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  • Administration & Leadership

    5 Ways to Make PLCs Work Better

    Tips for teachers and school leaders on how to ensure that school-based professional learning communities are successful.
    Maggie Espinola
  • Family Engagement

    Making Parent Meetings More Meaningful

    A successful parent-teacher night involves providing objective feedback on student progress and listening carefully to parental concerns.
  • Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)

    Using SEL to Meet the Current Needs of Students and Staff

    Social and emotional learning provides a guide for what schools can do to help students and teachers perform at their best.
  • Teaching Strategies

    60-Second Strategy: Jitter Sticks

    When students need to get their wiggles out so they can settle down to learn, this simple movement-based brain break does the trick.
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  • Student Engagement

    Getting the Most Out of Museum Field Trips

    A plan to give students agency over what they learn while visiting a museum creates a significantly more beneficial experience.
  • Media Literacy

    8 Picture Books About Using Technology to Connect With Others

    These books with characters who use tech to communicate with those they can’t be with in person should engage early learners.
  • Classroom Management

    Using Talking Circles for Restorative Justice

    Using talking circles in the elementary grades provides teachers with a way to discuss student behavior with care and concern.
  • Critical Thinking

    Turning Students Into Bold Historical Thinkers

    By collapsing the distance between historical eras and the present day, we motivate students to ask hard questions and dig deeper into the past.
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  • Literacy

    Guiding Students to Develop Multimodal Literacy

    Teachers can offer a variety of literacy-focused projects that allow students to display their critical thinking skills in creative ways.
    166
  • Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)

    Using an SEL Tool Called the Mood Meter in Elementary Math

    With these examples for grades 1 to 5, students can develop social and emotional skills while they learn to analyze data through graphing.
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