What Induction Coaches Do To Help New Teachers

by Dawn Casey-Rowe, Social Studies Teacher and Learnist Evangelist New teachers face many challenges. They are entering the field at one of the most demanding times ever, and turnover is high. Even the best teacher prep program can’t simulate a real classroom. As a result, many good people find themselves ill equipped to handle the demands…

4 Things Students Should Know About AP Courses

by Jane Healey, Ph.D. What Students Need To Know About AP Courses Based on a review of the most current research on AP courses, Madeline Levine and Denise Pope of Challenge Success, an educational organization at Stanford University, offer a detailed report on the college-level programming. Their findings come as more and more schools drop…

17 Tips For New Teachers From Experienced Teachers

17 Tips For New Teachers From Experienced Teachers

What Are The Best Tips For New Teachers, From Experienced Teachers? Teaching is important. Teaching is changing. Teaching is hard. And at the intersection of these three truths lies the constant need for a variety of support for teachers–new teachers or experienced. It’s one thing for trained educational psychologists to offer dry academic papers saying…

10 Questions To Help You Become A Better Teacher This School Year

10 Questions To Help You Become A Better Teacher This School Year

What Questions Will Help You Become A Better Teacher This School Year? by Terry Heick 1. Why are my ‘best’ lessons, assessments, and units ‘best’? And how can I share those powerful characteristics across other units, because let’s be honest, not all of your units are created equal? Your project-based learning unit that uses blogging…

Smart Glasses To Target Teacher-Student Communication

contributed by Jennifer Smith Note: The Google Glass program has been discontinued The addition of human-like senses to computers (perceptual computing) has been one of the goals of technology during the last five years or so. Now, communication devices that combine a multitude of factors like touch, voice, facial recognition, and other similar features are…

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