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Winnie O'Leary

Winnie O’Leary has spent over 25 years in education, as a classroom teacher, school board member, a family advocate, special education teacher, curriculum writer and currently a Curriculum Manager for Edmentum. Her experiences have allowed her to work with districts all over the country where she finds something new and exciting every day.

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Four Teachers Share Their COVID-19 School Closure Challenges and Triumphs

Disrupting and evolving the traditional format of education has been a topic of discussion for years, but

[Teacher Tools] 11 Free Resources to Support Online Teaching and Learning

There is chaos in our world due to COVID-19, and we’re all struggling with it.

10 Classroom Strategies to Implement Whole Child Instruction

Whole Child instruction is an approach to education that aims to ensure each child, in each school, in each community is healthy, safe, engag

Educator Network on the Road: A Tale of a Few Schools

In the past month, I have had the opportunity to visit several different Educator Network members on-site and see their programs in action: Heather Magill in Florida; Zach Bost in Mississippi; and

Why Connect? 8 Educators Reflect on their Experience at the Edmentum Educator Summit

Watching a group of twenty educators from across the country and in all kinds of different classroom and administrative roles come together over the span of just two days is a cool experience. Before this group parted ways, we asked them to reflect on a question that we frequently think about within the Educator Network—Why connect? Here’s what they had to say.

Play-Based Learning: What It Is and Why It Should Be a Part of Every Classroom

Let’s talk about why students need play and how we can bring it into our own classrooms—even if we have to sneak it in, and even if we are working with kids who are not so little anymore.

Unpacking Buzzwords: What Educators Have to Say About Gamification, SEL, Virtual Learning and More

What are we not talking enough about in the world of education? What do education buzzwords really mean? And how often are we actually asking teachers for their input on these topics?

[Scholarship Opportunity] Connect and Learn at the Next Edmentum Educator Summit in November

The next Edmentum Educator Summit will be held at our Richardson, TX office on November 7-8, 2019. During the conference, we will focus on key educational themes that have been identified by our awesome Network members. Attendees share insights, learn about key initiatives and work directly with Edmentum teams to brainstorm solutions and drive development on these classroom top topics.