- Creativity
Writing Prompts That Tap Into Springtime Energy
Upper elementary teachers can channel students’ excitement around the changing season into thoughtful writing that incorporates all five senses.Your content has been saved!
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Applying a UDL Framework to the Coaching Cycle
This three-phase approach to instructional coaching embraces the fact that educators are lifelong learners.Your content has been saved!
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Putting ChatGPT’s Study Mode Through Its Paces
The team behind ChatGPT admits the standard version can be used as an ‘answer machine.’ Is the new Study Mode feature any better?475Your content has been saved!
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Go-to Activities for Fast Finishers
Offering fun designated extension activities means the learning continues, even for the speediest students.Your content has been saved!
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How to Create a Crisis Handbook to Prepare Your School for Emergencies
As a school leader, you can’t anticipate when a disaster may happen, but you can develop systems to help ensure that your staff and families are prepared.321Your content has been saved!
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5 Ways to Develop Students’ Social and Emotional Skills in Music Class
These performance-based activities can be fun for students and provide opportunities for them to develop empathy.332Your content has been saved!
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Daily Activities That Support Students’ Creative Mindset
Teachers can provide learning experiences that guide high school students to become comfortable with uncertainty and risk-taking.915Your content has been saved!
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How to Teach Kids to Be Kind to Themselves
Kindness toward others is often taught in elementary school, but it’s also important for students to extend it to themselves.954Your content has been saved!
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Integrating Social and Emotional Learning in Math Class
Teachers can use these routines to seamlessly integrate SEL into math instruction to boost students’ proficiency and encourage a positive math identity.675Your content has been saved!
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4 Ways to Give Preschool Students Autonomy During Large Group Time
Students need clear boundaries, but they also need to feel that they belong during an activity and that their ideas shape their learning.362Your content has been saved!
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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.56kYour 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.34.2kYour content has been saved!
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Making Use of a Worked Example to Improve Learning
By explicitly modeling each step of a problem and gradually fading away supports, teachers can give students a clear path to mastering new content.15.3kYour content has been saved!
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How to Decide What to Do After Your Formative Assessment
You’ve checked for understanding—now you can use this framework to understand what students’ confusion is telling you, and how you can adjust course. - Critical Thinking
6 Routines to Get Students Unstuck
When students are grasping at straws, these self-directed strategies help them to pause, make a plan, and pivot more effectively.12.2kYour content has been saved!
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- Technology Integration
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.2.8kYour content has been saved!
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How to Engage Productively on Social Media as a Teacher
Although many platforms are designed to reward provocation and outrage, we can choose how we interact with different perspectives.1kYour content has been saved!
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Using Tech Tools to Support Elementary Students’ Growth in Math
Teachers can use these tools to promote discussions and help students move from concrete to abstract understanding of concepts.1.7kYour content has been saved!
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How Tech Tools Can Simplify and Improve Your Multi-Tiered System of Supports
This middle school made gains in supporting students by setting up shared spreadsheets, digital referral forms, and predictable routines.1.4kYour content has been saved!
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How Integrating Coding Can Enhance World Language Studies
Coding can help students understand the building blocks of world languages, and it provides an authentic way to tell stories.875Your content has been saved!
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- Administration & Leadership
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.472Your 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.713Your content has been saved!
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Setting Up Professional Development to Strengthen the Whole Teacher
School leaders can work to ensure that PD helps teachers strengthen pedagogy and classroom culture, and that focuses on teacher well-being.3kYour content has been saved!
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Why Administrators Should Consider National Board Certification
Principals and assistant principals can strengthen their instructional leadership by completing this rigorous certification for teachers.1.6kYour content has been saved!
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How to Create a Thriving Drop-In Culture
With deliberate planning and a low-stakes approach, peer drop-in initiatives offer inspiring, expert professional development without leaving the school building.3.2kYour content has been saved!
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- 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.2kYour 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.50.1kYour content has been saved!
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For Elementary Counselors, Big Caseloads Require Getting Creative
When you’re one counselor to several hundred students, you need to leverage support from both teachers and students—and learn when to say no.1.7kYour content has been saved!
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You Are OK and You Will Be OK: Navigating Menopause as a Teacher
When in your mid-career, if you can openly acknowledge this important stage of life and find support, you'll feel more empowered to manage challenges.1.7kYour content has been saved!
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What Teaching With a Chronic Illness Taught Me About Rest and Resilience
For teachers navigating chronic illness or pain, building a support system can keep students on track.1.5kYour content has been saved!
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