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A Low-Stakes Public-Speaking Game for High School Students
By offering a quick, low-pressure way to practice, teachers can help students build their confidence and poise when talking in front of the class.Your content has been saved!
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A DIY Approach to Professional Development for Principals
Administrators can set annual goals and consult peers at other schools to create professional learning experiences that enhance their skills.Your content has been saved!
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Implementing PBL in Physical Education
At its core, high-quality PBL uses content to teach, build, and assess skills like collaboration and problem-solving—and PE classes are a natural place to continue this work.171Your content has been saved!
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Pausing to Process New Information With a Stop and Jot
Building structured breaks into lessons that let students reflect, organize their thinking, and work through ideas in real time can strengthen their understanding.Your content has been saved!
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How to Achieve Alignment Within Your Administrative Team
When leaders take the time to build shared understandings, they are able to work together more effectively to support their school community.191Your content has been saved!
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An Active Learning Strategy for Using Videos in Class
Reaction videos are a modern form of annotating a text, and they teach students the same critical thinking and connection skills.252Your content has been saved!
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Transforming Your Classroom With Calm Mornings
By giving students a bit of time to ease into the day, teachers can help them feel ready to engage in learning. - Teacher Wellness
3 Ways to Set Boundaries to Protect Your Time and Energy
Implementing specific strategies can help you prioritize your time, protect your peace, and connect to things that energize you.705Your content has been saved!
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How I’m Working to Gain Experience as an Aspiring Administrator
A teacher who is striving for a leadership role relays how she turned a job rejection into an opportunity for growth.315Your content has been saved!
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How to Make Sure Teachers Know They Matter
Mattering is about more than teachers’ sense of purpose, says author and researcher Zach Mercurio—it’s about feeling significant to their colleagues. And principals can help foster that feeling.926Your content has been saved!
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11 Classroom Management Tweaks You Don’t Learn in Teacher Prep
Over time, every teacher makes small changes that have a big impact on how their classes run. A veteran teacher shares the hacks that work for him. - Literacy
Just Like Phonics, Comprehension Requires Explicit Teaching
Once students can decode, they need ongoing and thoughtful instruction to understand, interpret, and engage with what they read.53.9kYour content has been saved!
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The Research on Protecting Teacher Well-Being
Laurie Santos, host of the popular podcast The Happiness Lab, on how our minds deceive us, why "time affluence" matters, and what we can do to reset our parasympathetic nervous system.49.7kYour content has been saved!
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60-Second Strategy: Playing Card Table Groups
Having students draw playing cards to randomize seating for small groups each week ensures that everyone experiences working with a variety of classmates.32.3kYour content has been saved!
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7 Low-Stakes Formative Assessment Activities
Building frequent checks for understanding into lessons can help teachers spot learning gaps in real time and adjust instruction before moving on.25.1kYour content has been saved!
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- Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Building PBL Systems That Really Encourage Students to Lead
Teachers can set up effective systems for project-based learning that support students in assuming more agency in their work.1.8kYour content has been saved!
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How to Navigate Student Absences During PBL Units
When absences accumulate, teachers can implement specific strategies so that all students complete necessary work.1.8kYour content has been saved!
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A Virtual Collaboration Project Centered on American Democracy
In a program sponsored by the Smithsonian, students in two different parts of the country interact to explore a civics question that is meaningful to both groups.1.1kYour content has been saved!
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Problem-Based Learning and Future-Ready Skills
Well-designed projects help students build valuable skills such as collaboration, critical thinking, and communication.5.5kYour content has been saved!
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Boosting Midyear Engagement With Place-Based PBL
High school teachers can build projects around issues in the local community to motivate students before and after winter break.3.3kYour content has been saved!
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Designing Outdoor STEM Learning for Elementary Students
A framework for turning nearby trails, campus green spaces, and community sites into classrooms.1.7kYour content has been saved!
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Gardens for All Types of Classrooms
Depending on your specific needs, it's possible to create an engaging, manageable, and successful garden experience for students in any grade.1.2kYour content has been saved!
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How STEM Projects Support Belonging in Middle School
When students engage in hands-on, collaborative problem-solving, they see themselves as essential to their classroom community.1.2kYour content has been saved!
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9 Ways to Teach Spatial Thinking Across the Curriculum
Strong spatial skills are critical for everyday tasks and across many careers—they also strengthen students’ math performance.3.3kYour content has been saved!
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Connecting Science to Problem-Solving in the Real World
Tackling authentic problems in science class helps students see the link between the lab and the challenges facing our world—and builds multiple skills along the way.
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Facilitating Instructional Rounds for New Staff
Schools can use this protocol to reduce isolation, build trust, and make both veteran and new teachers feel valued.1.7kYour content has been saved!
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Flipping the Lens on Classroom Observations With the ‘Inside-Out’ Method
Quick, low-stakes observations focused on student learning allow administrators to provide teachers with useful feedback on instruction.7.4kYour content has been saved!
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3 Innovative Instructional Coaching Models
These strategies bring teachers together and naturally generate evidence of coaching’s impact on student learning.7.1kYour content has been saved!
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How to Develop Test-Ready Students
There’s a difference between teaching to the test and developing test-specific thinking that will help students effectively apply what they’ve learned all year. - Instructional Coaching
How Instructional Coaches Can Balance Confidentiality and Accountability
These strategies help instructional coaches build trust with teachers and provide transparency with administrators to maximize impact.3.2kYour content has been saved!
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