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You’ll find practical classroom strategies and tips from real educators, as well as lesson ideas, personal stories, and innovative approaches to improving your teaching practice. If you have any thoughts or comments about these articles, please don’t hesitate to let us know.
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- New Teachers
A Tool Kit for Mentor Teachers
These strategies facilitate a supportive working relationship that allows veteran teachers to share best practices and promote self-efficacy in new teachers.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content. - Student Engagement
Fun Math and Science Activities for the Early Grades
Teachers can use students’ natural curiosity about animals to create lessons focused on mathematical concepts and science facts.Your content has been saved!
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Setting Your School Up for Meaningful Edtech Integration
A dedicated team can help school or district administrators invest in tools that will work with existing systems and support effective instruction.Your content has been saved!
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10 Underrated Tidbits of Advice for New Teachers
A veteran educator breaks down a bunch of little things you might not think of, like where to park and why you should keep the building key on you all day.Your content has been saved!
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Teaching Students the College Mindset
When middle students feel welcome at school and academically capable, they’re in a better position to achieve long-term success once they get to college.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content. - Teaching Strategies
How to Build a Better Attention Span
By building short focus exercises into the daily routine, teachers help students to improve their capacity to concentrate.Your content has been saved!
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Using a Lab Classroom Approach for Professional Development
Watching a colleague implement an instructional practice with students is a highly effective way for the observers to learn it.Your content has been saved!
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Creating the Conditions for Effective Professional Learning
Leverage the small spaces of the year to avoid the knowing-doing gap, in which learning ends up on a shelf, without being put into practice.Your content has been saved!
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Deciding as a Class What the Year Should Feel Like
In this first-day-of-school activity, students and teachers collaborate to create classroom norms and set goals.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content. - AI in Education
Is Your Assignment Vulnerable to AI?
Instead of starting with the question ‘can AI do this?,’ it may be more helpful to ask, ‘What thinking is required of students?’Your content has been saved!
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