As challenging as the current k-12 education landscape looks, many emerging tools and strategies are constantly coming to market to meet those obstacles. The 2024 CODIE Awards highlight several dozen, including one Innovation Showcase standout with lofty goals.
QoreInsights Co-founders Dr. Anika Davis and Toni Shub, Ed.D. are developers of what they see as next-generation PD solutions. They emphasize the importance of practical, data-driven strategies tailored to individual classroom needs. QoreInsights’ platform, Classroom Education Plan (CEP), leverages AI, learning sciences, and real-time classroom data to support teacher growth and student achievement. Their conversation highlights the challenges in education, such as diverse district cultures and post-pandemic recovery, and how QoreInsights addresses them through collaborative, student-centered PD.
Key Takeaways from the interview include:
- Focus on Impact: QoreInsights prioritizes PD that directly impacts student achievement, engagement, and teacher satisfaction, moving beyond traditional measures like attendance.
- Personalized Learning: The CEP platform offers personalized, job-embedded PD experiences based on real-time classroom data, catering to individual teacher needs and student demographics.
- Data-Driven Approach: Utilizing a mix of student surveys, benchmark data, and classroom observations, QoreInsights provides actionable insights for teachers, empowering them to make informed instructional decisions.
- Interoperability: While still evolving, the company aims to integrate seamlessly with existing district systems, streamlining data access and enhancing user experience for educators.
- Teacher and Student Agency: By involving both teachers and students in the PD process, they try to foster a collaborative learning environment, promoting dialogue and sharing of best practices among educators.
- Future Directions: They plan to further enhance its platform by incorporating responsible AI, supporting diverse student populations, and staying abreast of technological advancements to meet evolving educational needs.
The SIIA Innovation Showcase identifies and supports entrepreneurs in their efforts to bring innovative learning technologies to the education market. This program goes beyond a typical accelerator or incubator boot camp for startups, and helps to establish all participants as future leaders in this market, directly connecting them to industry stalwarts, experts and decision makers with a vast array of expertise, resources, and guidance to share.
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