Newsela Lesson Lab for Curriculum Leaders: Study Habits and Goal Setting

SEP 9, 2021


In this webinar recording, we'll cover:

  • 1

    Learn how Newsela supports every part of your back-to-school plans from assessing where students are, to planning for acceleration, to supporting students’ social-emotional needs.

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    See how teachers can use Newsela to plan and build customized lessons that map to your district’s curriculum.

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    Hear firsthand about the instructional design behind Newsela’s ready-to-go lessons focused on building study habits and goal setting.

Speaker Details

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Anne Eden

Curricular Solutions Architect, Newsela

Anne is a former social studies teacher and curricular leader, with a passion for personalized learning and inquiry. She brings subject matter expertise in the areas of secondary social studies, content embedded literacy and STEM, as well as expertise in developing and implementing responsive, multi-disciplinary curricula. Annie has a wealth of experience as an instructional coach, professional learning facilitator, and as a leader of local and state-wide initiatives to increase teacher capacity and retention.

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Kristen Rafferty

Professional Learning Manager, Newsela

Kristen holds her M.Ed. in Teaching and Learning from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. She is a Newsela Certified Educator, Newsela Teacher Trainer and was part of the very first Newsela Fellows cohort. Most notably however, for 14 years she was a dedicated, passionate teacher of fourth graders in Minneapolis, MN who shared a love of books, technology, laughter with her students.

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