- Professional Learning
How Teacher Leaders Can Tangibly Improve Their PLCs
This four-step process can help teacher teams successfully transition from the planning phase to the action phase.Your content has been saved!
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Involving Parents to Boost Kids’ SEL Development
Pre-K teachers can encourage caregivers to reinforce kids’ social and emotional learning at home through simple activities.Your content has been saved!
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A Lesson Plan to Engage and Challenge Students in Math Class
By shifting away from long lectures, teachers can meet students where they are and boost their confidence in math.Your content has been saved!
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Edutopia Sessions: Assessment for New Teachers
A panel of educators shares how new teachers can create meaningful assessments and target what’s truly important for students.Your content has been saved!
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4 Practical Strategies to Foster Continuous Inquiry
These tips help teachers create an active learning environment by sustaining a culture of inquiry in their STEM classes.Your content has been saved!
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Teaching Students to Persevere Without Getting Burned Out
These strategies for balancing perseverance with well-being can help students learn how to take a break and still reach their goals.Your content has been saved!
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Increasing Cybersecurity on Your Campus
Administrators, teachers, and students all have important roles to play in protecting sensitive student and educator data.102Your content has been saved!
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Helping English Language Learners Develop a Love of Reading
Here’s how to build a culture of reading to welcome students who are learning a new language, particularly those who come from strong oral storytelling traditions. - Literacy
Setting Up a Podcast Project to Assess Literacy Skills
The popularity of the podcast format creates an opportunity for learners to combine critical thinking skills with performance.103Your content has been saved!
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An Effective Cell Phone Policy for High School Classrooms
To minimize distractions during lessons, teachers can establish a classroom practice that keeps phones out of reach.239Your content has been saved!
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- The Research Is In
Why Teachers Should Grade Less Frequently
Excessive grading stresses out kids and teachers, stifles innovative teaching, and fails to deliver as a true measurement of learning. - Teaching Strategies
7 Ways to Balance Joy With Rigor in Math Class
A few straightforward shifts and strategies can help create math classrooms where even the most reticent learners find their footing. - Literacy
Helping Students Read Complex Texts
By cultivating metacognitive reading habits, you can help students remain focused as they persist through challenging material. - Teaching Strategies
4 Old Habits I Pruned From My Teaching Routine
By reconsidering your teaching patterns—from how you grade to where students sit—you can remind yourself of the value of flexibility and trying new things. - Collaborative Learning
Cultivating Trust by Playing Alphabet Improv
A quick activity that makes space for middle school students to let down their guard and be vulnerable with each other primes them for learning.
- The Research Is In
Why Teachers Should Grade Less Frequently
Excessive grading stresses out kids and teachers, stifles innovative teaching, and fails to deliver as a true measurement of learning. - Assessment
Question: What Changes to Your Assessments Should Other Teachers Consider?
We're gathering tips for the teachers in our community. If assessments are something you struggle with, check the comments. - Critical Thinking
How ‘Would You Rather’ Questions Can Support Higher-Order Thinking
Teachers can move ‘Would You Rather’ questions beyond brain breaks, using them to boost engagement during all stages of instruction. - Technology Integration
How Tech Certification Transformed My Planning and Grading Work
Using technology to create a system for handling routine tasks allows teachers to focus on their work with students.206Your content has been saved!
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Building Communication Skills With Peer Critique
When students use a rubric and sentence starters to provide feedback to their classmates, they help each other improve their work.
- Teaching Strategies
How to Support Chronically Absent Students When They Return to Class
It is possible to create effective lessons that allow students to absorb content at their own pace while also requiring mastery.136Your content has been saved!
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Breaking Down the Complex Work of Teaching PBL Into Manageable Chunks
Project-based learning can be daunting, but there are steps teachers can take to overcome the challenges. - Literacy
How to Build Relationships in an Intervention Setting
Strong connections with students are essential for showing them that you’re a trustworthy advocate who wants to help them succeed. - Differentiated Instruction
Using Edtech Tools to Differentiate Learning
Teachers can use tech tools to make it easier to give students choice about their learning, increasing engagement.849Your content has been saved!
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Bringing Universal Design for Learning to the World Language Classroom
Shifting to student-led instruction through UDL can be challenging in these classes, but it can work with the right scaffolds.
- Formative Assessment
How to Use Universal Screening Data to Guide Instruction
Information collected from literacy assessments can help teachers make instructional decisions that improve student learning.249Your content has been saved!
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The Power of Learning Progressions
Learning progressions allow teachers to differentiate content based on increasing levels of complexity. - The Research Is In
6 Research-Backed Ways to Break Up Your Lectures
Lectures are efficient ways to convey information, but kids tend to tune them out. Here are 6 activities that will keep students focused while improving learning outcomes. - Formative Assessment
Using Exit Tickets Effectively
These ideas for using exit tickets for formative assessment and to quickly see how students are feeling may be particularly helpful for new teachers. - Teaching Strategies
8 Closing Activities to Wrap Up a Lesson
Lock in the day’s learning with these closing activities that check for understanding and clear up misconceptions.
