Teachers
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8 Things That I Would Tell Myself as a First-Year Teacher
It has been 18 years since I started my first year of teaching. That year was full of ups and downs, but luckily, I ... -
Activating prior knowledge for ELLs
Activating prior knowledge takes what students know and helps them build a foundation for learning. This technique provides needed support. Curriculum frameworks like the ... -
Switch your high school classroom to flexible seating
Sitting in a molded plastic chair all day can be hard on anyone, especially high school students. For that reason and others, high school ... -
Savvy skills for managing cheating epidemics
Cheating on assignments and exams seems like a rite of passage of students. They plagiarize text, purchase pre-made essays, and create personal versions of ... -
Driving questions to use in your PBL classroom
Driving questions set the purpose for learning and simultaneously capture the student’s curiosity. That can be a tall order to fill in any Project-Based ... -
Teaching social justice in your classroom
Social justice is about reciprocity between the individual and society. Individuals owe the society in which they live, and the society owes individuals certain ... -
Create a thinking classroom for your students
Thinking classrooms are something for which many teachers strive. After all, wouldn’t it be great for students to tackle a problem eagerly, explore variables, ... -
The case for teaching academic language
Imagine having to learn a new subject but you don’t understand the academic language required for it. You might feel left out or overwhelmed. ... -
Funding your flexible classroom design
Many students find inspiration in flexible classroom design. Flexible design is the opposite of traditional classroom seating, The casual seating arrangements for individuals and ... -
3 highly effective teaching practices to implement right now
It’s impossible to implement every strategy you learn in your education program and continued training. Instead, the purpose of your professional development is to ...
