7 Great Educational Summer Reads for TeachersJuly 2, 2019 | Classroom ManagementSummer reading lists can represent pleasure or added burden to your life, depending on who creates them and whether the choices are optional or mandatory. You’ve certainly created them for your students, hoping to stri ... How Teachers Can Make the Most of Summer BreakJune 27, 2019 | Professional DevelopmentIt’s understandable if the last thing you want to do on your summer break is focus on teaching – it’s been a long school year, after all. After packing up your classroom, the first thing you need to do is take a br ... Teaching with Video: A Classroom Tool that WorksJune 27, 2019 | Innovative Classroom Strategies, Professional Development, Classroom Technology(Photo Credit © Highwaystarz via iStock) Teaching with video can be controversial. Decisions about whether a video is appropriate for the classroom can be subjective. And arguments for and against the practice are comm ... Teacher Book Clubs: Read to Learn, and For Credit!May 24, 2019 | Teacher Leadership, Professional DevelopmentWe cover developing a teacher's book club as well as professional reading in our continuing education courses for teachers. Have you read “The Book Whisperer?” The full title is actually The Book Whisperer: Awakenin ... STEM teaching: The key to the future can be a challenge for teachersMay 10, 2019 | Innovative Classroom Strategies, Professional Development, Classroom Technology, Science(Photo Credit © Kerkez via iStock) It’s hard to have any conversation about education today in which STEM teaching doesn’t come up. The acronym, used to refer to “science, technology, engineering, math,” pops u ... ELL teaching proficiency: One way to level that education playing fieldApril 26, 2019 | Classroom Management, Professional Development(Photo Credit © MonkeyBusinessImages via iStock) Imagine a football field built on a slope, with one end zone 100 yards uphill from the other. The players moving toward the downhill end zone would find everything easie ... Neurodiversity in the classroom: Managing the challengesApril 19, 2019 | Professional Development(Photo Credit © Ivanastar via iStock ) We use the word “spectrum” all the time, but have you ever actually looked at a photograph of a color spectrum? The reality is that you cannot draw clear lines between colors. ... The Challenges of Students With ADHD, Autism and More…February 7, 2019 | Professional Development(Photo Credit © Vchal via iStock) A fourth-grade girl daydreams extensively, gazing out the window during lessons. It’s hard to get her attention to have her participate in class. But she’s quiet, so she can someti ... Why Does Professional Development Matter for Teachers?February 5, 2019 | Professional DevelopmentIs that a trick question, you ask?Yes and no. We can all come up with the typical reasons that professional development for teachers is important; and of course, one of them is that a certain level of it is required. But ... Previous12345...14Next
7 Great Educational Summer Reads for TeachersJuly 2, 2019 | Classroom ManagementSummer reading lists can represent pleasure or added burden to your life, depending on who creates them and whether the choices are optional or mandatory. You’ve certainly created them for your students, hoping to stri ...
How Teachers Can Make the Most of Summer BreakJune 27, 2019 | Professional DevelopmentIt’s understandable if the last thing you want to do on your summer break is focus on teaching – it’s been a long school year, after all. After packing up your classroom, the first thing you need to do is take a br ...
Teaching with Video: A Classroom Tool that WorksJune 27, 2019 | Innovative Classroom Strategies, Professional Development, Classroom Technology(Photo Credit © Highwaystarz via iStock) Teaching with video can be controversial. Decisions about whether a video is appropriate for the classroom can be subjective. And arguments for and against the practice are comm ...
Teacher Book Clubs: Read to Learn, and For Credit!May 24, 2019 | Teacher Leadership, Professional DevelopmentWe cover developing a teacher's book club as well as professional reading in our continuing education courses for teachers. Have you read “The Book Whisperer?” The full title is actually The Book Whisperer: Awakenin ...
STEM teaching: The key to the future can be a challenge for teachersMay 10, 2019 | Innovative Classroom Strategies, Professional Development, Classroom Technology, Science(Photo Credit © Kerkez via iStock) It’s hard to have any conversation about education today in which STEM teaching doesn’t come up. The acronym, used to refer to “science, technology, engineering, math,” pops u ...
ELL teaching proficiency: One way to level that education playing fieldApril 26, 2019 | Classroom Management, Professional Development(Photo Credit © MonkeyBusinessImages via iStock) Imagine a football field built on a slope, with one end zone 100 yards uphill from the other. The players moving toward the downhill end zone would find everything easie ...
Neurodiversity in the classroom: Managing the challengesApril 19, 2019 | Professional Development(Photo Credit © Ivanastar via iStock ) We use the word “spectrum” all the time, but have you ever actually looked at a photograph of a color spectrum? The reality is that you cannot draw clear lines between colors. ...
The Challenges of Students With ADHD, Autism and More…February 7, 2019 | Professional Development(Photo Credit © Vchal via iStock) A fourth-grade girl daydreams extensively, gazing out the window during lessons. It’s hard to get her attention to have her participate in class. But she’s quiet, so she can someti ...
Why Does Professional Development Matter for Teachers?February 5, 2019 | Professional DevelopmentIs that a trick question, you ask?Yes and no. We can all come up with the typical reasons that professional development for teachers is important; and of course, one of them is that a certain level of it is required. But ...