Providing consistent opportunities for students to learn about and practice social emotional skills in middle school advisory can aid in their behavioral and academic growth. Teacher Kasey Short suggests 14 read-aloud picture books with questions that can support that growth.
When Curtis Chandler began ‘longboarding’ to work, he endured a newbieโs trial-by-fire. After many bruises he took a friendโs words to heart and opened to the learning experience. The tips he shares here can help beginning teachers “embrace the challenging reality of our profession.”
If we do not invest more of our school time and resources in creating well educated citizens, there will be dire consequences. Educators Shawn McCusker and Tom Driscoll offer educators five steps to make civic education more meaningful and help contribute to a healthy democracy.
In How Learning Works: A Playbook education researchers John Almarode, Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey offer teaching and learning strategies that can help students grow into independent learners. Education consultant Anne Anderson shares some highlights from her deep dive.
Engaging with Whatโs Your Leadership Story? by Gretchen Oltman and Vicki Bautista will help leaders โ especially newer ones โ articulate their purpose and bring their whole selves to school each day. School leader Sarah Cooper appreciates the bookโs practical honesty.
Equal Partners / The Unstoppable ML Teacher
by Tan Huynh · Published 07/20/2022 · Last modified 07/30/2022
Tan Huynhโs message to co-teaching language specialists who struggle to be recognized as equal partners: โPower is not only given but reinforced one interaction at a time. The chains that limit marginalized students are the same chains that hold down marginalized faculty members.โ
Be ready to share nonfiction graphic novels with your students this fall. ELA teacher Kasey Short outlines reasons such novels expand kidsโ knowledge and appreciation of reading. She also provides questions to ask as kids approach the novels and includes suggested titles.
The authors invite us into classrooms that foster choice, collaboration and community through writing clubs. Discover the how-to of complement clubs (process, craft, digital) and stand-alone clubs (genre, author, convention). A super resource, says MS teacher Katie Durkin.
By putting strong relationships at the fore, you can cultivate an environment in which each of your students can grow. Through her many years in the classroom Stephanie Farley has hit upon keys to encourage kids to thrive. At the center โ kindness and getting to know each one.
When we incorporate literacy assessments that honor studentsโ assets and identities, we take an essential step toward creating an inclusive classroom that values studentsโ cultures and centers them in their learning. Teacher educators Sean Ruday and Katie Caprino show how.
