- Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
Using Community Circles to Boost School Culture
Consistent large-group gatherings can help students learn how to build strong relationships with their peers and teachers.Your content has been saved!
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8 Small But Impactful Classroom Management Shifts
How using subtle gestures, spatial awareness, and tone of voice can nudge your classroom towards smoother operations.Your content has been saved!
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3 Ways to Help Students Build Attention Stamina
These simple tools and strategies can improve focus in the classroom.Your content has been saved!
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60-Second Strategy: Sage and Scribe
In addition to dedicated time to practice a skill, this cooperative learning activity provides an opportunity for peer feedback.Your content has been saved!
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Question: How Do You Calm a Chaotic Middle or High School Classroom?
When the energy in the room is too high or off track, what strategies help you reset and refocus your students? If this is a challenge you struggle with, check out the comments.Your content has been saved!
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Coping With Grief as an Educator
When this administrator’s life was thrown off balance by grief, he realized that all educators need a plan to get the support they need to heal.Your content has been saved!
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Keeping Students Engaged During Long Class Periods
By chunking class time using gradual release of responsibility, teachers can vary their teaching strategies to help students maintain focus. - Assessment
Tyler Rablin on Ditching Old Assessment Systems to Build Student Motivation
Frustrated by the narrow lens of traditional grading, this instructional coach and former English teacher redesigned his grade book to encourage authentic student buy-in. - Collaborative Learning
Creating a Student Leadership Program
These strategies for building leadership skills can be implemented as a elective or by creating other opportunities for students. - Environmental Education
Wonder Wagons Allow Preschoolers to Explore Nature
These portable science labs allow young children to investigate the world around them, all year long.
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Getting Rid of Zeros Won’t Fix the Grade Book
Well-meaning efforts to assess learning accurately have led some schools to set 50 as the lowest grade, but that can have negative consequences. Here’s a better solution. - ChatGPT & Generative AI
When Students Use AI in Ways They Shouldn’t
Here are some ways teachers can respond when students don’t follow classroom guidelines for using AI. - Communication Skills
Why Students Don’t Ask for Help—and How to Change That
These three simple shifts can help students realize that asking for help is an expectation in your class and boost their self-efficacy. - Critical Thinking
Encouraging Students to Use Notes for Sense-Making
Middle school teachers can use these strategies to help students learn how to get the most value out of their notes.1.8kYour content has been saved!
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Using Discussions to Inspire Active Participation in Learning
By tracking academic conversations with a visual map and sharing it in class, teachers can encourage more students to contribute.
- Project-Based Learning (PBL)
4 Benefits of Using Podcasting as a PBL Project
Relevant in any content area, podcasts present an engaging way for students to demonstrate their learning. - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
How to Simplify PBL Planning With AI
AI can help teachers save time in creating meaningful project-based learning opportunities for students. - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Culminating Art Projects That Boost Students’ Confidence
At the end of the year, high school students enjoy the opportunity to create a final product dictated by their own interests. - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
A Curation Project to End the School Year
Teachers can give students a creative opportunity to use their analytical skills and make meaningful connections to different forms of media. - Community Partnerships
Finding Community Partners for PBL
Here’s how to locate experts willing and eager to share their expertise and bring real-life experience to project-based learning.139Your content has been saved!
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Wrapping Up the School Year in English Language Arts
Secondary teachers can focus on students’ interests to keep them engaged while reinforcing previously learned skills or previewing new ones.134Your content has been saved!
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6 Dictionary Games to Boost Students’ Vocabulary Skills
Elementary students learn to navigate dictionaries with confidence while having fun learning new words through these games. - Technology Integration
Best Practices for Showing Videos in Class
Edtech platforms can help you create a personalized learning experience to improve students’ learning and engagement.152Your content has been saved!
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Boosting Engagement by Taking Math Outdoors
Bringing elementary students outside for math lessons provides a welcome change of pace and a chance for new activities. - Community Partnerships
The Long-Term Rewards of a Guest Speaker Series
Bringing in guest speakers offers high school students valuable connections and insights for the future.120Your content has been saved!
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- Administration & Leadership
5 Ways for School Leaders to Support Teachers’ Parental Leave
These tips can help ensure that on-leave teachers, their students, and long-term substitutes have the tools and backing they need.172Your content has been saved!
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Question: What’s One Thing You Do to Avoid Teacher Burnout?
While the root causes of burnout are systemic, teachers still need ways to protect their well-being. What’s one practice that helps you stay grounded? - New Teachers
What to Do When Your Lesson Goes Kaput
Teacher-tested strategies for handling instructional snafus—including when to call it quits on a lesson and regroup. - Teaching Strategies
How Letting Go of Perfectionism Made Me a Better Teacher
Shifting the focus of a classroom from performance to process means embracing mistakes as a necessary part of learning.331Your content has been saved!
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Question: How Does Your School Support Teachers Taking Sick Days?
It's a problem faced by many. How does your school help support teachers taking sick days?
