Student Voice
Discover how students’ input and expertise can help shape their classroom, their school, and ultimately their own learning and growth.
4 Ways to Keep Community Agreements Alive All Year
Elementary teachers can create a positive learning environment that lasts by continuing to revisit the classroom norms they set to start the year.1.3kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Using Quick, Regular Surveys to Help Students Feel Seen
High school teachers can use these ideas to quickly gather insights into how students are doing both academically and personally.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Ensuring That Students Know How to Meet Your Expectations
To help students master classroom routines, it can help to think of them as skills that students need time to develop.3 Ways to Support Academic Talk Among Students
By providing opportunities for students to share ideas with each other, teachers create space for them to develop social skills, retain more content, and deepen understanding of the material.How to Engage Students the Moment They Enter the Classroom
Openers matter and set the tone for the lesson that follows. Here’s how to start strong when you need to.210.3kYour content has been saved!
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Student-Centered Learning: It Starts With the Teacher
Teachers encourage student-centered learning by allowing students to share in decisions, believing in their capacity to lead, and remembering how it feels to learn.476.8kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Creating a Classroom That Is Student, not Teacher, Driven
Teachers can take a step back and create lessons that put student explorations at the center of learning.166.7kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Reading the Virtual Classroom Is Hard, but It Can Be Done
Many teachers find it difficult to gauge how well students understand a lesson in an online classroom. A technique common among award-winning online instructors should help.220.9kYour content has been saved!
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6 Opening and Closing Routines for New Teachers
Check for understanding, manage your students, and build classroom community with these six opening and closing classroom routines.352.6kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Podcast: How to Jumpstart Belonging in Your Classroom From Day One
The first week of school can set the tone for the entire year. Teacher Marcus Luther shares powerful yet simple routines that build trust, help students feel known, and strengthen the classroom community.
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Go to My Saved Content.Giving Students a Choice in How They Will Demonstrate Their Learning
When assessments aren’t just about a grade, students can experience a classroom filled with creativity, engagement, and evidence of their learning.8.2kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Using Restorative Conversations for Effective Classroom Management
Tips for teachers who are willing to trade consequence-based control for a framework of calm observation, genuine curiosity, and honest impact.12.7kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Justice Committee: Using Restorative Practices to Resolve Conflicts
Students at Pittsfield Middle High School are trained to mediate conflicts between their fellow students—and between students and teachers.286.7kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.60-Second Strategy: The Hot Seat
Providing the active listeners in the outer ring of a Socratic circle a way to jump in with their burning questions and comments keeps all students engaged.60-Second Strategy: Participation Cards
A quick formative assessment tool also encourages all students—even shy ones—to participate in discussions.232.1kYour content has been saved!
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