Chapman and Simons believe every student has the potential to be a leader. When everyone realizes this potential, the classroom becomes a more positive, productive place where each individual experiences increased well-being and achievement. Learn about their 5-unit framework.
Planning the pacing of a lesson and adjusting the timing along the way creates the most meaningful academic experiences for students. Middle school teacher Laurie Hornik shares six techniques she uses to help assure her lessons have well-timed beginnings, middles, and ends.
Librarians do more than read with elementary kids, check out books to middle schoolers, or gather books for reshelving in high schools. The modern school librarian is an advocate for joyful reading and a provider of meaningful learning opportunities, writes Jennifer Sniadecki.
When teachers design classrooms around how students think and engage – not just what they’re expected to know – we unlock a learning environment where curiosity replaces compliance, and excitement replaces dread, writes middle grades educator and NBCT Kathleen Palmieri.
Fall is Kasey Short’s favorite time to update her classroom library and create a list of new MG and YA books for our visitors to consider. This year’s choices explore themes that resonate with adolescent readers, including new series titles and books with diverse perspectives.
As schools navigate an ever-changing landscape, instructional coaches are increasingly in demand to help teachers not only refine their craft but also weather complex circumstances. Specialist Miriam Plotinsky shares strategies to help coaches develop empathy and adaptability.
Jennifer Throndsen pinpoints frontloading as an effective strategy that supports multilingual learners in both their content studies and language development. Learn how preteaching key vocabulary, background knowledge and core concepts scaffolds learning and accelerates progress.
Writing short form stories is all about revising and playing with your ideas, Kim Culbertson told the sixth graders. “Move things around. Cross things out and add others. See where the exploration of it takes you. The most important part is that you’re finding your own voice.”
Author and middle level educator Jennifer Ciok offers a weekly calendar of strategies to increase student engagement. Her ideas for sparking more meaningful learning include storytelling, arts infusion, and activities that help connect classroom lessons to the real world.
For our students to be well educated, activist citizens who lead fulfilling lives, they need schools where fostering a culture of belonging becomes the character of the school, writes Regie Routman. It’s a place where every student feels safe, cared for, seen, heard and empowered.
