For educators, professional development (PD) is vital to expanding your role, improving your skills, and enhancing your career. But finding time to learn new skills and tools can be challenging, especially when you are already so busy with your students. That’s why we are so pleased to introduce Edge•U by Forward Edge.
Edge•U is a professional development tool for educators that breaks down popular and useful educational tools and strategies into bite sized microcredentials. It makes it easy for educators to learn new skills and implement them in their classrooms without getting overwhelmed. Teachers have a choice in their professional development.
Think of Edge•U as gamified PD. The more tools and strategies you learn, the more badges you can earn. Educators can personalize their learning to address their specific classroom needs and focus on the use of effective instructional evidence-based strategies that impact learning outcomes. It truly is an anytime-anywhere professional development solution that is applicable to all educators.
"We have staff members from all levels completing this program and each and every person has told me that they are enjoying the badges and learning. There is something for EVERYONE and I know that it has bled through to the classroom in our district."
-An Educator Using Edge•U
Edge•U has received the ISTE Seal of Alignment for educator standards and each badge is aligned to both the ISTE educator and student standards, along with the SAMR model. For each badge, you’ll find key details, including why educators would benefit from earning the badge and how to use the tool from their students. There is also a short explainer video that offers notable examples of how educators can implement the tools in their classrooms.
At the end of the year, educators can redeem their points for contact hours or grad credit. Edge•U also provides several features for discovering innovative ideas. Educators can choose from curated collections to learn about tools or strategies that are connected by a certain theme, such as Diverse Learners or SEL. Also, educators can get rewarded by earning several different nationally recognized certifications.
Edge•U by Forward Edge offers educators a streamlined educative experience that will benefit both themselves and their students. By gamifying professional development, Edge•U makes it possible for every teacher to have fun during the learning process while enhancing their skills for their students. It’s as easy as signing up, and teachers are able to gain access to Edge•U’s wide variety of badges, which offer several different learning strategies that can be chosen based on the teacher’s or student’s specific needs. Each submission is reviewed by former educators, who respond to each submission with helpful feedback and notes. Edge•U is made for teachers by teachers to ensure a personalized learning experience.
Edge•U is a powerful, instruction-focused professional learning system that adapts to the needs of educators designed by teachers, for teachers. Edge•U builds teacher capacity and directly impacts student learning in the form of microcredentials. Learn more and sign up today.