos provides ACPS teachers and instructional leaders with a deep look into the classrooms and instructional practices of some of ACPS’s highly effective teachers. The Classrooms in Focus series covers a range of high-impact instructional practices and includes elementary, middle school and high school examples in a variety of content areas. The videos teach the viewers the research proven strategies through authentic classroom footage coupled with the teacher’s explanations and guidance as to how to bring the strategies into instructional practice. In addition, the videos are paired with all the necessary tools, texts, and templates needed to bring the instructional strategy into a teacher’s practice, as well as a link to additional videos on the topic. The videos are also accompanied by the lesson plan and all the materials used with the students in the video.

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Classrooms in Focus Topics:

  • Class Climate
  • Collaborative Learning
  • Critical Thinking & Inquiry
  • Differentiation
  • Explicit Instruction
    • Gradual Release Model and Explicit Instruction
    • Language Learning
  • Multiple Modalities 
    • Reading in the Content Area
      • Student Discourse
    • Student Engagement
    • Vocabulary Instruction

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