15 Activities For Substitute Teachers
Being a substitute teacher is a challenge. From team-building games to 20 questions, here are 15 activities for substitue teachers.
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The Challenges Of Data-Based Teaching
How can you use data to improve your teaching? If you don’t already have a plan for the data before giving the assessment, you’re already behind.
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Why Your Students Aren’t Learning: 10 Performance Disruptors
Poor responses to data or simply not having enough time to plan are two possible reasons your students are struggling.
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10 Better Sources Of Free Curriculum For Teachers
Responsibilities of teaching can keep you quite busy, so for those with limited time, here are the top free curriculum to get you started.
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The Definition Of 5 Different Types Of Teaching
John Hattie’s body of work suggests that surface learning is the foundation for deeper learning, transfer learning is crucial for success in the real world, and deeper learning is facilitated through inquiry teaching.
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What Every Teacher Needs
While schools should center children in purpose, tone, structure, function, etc., what about teachers? What do they need?
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Dear Parents: Here’s What You Should Know About Letter Grades
Letter grades don’t mean what you think they mean. In fact, they can fail to communicate important truths about your child’s learning.
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5 Ways To Differentiate Instruction
There are many ways to differentiate instruction, from flexible grouping to multiple assessments and improving student choice.
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Better Teacher Professional Development: Pairing Teachers
Pairing Teachers To Improve Professional Development contributed by Dawn Casey-Rowe, Social Studies Teacher Professional development isn’t something that many teachers look forward to. By thinking about activities that engage teachers and bring motivation back into professional learning, schools make leaps and bounds in building a community that uses its own expertise to become stronger and…
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Learning Profiles: What Great Teachers Know About Their Students
Most learning profiles are quick glances of academic data. There’s nothing wrong with this. They are useful, but they are also limited.
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Why Capturing Imagination Is Important For Deeper Learning
Getting students to learn more deeply requires their cognitive engagement, and that rarely comes without them being interested.
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Why Did That Student Fail? A Diagnostic Approach To Teaching
What is Diagnostic Teaching? Diagnostic teaching is a step-by-step, intentional process for pinpointing exactly why a student is struggling.
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What To Do With A Student
At this point, accepted, protected, challenged, and aware, you can begin to agitate their thinking.
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10 Signs Of Plagiarism Every Teacher Should Know
Students may attempt to disguise their plagiarism by using complex vocabulary or terminology inconsistent with their usual writing ability.
