EAGAN, Minnesota - Teaching Channel, a prominent provider of online professional learning resources for educators, has unveiled the new Teaching Channel Platform, which serves as a unified hub for meeting the professional development needs of K-12 and higher education teachers. This innovative platform not only includes Teaching Channel's renowned video library but also offers an array of tools designed to facilitate video-based self-reflection and peer feedback through professional learning communities (PLCs) and teacher cohorts. It provides both informal and formal instructional and coaching support, along with streamlined workflows, granting access to professional development opportunities and a collection of over 1,600 exemplary videos filmed in classrooms across the United States.

Don Rescigno, Managing Director of Teaching Channel, stated, "As lifelong learners, educators understand that the continuous growth of students relies on supporting the professional development of teachers. We take pride in offering a comprehensive platform dedicated to the growth of teachers, mentors, coaches, and leaders, which is as robust as their commitment to student success."

The Resource Center within the new platform presents the Teaching Channel Library, housing more than 1,600 exemplary videos, along with supplementary materials to aid educators in observing and learning various teaching strategies, instructional coaching techniques, and leadership insights. Educators have the flexibility to create playlists, mark favorite videos, or access curated playlists prepared by the Teaching Channel team. Additionally, institutions can utilize their own Account Library to collect and upload exemplary videos, links, lesson plans, and other valuable resources.

The Teaching Channel Platform's Activity Center serves as a centralized location where educators can:

• Create and organize all their coaching activities.

• Upload videos for reflection, peer feedback, utilization in PLCs, and coaching.

• Reflect on and share videos from the Teaching Channel or account libraries with peers, observers, and school leaders to foster rich discussions.

Mike Smith, President of Teaching Channel, commented, "Educators are constantly preparing students for an ever-changing future, and their time is too valuable to be spent searching for the right materials and tools to enhance their own professional development. This is why we have developed a platform that provides the necessary resources to facilitate professional development coordination and pursuit throughout their school or district."

The platform's extensive range of tools empowers educators to:

• Establish and participate in PLCs.

• Conduct in-person observations.

• Calibrate for observation by engaging in personalized video-based training and assessment experiences.

• Incorporate notes or questions for future reference or to provide context for observers.

• Add documents for future reference.

• Identify areas of focus to take control of their professional development.

The Resource and Activity Centers are designed to work together, catering to a broad spectrum of stakeholders. Recording and sharing PLC meetings allows district-level personnel to enhance district alignment to ensure effectiveness and alignment with goals. The Teaching Channel Platform also assists coaches and administrators in building their capacity and leadership skills, while supporting administrators in conducting formal or informal observations by reviewing videos that teachers have created and uploaded to the platform. Lead teachers can generate sample video lessons for distribution through the resource center to inform the lessons that other teachers will share via platform workflows. A dashboard facilitates easy access to recent statistics, updates, to-do lists, changes to the Teaching Channel video library, and notifications. Reports are available for both administrators and individual educators, offering comprehensive data on general usage, videos watched, educator growth, and calibration and educator growth trends over time.

Dr. Errick L. Green, the Superintendent of Jackson Public Schools in Mississippi, remarked, "Our district has experienced clear and measurable benefits from the use of video coaching and exemplar videos. It has helped our teachers and instructional leaders improve their practice, which has led to improved student outcomes. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with Teaching Channel."

Additional features are set to be introduced throughout the 2023–2024 school year. For more information and the opportunity to explore the Teaching Channel Platform through a demo, please visit TeachingChannel.com.