- 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.
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Teaching Computational Thinking With—and Without—Screens
This activity focuses on teaching students about the coordinate plane using two tools: a micro:bit and a good, old-fashioned game of Battleship.169Your content has been saved!
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3 Ways to Bring Makerspace Principles Into STEM Classrooms
Even without access to a full makerspace, teachers can think creatively and bring ideas from maker education into their classes. - STEM
An Engineering Design Process for Young Children
This process teaches students to design, test, and improve on their ideas as they work through real-world engineering problems.293Your content has been saved!
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8 Ways to Amp Up Science Assessments
A rich mix of assessments gives students creative opportunities to showcase learning—and delivers a more comprehensive picture of what they know. - Financial Literacy
How Financial Literacy Can Engage and Motivate Reluctant Math Students
Through practical exercises in earning and spending, students can discover the complexities of personal finance and practice math in the process.
- New Teachers
Using PBL to Teach SEL Skills
Engaging project-based learning activities can provide avenues for new educators to teach students crucial social-emotional skills.247Your content has been saved!
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3 Tips for Less Stressful Parent-Teacher Conferences
By soliciting feedback from parents in advance and limiting defensive responses, new teachers can manage the stress of conferences. - Teacher Wellness
Doing the Best You Can With the Time You Have
These strategies can help overwhelmed teachers prioritize tasks and find a balance between perfectionism and efficiency. - Administration & Leadership
Tips for Mentoring New Teachers
A district leader shares how taking a more holistic approach to mentoring can help ensure that the experience is productive and rewarding for both mentor and mentee.286Your content has been saved!
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A Primer on Parent-Teacher Conferences for New Teachers
By planning more collaborative and communicative conferences, teachers can foster strong relationships with families that last all year long.
